minister for employment (australia) 

Statements about this table:
rudd be prime minister when julia gillard and brendan o'connor be minister
simon crean 's term in office be 1 day shorter than brendan o'connor 's term
brendan o'connor start in 1july 2013 while eric abetz start on 18september 2013
harold holt be the only minister from the united australia paty , the rest be either labor or liberal
rudd be a minister when julia gillard be prime minister
simon crean 's term in office be the same as brendan o'connor 's term
brendan o'connor and eric abetz start on the same month
no minister be in the office for more than 8 year
order
minister
party
prime minister
term start
term end
term in office
1
harold holt
united australia
menzies
28 october 1940
29 august 1941
344 days
1
harold holt
united australia
fadden
29 august 1941
7 october 1941
344 days
2
eddie ward
labor
curtin
7 october 1941
21 september 1943
1year , 349days
3
jack holloway
labor
curtin
21 september 1943
6 july 1945
6years , 89days
3
jack holloway
labor
forde
6 july 1945
13 july 1945
6years , 89days
3
jack holloway
labor
chifley
13 july 1945
19 december 1949
6years , 89days
n / a
harold holt
liberal
menzies
19 december 1949
10 december 1958
8years , 356days
4
william mcmahon
liberal
menzies
10 december 1958
26 january 1966
7years , 47days
5
les bury
liberal
holt
26 january 1966
19 december 1967
3years , 290days
5
les bury
liberal
mcewen
19 december 1967
10 january 1968
3years , 290days
5
les bury
liberal
gorton
10 january 1968
12 november 1969
3years , 290days
6
billy snedden
liberal
gorton
12 november 1969
10 march 1971
1year , 130days
6
billy snedden
liberal
mcmahon
10 march 1971
22 march 1971
1year , 130days
7
phillip lynch
liberal
mcmahon
22 march 1971
5 december 1972
1year , 258days
order
minister
party
prime minister
term start
term end
term in office
8
lance barnard
labor
whitlam
5 december 1972
19 december 1972
14 days
9
clyde cameron
labor
whitlam
19 december 1972
12 june 1974
2years , 169days
9
clyde cameron
labor
whitlam
12 june 1974
6 june 1975
2years , 169days
10
jim mcclelland
labor
whitlam
6 june 1975
11 november 1975
158 days
11
tony street
liberal
fraser
11 november 1975
22 december 1975
3years , 24days
11
tony street
liberal
fraser
22 december 1975
5 december 1978
3years , 24days
12
ian viner
liberal
fraser
5 december 1978
6 april 1981
2years , 122days
13
neil brown
liberal
fraser
6 april 1981
7 may 1982
1year , 31days
14
ian macphee
liberal
fraser
7 may 1982
11 march 1983
308 days
15
ralph willis
labor
hawke
11 march 1983
24 july 1987
4years , 135days
16
john dawkins
labor
hawke
24 july 1987
20 december 1991
4years , 156days
16
john dawkins
labor
keating
20 december 1991
27 december 1991
4years , 156days
17
kim beazley
labor
keating
27 december 1991
23 december 1993
1year , 361days
18
simon crean
labor
keating
23 december 1993
11 march 1996
2years , 79days
order
minister
party
prime minister
term start
term end
term in office
19
amanda vanstone
liberal
howard
11 march 1996
9 october 1997
1year , 212days
20
david kemp
liberal
howard
9 october 1997
21 october 1998
1year , 12days
21
peter reith
liberal
howard
21 october 1998
30 january 2001
2years , 101days
22
tony abbott
liberal
howard
30 january 2001
26 november 2001
2years , 250days
22
tony abbott
liberal
howard
26 november 2001
7 october 2003
2years , 250days
23
kevin andrews
liberal
howard
7 october 2003
30 january 2007
3years , 115days
24
joe hockey
liberal
howard
30 january 2007
3 december 2007
307 days
25
julia gillard
labor
rudd
3 december 2007
28 june 2010
2years , 207days
n / a
simon crean
labor
gillard
28 june 2010
14 september 2010
78 days
26
chris evans
labor
gillard
14 september 2010
14 december 2011
1year , 91days
27
bill shorten
labor
gillard
14 december 2011
1 july 2013
1year , 199days
28
brendan o'connor
labor
rudd
1 july 2013
18 september 2013
79 days
29
eric abetz
liberal
abbott
18 september 2013
incumbent
136 days