# Shadow Ministry of Billy Snedden

The Shadow Ministry of Billy Snedden was the opposition Liberal shadow ministry of Australia from 21 December 1972 to 21 March 1975, opposing Gough Whitlam's Labor ministry. From 1974, it also included members of the Country Party.
The shadow ministry is a group of senior opposition spokespeople who form an alternative ministry to the government's, whose members shadow or mark each individual Minister or portfolio of the Government.
Billy Snedden became Leader of the Opposition upon his election as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia on 20 December 1972 and appointed a new Shadow Ministry.

## First Arrangement

The following were members of the Shadow Ministry from 21 December 1972 to 14 June 1974:
| Shadow Minister | Portfolio |
| Billy Snedden MP | Leader of the Opposition Leader of the Liberal Party |
| Phillip Lynch MP | Deputy Leader of the Opposition Shadow Treasurer Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party |
| Senator Reg Withers | Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Shadow Minister for Transport |
| Senator Ivor Greenwood QC | Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Shadow Attorney-General Shadow Minister for the Australian Capital Territory |
| Robert Bonnett MP | Shadow Minister for Pensions, Repatriation and Housing |
| Nigel Bowen QC MP | Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Territories |
| Don Chipp MP | Shadow Minister for International Trade and Tariffs |
| Senator Bob Cotton | Shadow Postmaster-General Shadow Minister for Works, Services and Property |
| David Fairbairn MP | Shadow Minister for Development, Minerals and Energy Shadow Minister for the Northern Territory |
| Dr Jim Forbes MP | Shadow Minister for Defence |
| Malcolm Fraser MP | Shadow Minister for Primary Industry |
| John Gorton MP CH | Shadow Minister for Urban and Regional Development Shadow Minister for Environment and Conservation |
| William McMahon MP | Shadow Minister without portfolio |
| Andrew Peacock MP | Shadow Minister for Manufacturing Industry |
| Senator Peter Rae | Shadow Minister for Social Development (to 24 January 1973) Shadow Minister for Education and Science (from 24 January 1973) |
| Tony Street MP | Shadow Minister for Social Security, Health and Welfare |
| Senator Condor Laucke | Shadow Minister for Social Development (from 21 December 1972) |
| Dr Harry Edwards MP | Shadow Minister for International Trade and Tariffs (from 31 July 1973) |

## Second Arrangement

Following the 1974 election, the Shadow ministry was rearranged to include members of the Country Party. The following were members of the Shadow Ministry between 14 June 1974 and 21 March 1975:
| Shadow Minister | Portfolio |
| Billy Snedden MP | Leader of the Opposition Leader of the Liberal Party |
| Phillip Lynch MP | Deputy Leader of the Opposition Shadow Treasurer Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party |
| Doug Anthony MP | Shadow Minister for Trade, Resources and Decentralised Development Leader of the National Country Party |
| Ian Sinclair MP | Shadow Minister for Primary Industry Deputy Leader of the National Country Party |
| Senator Reg Withers | Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Shadow Minister for Services and Property |
| Senator Ivor Greenwood QC | Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Shadow Attorney-General |
| Senator John Carrick | Shadow Minister for Urban Improvement |
| Don Chipp MP | Shadow Minister for Social Security and Welfare |
| Senator Bob Cotton | Shadow Minister for Manufacturing Industry |
| Senator Tom Drake-Brockman | Shadow Minister for Repatriation and Compensation |
| Senator Peter Durack | Shadow Postmaster-General |
| Dr Harry Edwards MP | Shadow Minister for Tariff and Industry Assistance Commission |
| Dr Jim Forbes MP | Shadow Minister for Defence |
| Malcolm Fraser MP | Shadow Minister for Labour |
| Senator Margaret Guilfoyle | Shadow Minister for Media |
| Ralph Hunt MP | Shadow Minister for Environment and Conservation |
| Bob Katter MP | Shadow Minister for Northern Development and Northern Territory |
| James Killen MP | Shadow Minister for Education |
| Bruce Lloyd MP | Shadow Minister for Health |
| Michael MacKellar MP | Shadow Minister for Immigration |
| Peter Nixon MP | Shadow Minister for Transport |
| Andrew Peacock MP | Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Territories |
| Senator Peter Rae | Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Community Development |
| Tony Street MP | Shadow Minister for Science and Technology Shadow Minister for the Australian Capital Territory |
| Bob Ellicott QC MP | Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs and Commerce (from 23 October 1974) Shadow Minister for Tasmania (from 23 October 1974) |