Second Dunstan Ministry | |
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![]() 51st ministry of Victoria, Australia | |
Date formed | 18 September 1943 |
Date dissolved | 2 October 1945 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | George VI |
Governor | Sir Winston Dugan |
Premier | Albert Dunstan |
Deputy premier | Thomas Hollway |
No. of ministers | 12 |
Member party | United Australia–Country Coalition |
Status in legislature | Coalition majority government 34 / 65 |
Opposition party | Labor |
Opposition leaders | John Cain |
History | |
Election | 1943 state election |
Predecessor | First Cain ministry |
Successor | Macfarlan ministry |
The Second Dunstan Ministry was the 51st ministry of the Government of Victoria. It was led by the Premier of Victoria, Albert Dunstan. The ministry was sworn in on 18 September 1943, just several days after the formation of the First Cain Ministry, and consisted of members of the Country Party and the United Australia Party (UAP) (later the Liberal Party from March 1945). [1]
Party | Minister | Portfolios | |
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Country | Albert Dunstan, MLA | ||
United Australia | Thomas Hollway, MLA | ||
Country | Albert Lind, MLA |
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Country | Herbert Hyland, MLA | ||
Country | Norman Martin, MLA | ||
Country | John McDonald, MLA |
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Country | John Lienhop, MLC |
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United Australia | Ian MacFarlan, MLA | ||
United Australia | James Kennedy, MLC |
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Country | George Tuckett, MLC |
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Country | Trevor Oldham, MLA | ||
United Australia | Gilbert Chandler, MLC | ||
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