First Bruce Ministry

The ministry meets in Canberra for the first time, at Yarralumla House, on 30 January 1924.

The First Bruce Ministry was the seventeenth Australian Commonwealth ministry, and ran from 9 February 1923 to 14 November 1925.

Rt Hon Stanley Bruce, MP: Prime Minister, Minister for External Affairs (Nat)
Hon Dr Earle Page, MP: Treasurer (CP)
Senator Rt Hon George Pearce: Minister for Home and Territories
Hon Littleton Groom, KC MP: Attorney-General. Minister for Trade and Customs (29 May 1924 to 13 June 1924), Minister for Health (29 May 1924 to 13 June 1924) (Nat)
Hon William Gibson, MP: Postmaster-General (CP)
Hon Austin Chapman, MP: Minister for Trade and Customs (to 26 May 1924), Minister for Health (to 26 May 1924) (Nat)
Hon Percy Stewart, MP: Minister for Works and Railways (to 8 August 1924) (CP)
Hon Eric Bowden, MP: Minister for Defence (to 16 January 1925) (Nat)
Hon Llewellyn Atkinson, MP: Vice-President of the Executive Council (CP)
Senator Hon Reginald Wilson: Honorary Minister (to 16 January 1925), Minister for Markets and Migration (from 16 January 1925) (Nat)
Senator Hon Thomas Crawford: Honorary Minister (from 14 February 1923) (Nat)
Hon Herbert Pratten, MP: Minister for Trade and Customs (from 13 June 1924), Minister for Health (13 June 1924 to 16 January 1925) (Nat)
Hon William Hill, MP: Minister for Works and Railways (from 8 August 1924) (CP)
Hon Sir Neville Howse, VC, KCMG, MP: Minister for Defence (from 16 January 1925), Minister for Health (from 16 January 1925) (Nat)