{{Short description|33rd ministry of government of Australia}} {{see also|Chifley government}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox government cabinet | cabinet_name = Second Chifley ministry | cabinet_type = Ministry | cabinet_number = 33rd | jurisdiction = Australia | flag = Flag of Australia.svg | flag_border = true | incumbent = | image = Second_Chifley_Ministry.jpg | caption = Group photo of the Second Chifley ministry. | date_formed = 1 November 1946 | date_dissolved = 19 December 1949 | government_head = Ben Chifley | government_head_history = | deputy_government_head = | state_head = George VI | governor_general = Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester<br />William McKell | members_number = 19 | former_members_number = | total_number = | political_party = Labor | legislature_status = Majority government | opposition_cabinet = | opposition_party = Liberal–Country coalition | opposition_leader = Robert Menzies | election = 28 September 1946 | last_election = 10 December 1949 | legislature_term = 18th | budget = | advice_and_consent1 = | incoming_formation = | outgoing_formation = | predecessor = First Chifley ministry | successor = Fourth Menzies ministry | state_head_title = Monarch | government_head_title = Prime Minister }} {{Ben Chifley sidebar}} The '''Second Chifley ministry''' (Labor) was the 33rd ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 16th Prime Minister, Ben Chifley. The Second Chifley Ministry succeeded the First Chifley ministry, which dissolved on 1 November 1946 following the federal election that took place in September. The ministry was replaced by the Fourth Menzies ministry on 19 December 1949 following the federal election that took place on 10 December which saw the Liberal–Country Coalition defeat Labor.<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 }}</ref>
Nelson Lemmon, who died in 1989, was the last surviving member of the Second Chifley Ministry.
==Ministry== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !colspan="2" | Party ! Minister ! Portrait ! Portfolio |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| ||rowspan=19| Labor | Ben Chifley <br />{{small|(1885–1951)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Macquarie <br />{{small|(1940–1951)}} | 100px | * Prime Minister * ''Leader of the Labor Party'' * Treasurer |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | H. V. Evatt <br />{{small|(1894–1965)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Barton <br />{{small|(1940–1958)}} | 100px | * ''Deputy Leader of the Labor Party'' * Attorney-General * Minister for External Affairs |- | {{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 Labour and National Service |- | {{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 | * Vice-President of the Executive Council |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Bill Ashley <br />{{small|(1881–1958)}} Senator for New South Wales <br />{{small|(1937–1958)}} | 100px | * Minister for Supply and Shipping <small>(to 6 April 1948)</small> * Minister for Shipping and Fuel <small>(from 6 April 1948)</small> * ''Leader of the Government in the Senate'' |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | John Dedman <br />{{small|(1896–1973)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Corio <br />{{small|(1940–1949)}} | 100px | * Minister for Defence * Minister for Postwar Reconstruction * Minister in charge of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research |- | {{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 Transport * Minister for External Territories |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Don Cameron <br />{{small|(1878–1962)}} Senator for Victoria <br />{{small|(1938–1962)}} | 100px | * Postmaster-General |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Arthur Calwell <br />{{small|(1896–1973)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Melbourne <br />{{small|(1940–1972)}} | 100px | * Minister for Information * Minister for Immigration |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Herbert Johnson <br />{{small|(1889–1962)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Kalgoorlie <br />{{small|(1940–1958)}} | 100px | * Minister for the Interior |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Nick McKenna <br />{{small|(1895–1974)}} Senator for Tasmania <br />{{small|(1944–1968)}} | 100px | * Minister for Health * Minister for Social Services |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Reg Pollard <br />{{small|(1894–1981)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Ballaarat <br />{{small|(1937–1949)}} | 100px | * Minister for Commerce and Agriculture |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Nelson Lemmon <br />{{small|(1908–1989)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Forrest <br />{{small|(1943–1949)}} | 100px | * Minister for Works and Housing |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | John Armstrong <br />{{small|(1908–1977)}} Senator for New South Wales <br />{{small|(1938–1962)}} | 100px | * Minister for Munitions <small>(to 6 April 1948)</small> * Minister for Supply and Development <small>(from 6 April 1948)</small> |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Cyril Chambers <br />{{small|(1898–1975)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Adelaide <br />{{small|(1943–1958)}} | 100px | * Minister for the Army |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Ben Courtice <br />{{small|(1881–1972)}} Senator for Queensland <br />{{small|(1937–1962)}} | 100px | * Minister for Trade and Customs |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Bill Riordan <br />{{small|(1908–1973)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Kennedy <br />{{small|(1936–1966)}} | 100px | * Minister for the Navy |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Claude Barnard <br />{{small|(1890–1957)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Bass <br />{{small|(1934–1949)}} | 100px | * Minister for Repatriation |}
==Notes== {{Reflist}} {{Australian federal ministries}} {{Australian Labor Party}}
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