{{Short description|29th ministry of the government of Australia}} {{see also|Curtin government}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox government cabinet | cabinet_name = First Curtin ministry | cabinet_type = Ministry | cabinet_number = 29th | jurisdiction = Australia | flag = Flag of Australia.svg | flag_border = true | incumbent = | image = Curtin Ministry 1941.jpg | caption = Group photo of the First Curtin ministry | date_formed = 7 October 1941 | date_dissolved = 21 September 1943 | government_head = John Curtin | government_head_history = | deputy_government_head = | state_head = George VI | governor_general = Lord Gowrie | members_number = 19 | former_members_number = | total_number = | political_party = Labor | legislature_status = Minority government | opposition_cabinet = | opposition_party = Country–United Australia coalition | opposition_leader = Arthur Fadden | election = | last_election = 21 August 1943 | legislature_term = 16th | budget = | advice_and_consent1 = | incoming_formation = | outgoing_formation = | predecessor = Fadden ministry | successor = Second Curtin ministry | state_head_title = Monarch | government_head_title = Prime Minister }} {{John Curtin sidebar}} The '''First Curtin ministry''' (Labor) was the 29th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 14th Prime Minister, John Curtin. The First Curtin ministry succeeded the Fadden ministry, which dissolved on 7 October 1941 after the independent crossbenchers Alexander Wilson and Arthur Coles withdrew their support for the Fadden government. The ministry was replaced by the Second Curtin ministry on 21 September 1943 following the 1943 federal election.<ref name=phb>{{cite web |title = Ministries and Cabinets |work = Parliamentary Handbook |publisher = Parliament of Australia |url = http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;page=0;query=Scullin%20Ministry%20(ALP);rec=0;resCount=Default |access-date = 17 September 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121008065519/http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p%3Bpage%3D0%3Bquery%3DScullin%20Ministry%20%28ALP%29%3Brec%3D0%3BresCount%3DDefault |archive-date = 8 October 2012 }}</ref>
Frank Forde, who died in 1983, was the last surviving member of the First Curtin ministry; Forde was also the last surviving minister of the Scullin government, Second Curtin ministry, Forde government, and the First Chifley ministry.
==Ministry== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !colspan="2" | Party ! Minister ! Portrait ! Portfolio |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| ||rowspan=19| Labor | John Curtin <br />{{small|(1885–1945)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Fremantle <br />{{small|(1934–1945)}} | 100px | * Prime Minister * ''Leader of the Labor Party'' * Minister for Defence Co-ordination <small>(to 14 April 1942)</small> * Minister for Defence <small>(from 14 April 1942)</small> |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Frank Forde <br />{{small|(1890–1983)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Capricornia <br />{{small|(1922–1946)}} | 100px | * ''Deputy Leader of the Labor Party'' * Minister for the Army |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Ben Chifley <br />{{small|(1885–1951)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Macquarie <br />{{small|(1940–1951)}} | 100px | * Treasurer * Minister for Postwar Reconstruction <small>(from 22 December 1942)</small> |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | H. V. Evatt <br />{{small|(1894–1965)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Barton <br />{{small|(1940–1958)}} | 100px | * Attorney-General * Minister for External Affairs |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Jack Beasley <br />{{small|(1895–1949)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for West Sydney <br />{{small|(1928–1946)}} | 100px | * Minister for Supply and Development <small>(to 17 October 1942)</small> * Minister for Supply and Shipping <small>(from 17 October 1942)</small> |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Joe Collings <br />{{small|(1865–1955)}} Senator for Queensland <br />{{small|(1932–1950)}} | 100px | * Minister for the Interior * ''Leader of the Government in the Senate'' <small>(to 20 September 1943)</small> |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Norman Makin <br />{{small|(1889–1982)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Hindmarsh <br />{{small|(1919–1946)}} | 100px | * Minister for the Navy * Minister for Munitions |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Jack Holloway <br />{{small|(1875–1967)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Melbourne Ports <br />{{small|(1931–1951)}} | 100px | * Minister for Health * Minister for Social Services * Minister assisting the Minister for Munitions <small>(from 21 February 1942)</small> |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Richard Keane <br />{{small|(1881–1946)}} Senator for Victoria <br />{{small|(1938–1946)}} | 100px | * Minister for Trade and Customs * Vice-President of the Executive Council * ''Leader of the Government in the Senate'' <small>(from 20 September 1943)</small> |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Arthur Drakeford <br />{{small|(1878–1957)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Maribyrnong <br />{{small|(1934–1955)}} | 100px | * Minister for Air * Minister for Civil Aviation |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | William Scully <br />{{small|(1883–1966)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Gwydir <br />{{small|(1937–1949)}} | 100px | * Minister for Commerce <small>(to 22 December 1942)</small> * Minister for Commerce and Agriculture <small>(from 22 December 1942)</small> |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Bill Ashley <br />{{small|(1881–1958)}} Senator for New South Wales <br />{{small|(1937–1958)}} | 100px | * Postmaster-General * Minister for Information |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Eddie Ward <br />{{small|(1899–1963)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for East Sydney <br />{{small|(1932–1963)}} | 100px | * Minister for Labour and National Service |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | George Lawson <br />{{small|(1880–1966)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Brisbane <br />{{small|(1931–1961)}} | 100px | * Minister for Transport * Minister assisting the Postmaster-General |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Charles Frost <br />{{small|(1882–1964)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Franklin <br />{{small|(1934–1946)}} | 100px | * Minister for Repatriation * Minister in charge of War Service Homes |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | John Dedman <br />{{small|(1896–1973)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Corio <br />{{small|(1940–1949)}} | 100px | * Minister for War Organisation of Industry * Minister in charge of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Bert Lazzarini <br />{{small|(1884–1952)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Werriwa <br />{{small|(1934–1952)}} | 100px | * Minister for Home Security * Minister assisting the Treasurer |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | James Fraser <br />{{small|(1889–1961)}} Senator for Western Australia <br />{{small|(1938–1959)}} | 100px | * Minister for External Territories * Minister assisting the Minister for Commerce <small>(to 17 October 1942)</small> * Minister assisting the Minister for the Army <small>(from 21 February 1942)</small> * Minister assisting the Minister for Supply and Shipping <small>(from 17 October 1942)</small> |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Don Cameron <br />{{small|(1878–1962)}} Senator for Victoria <br />{{small|(1938–1962)}} | 100px | * Minister for Aircraft Production * Minister assisting the Minister for Munitions <small>(to 21 February 1942)</small> |}
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