The Shadow Ministry of Gough Whitlam was the opposition Australian Labor Party shadow ministry of Australia from 21 January 1976 to 29 December 1977, opposing Malcolm Fraser's Coalition ministry.
The shadow cabinet is a group of senior Opposition spokespeople who form an alternative Cabinet to the government's, whose members shadow or mark each individual Minister or portfolio of the Government.
Whitlam had not formed a Shadow Ministry after losing government during the 1975 constitutional crisis and had used the title "Leader of the Majority in the House of Representatives" for himself rather than Leader of the Opposition. When the Labor Party lost their majority at the 1975 election, Whitlam returned to use of the Opposition Leader title and a new Shadow Ministry was appointed.
Shadow Ministry (1975–1977)
[edit]The following were members of the Shadow Cabinet from 21 January 1976 to 29 December 1977:[1]
Shadow Minister | Portfolio |
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Gough Whitlam QC MP |
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Tom Uren MP |
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Senator Ken Wriedt |
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Senator Jim Keeffe |
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Kim Beazley MP |
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Lionel Bowen MP |
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Senator John Button |
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Dr Moss Cass MP |
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Rex Connor MP |
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Senator Donald Grimes |
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Chris Hurford MP |
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Ted Innes MP |
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Paul Keating MP |
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Senator Doug McClelland |
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Peter Morris MP |
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Senator Tony Mulvihill |
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Gordon Scholes MP |
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Senator John Wheeldon |
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Ralph Willis MP |
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Mick Young MP |
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Senator Arthur Gietzelt |
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Bill Hayden MP |
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Charles Jones MP |
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Dr Dick Klugman MP |
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "OPPOSITION EXECUTIVES AND SHADOW MINISTRIES" (txt). Retrieved 2023-08-16.