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The Second Chifley Ministry was the thirty-fourth Australian Commonwealth ministry, and held office from 1 November 1946 to 19 December 1949.[1]
Australian Labor Party
- Rt Hon Ben Chifley, MP: Prime Minister and Treasurer
- Hon Dr H.V. Evatt, KC MP: Attorney-General, Minister for External Affairs
- Hon Ted Holloway, MP: Minister for Labour and National Service
- Senator Hon William Ashley: Minister for Supply and Shipping (to 6 April 1948), Minister for Shipping and Fuel (from 6 April 1948)
- Hon Eddie Ward, MP: Minister for Transport, Minister for External Territories
- Hon William Scully, MP: Vice-President of the Executive Council
- Hon John Dedman, MP: Minister for Defence, Minister for Postwar Reconstruction, Minister in charge of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
- Hon Arthur Drakeford, MP: Minister for Air, Minister for Civil Aviation
- Senator Hon Donald Cameron: Postmaster-General
- Hon Arthur Calwell, MP: Minister for Information, Minister for Immigration
- Hon Herbert Johnson, MP: Minister for the Interior
- Senator Hon Nicholas McKenna: Minister for Health, Minister for Social Services
- Senator Hon John Armstrong: Minister for Munitions (to 6 April 1948), Minister for Supply and Development (from 6 April 1948)
- Hon Claude Barnard, MP: Minister for Repatriation
- Hon Cyril Chambers, MP: Minister for the Army
- Hon Benjamin Courtice, MP: Minister for Trade and Customs
- Hon Nelson Lemmon, MP: Minister for Works and Housing
- Hon Reginald Pollard, MP: Minister for Commerce and Agriculture
- Hon William Riordan, MP: Minister for the Navy
