The Shadow Ministry of Gough Whitlam was the opposition Australian Labor Party frontbench of Australia from 8 February 1967 to 5 December 1972, opposing the Liberal-Country Coalition government.

Gough Whitlam became Leader of the Opposition upon his election as leader of the Australian Labor Party on 9 February 1967, and headed up the Australian Labor Party Caucus Executive until 1969. Following their loss at the 1969 election, the Labor Party adopted a Shadow Cabinet system. 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.

Caucus Executive (1967-1969)

The following were members of the ALP Caucus Executive from 8 February 1967 to 12 November 1969:[1]

Shadow Ministry (1969-1972)

The following were members of the Shadow Cabinet from 12 November 1969 to 5 December 1972:[1]

Shadow Minister Portfolio
Gough Whitlam QC MP
Lance Barnard MP
Senator Lionel Murphy
Senator Don Willesee
  • Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
Kim Beazley MP
  • Shadow Minister for Education
Jim Cairns MP
  • Shadow Minister for Trade and Industry
Clyde Cameron MP
  • Shadow Minister for Labour
Frank Crean MP
  • Shadow Treasurer
Fred Daly MP
  • Shadow Minister for Immigration
Bill Hayden MP
  • Shadow Minister for Health and Social Security
Charles Jones MP
  • Shadow Minister for Transport
Rex Patterson MP
  • Shadow Minister for Primary Industry
Frank Stewart MP
  • Shadow Minister for Fuel and Natural Resources
Tom Uren MP
  • Shadow Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "OPPOSITION EXECUTIVES AND SHADOW MINISTRIES".
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