| 词条 | First Whitlam Ministry | ||||
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The First Whitlam Ministry, often known as the "two-man Ministry" or the "Duumvirate", was the forty-eighth Australian Commonwealth ministry, and ran from 5 to 19 December 1972.[1] The Australian Labor Party had just won government after 23 years of Coalition rule. Historically, when Labor won government, the caucus elected the members of the ministry, with Labor Prime Ministers only having the right to allocate portfolios. Although Labor's victory was beyond doubt, counting was scheduled to continue until 15 December, two weeks after the 2 December election. In accordance with longstanding Australian constitutional practice, the outgoing Prime Minister, William McMahon, advised the Governor-General, Sir Paul Hasluck, that he was no longer in a position to govern. Whitlam then advised Hasluck that he could form a government with his new majority. Normally, McMahon would have stayed on as a caretaker until the final results were known. However, Whitlam was unwilling to wait that long. Accordingly, soon after advising Hasluck that he could form a government, Whitlam had himself and his deputy leader, Lance Barnard, sworn in as an interim two-man government until the full ministry could be chosen. For the next two weeks, Whitlam and Barnard held 27 portfolios between them. It is the smallest ministry in Australian history.
Notes1. ^{{cite web |title = Ministries and Cabinets |work = Parliamentary Handbook |publisher = Parliament of Australia |date = |url = http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;page=0;query=Scullin%20Ministry%20(ALP);rec=0;resCount=Default |accessdate = 17 September 2010 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20121008065519/http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p%3Bpage%3D0%3Bquery%3DScullin%20Ministry%20%28ALP%29%3Brec%3D0%3BresCount%3DDefault |archivedate = 8 October 2012 |df = dmy}} {{Australian federal ministries}}{{Australian Labor Party}} 7 : Australian Commonwealth ministries|Australian Labor Party ministries|1972 establishments in Australia|1972 disestablishments in Australia|Cabinets established in 1972|Cabinets disestablished in 1972|Gough Whitlam |
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