Minister for Employment (Australia)
List of ministers for employment
Columns: Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Term start | Term end | Term in office
1 | Harold Holt | United Australia | Menzies | 28October1940 | 29August1941 | 344 days | 1 | Harold Holt | United Australia | Fadden | 29August1941 | 7October1941 | 344 days | 2 | Eddie Ward | Labor | Curtin | 7October1941 | 21September1943 | 1year, 349days | 3 | Jack Holloway | Labor | Curtin | 21September1943 | 6July1945 | 6years, 89days | 3 | Jack Holloway | Labor | Forde | 6July1945 | 13July1945 | 6years, 89days | 3 | Jack Holloway | Labor | Chifley | 13July1945 | 19December1949 | 6years, 89days | n/a | Harold Holt | Liberal | Menzies | 19December1949 | 10December1958 | 8years, 356days | 4 | William McMahon | Liberal | Menzies | 10December1958 | 26January1966 | 7years, 47days | 5 | Les Bury | Liberal | Holt | 26January1966 | 19December1967 | 3years, 290days | 5 | Les Bury | Liberal | McEwen | 19December1967 | 10January1968 | 3years, 290days | 5 | Les Bury | Liberal | Gorton | 10January1968 | 12November1969 | 3years, 290days | 6 | Billy Snedden | Liberal | Gorton | 12November1969 | 10March1971 | 1year, 130days | 6 | Billy Snedden | Liberal | McMahon | 10March1971 | 22March1971 | 1year, 130days | 7 | Phillip Lynch | Liberal | McMahon | 22March1971 | 5December1972 | 1year, 258days | 8 | Lance Barnard | Labor | Whitlam | 5December1972 | 19December1972 | 14 days | 9 | Clyde Cameron | Labor | Whitlam | 19December1972 | 12June1974 | 2years, 169days | 9 | Clyde Cameron | Labor | Whitlam | 12June1974 | 6June1975 | 2years, 169days | 10 | Jim McClelland | Labor | Whitlam | 6June1975 | 11November1975 | 158 days | 11 | Tony Street | Liberal | Fraser | 11November1975 | 22December1975 | 3years, 24days | 11 | Tony Street | Liberal | Fraser | 22December1975 | 5December1978 | 3years, 24days | 12 | Ian Viner | Liberal | Fraser | 5December1978 | 6April1981 | 2years, 122days | 13 | Neil Brown | Liberal | Fraser | 6April1981 | 7May1982 | 1year, 31days | 14 | Ian Macphee | Liberal | Fraser | 7May1982 | 11March1983 | 308 days | 15 | Ralph Willis | Labor | Hawke | 11March1983 | 24July1987 | 4years, 135days | 16 | John Dawkins | Labor | Hawke | 24July1987 | 20December1991 | 4years, 156days | 16 | John Dawkins | Labor | Keating | 20December1991 | 27December1991 | 4years, 156days | 17 | Kim Beazley | Labor | Keating | 27December1991 | 23December1993 | 1year, 361days | 18 | Simon Crean | Labor | Keating | 23December1993 | 11March1996 | 2years, 79days | 19 | Amanda Vanstone | Liberal | Howard | 11March1996 | 9October1997 | 1year, 212days | 20 | David Kemp | Liberal | Howard | 9October1997 | 21October1998 | 1year, 12days | 21 | Peter Reith | Liberal | Howard | 21October1998 | 30January2001 | 2years, 101days | 22 | Tony Abbott | Liberal | Howard | 30January2001 | 26November2001 | 2years, 250days | 22 | Tony Abbott | Liberal | Howard | 26November2001 | 7October2003 | 2years, 250days | 23 | Kevin Andrews | Liberal | Howard | 7October2003 | 30January2007 | 3years, 115days | 24 | Joe Hockey | Liberal | Howard | 30January2007 | 3December2007 | 307 days | 25 | Julia Gillard | Labor | Rudd | 3December2007 | 28June2010 | 2years, 207days | n/a | Simon Crean | Labor | Gillard | 28June2010 | 14September2010 | 78 days | 26 | Chris Evans | Labor | Gillard | 14September2010 | 14December2011 | 1year, 91days | 27 | Bill Shorten | Labor | Gillard | 14December2011 | 1July2013 | 1year, 199days | 28 | Brendan O'Connor | Labor | Rudd | 1July2013 | 18September2013 | 79 days | 29 | Eric Abetz | Liberal | Abbott | 18September2013 | Incumbent | 136 days