First Whitlam Ministry

Barnard and Whitlam in 1969

The First Whitlam Ministry, often known as the "two-man Ministry" or the "Duumvirate", was the forty-eighth Australian Commonwealth ministry, and ran from 5 to 19 December 1972.^[1]

The Australian Labor Party had just won government after 23 years of Coalition rule. Historically, when Labor won government, the caucus elected the members of the ministry, with Labor Prime Ministers only having the right to allocate portfolios. However, counting was scheduled to continue until 15 December, two weeks after the 2 December election.

Longstanding precedent called for the outgoing Prime Minister--in this case, William McMahon--to stay on as a caretaker until the final results were known. However, Labor leader Gough Whitlam was unwilling to wait that long, since the result was beyond doubt. After Whitlam advised the Governor-General, Sir Paul Hasluck, that he could form a government, Whitlam had himself and his deputy leader, Lance Barnard, sworn in as an interim two-man government until the full ministry could be chosen.

For the next two weeks, Whitlam and Barnard held 27 portfolios between them. It is the smallest ministry in Australian history.

Portfolio	Minister
Prime Minister Minister for Foreign Affairs Treasurer Attorney-General Minister for Customs and Excise Minister for Trade and Industry Minister for Shipping and Transport Minister for Education and Science Minister for Civil Aviation Minister for Housing Minister for Works Minister for External Territories Minister for Environment, Aborigines and the Arts	Hon Gough Whitlam, QC MP
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Defence Minister for Supply Minister for the Army Minister for the Navy Minister for Air Postmaster-General Minister for Labour and National Service Minister for Social Services Minister for Immigration Minister for the Interior Minister for Primary Industry Minister for Repatriation Minister for Health Minister for National Development	Hon Lance Barnard, MP

Notes

↑ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2010.

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