Minister for Defence (Australia)

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List of Australian Ministers for Defence (see Australian Defence Force, Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army, and Royal Australian Air Force.)

Order Minister Party affiliation Period
1 James Dickson Protectionist Party 1901
2 John Forrest Protectionist Party 1901
3 James Drake Protectionist Party 1901-1903
4 Austin Chapman Protectionist Party 1903-1904
5 Anderson Dawson Australian Labor Party 1904
6 James McCay Protectionist Party 1904-1905
7 Thomas Playford Protectionist Party 1905-1907
8 Thomas Ewing Protectionist Party 1907-1908
9 George Pearce Australian Labor Party 1908-1909
10 Joseph Cook Protectionist Party 1909-1910
11 George Pearce Australian Labor Party 1910-1913
12 Edward Millen Commonwealth Liberal Party 1913-1914
13 George Pearce Australian Labor Party/Nationalist Party of Australia 1914-1921
14 Walter Massy-Greene Nationalist Party of Australia 1921-1923
15 Eric Bowden Nationalist Party of Australia 1923-1925
16 Neville Howse Nationalist Party of Australia 1925-1927
17 Thomas William Glasgow Nationalist Party of Australia 1927-1929
18 Albert Green Australian Labor Party 1929-1931
19 John Daley Australian Labor Party 1931
20 Joseph Benedict Chifley Australian Labor Party 1931-1932
21 George Pearce United Australia Party 1932-1934
22 Robert Parkhill United Australia Party 1934-1937
23 Joseph Lyons United Australia Party 1937
24 Harold Thorby Country Party 1937-1938
25 Geoffrey Street United Australia Party 1938-1939
26 John Curtin Australian Labor Party 1942-1945
27 Jack Beasley Australian Labor Party 1945-1946
28 Frank Forde Australian Labor Party 1946
29 John Dedman Australian Labor Party 1946-1949
30 Eric Harrison Liberal Party of Australia 1949-1950
31 Philip Macbride Liberal Party of Australia 1950-1958
32 Athol Townley Liberal Party of Australia 1958-1963
33 Paul Hasluck Liberal Party of Australia 1963-1964
34 Shane Paltridge Liberal Party of Australia 1964-1966
35 Allen Fairhall Liberal Party of Australia 1966-1969
36 Malcolm Fraser Liberal Party of Australia 1969-1971
37 John Gorton Liberal Party of Australia 1971
38 David Fairbairn Liberal Party of Australia 1971-1972
39 Lance Barnard Australian Labor Party 1972-1975
40 William Morrison Australian Labor Party 1975
41 Jim Killen Liberal Party of Australia 1975-1982
42 Ian Sinclair National Country Party 1982-1983
43 Gordon Scholes Australian Labor Party 1983-1984
44 Kim Beazley Australian Labor Party 1984-1990
45 Robert Ray Australian Labor Party 1990-1996
46 Ian McLachlan Liberal Party of Australia 1996-1998
47 John Moore Liberal Party of Australia 1998-2001
48 Peter Reith Liberal Party of Australia 2001
49 Robert Hill Liberal Party of Australia 2001-2006
50 Brendan Nelson Liberal Party of Australia 2006-