Nicklin ministry explained

The Nicklin Ministry was a ministry of the Government of Queensland and was led by Country Party Premier Frank Nicklin. It succeeded the Gair Ministry on 12 August 1957 following the defeat of both Labor and the QLP at the state election held nine days earlier. It was succeeded by the Pizzey Ministry on 17 January 1968 when Nicklin retired from politics.

First ministry

On 12 August 1957, the Administrator designated 11 principal executive offices of the Government and appointed the following Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland to the Ministry as follows.

The list below is ordered by decreasing seniority within the Cabinet, as indicated by the Government Gazette and the Hansard index. Blue entries indicate members of the Liberal Party.

OfficeMinister
Premier
Chief Minister
Frank Nicklin
Deputy Premier
Minister for Labour and Industry
Kenneth Morris
Minister for EducationJack Pizzey, BA, Dip. Ed.
Attorney-General
Minister for Justice
Alan Munro
Treasurer
Minister for Housing
Thomas Hiley
Minister for Development
Minister for Mines
Minister for Main Roads
Ernie Evans
Minister for Public Lands and IrrigationAdolf Muller
Minister for Health
Minister for Home Affairs
Dr Winston Noble, MBBS
Minister for Agriculture and StockOtto Madsen
Minister for Public Works
Minister for Local Government
James Heading, CMG
Minister for TransportGordon Chalk

Second ministry

On 9 June 1960, following the 1960 state election, the Ministry was reconstituted. Adolf Muller and James Heading left the ministry, to be replaced by Lloyd Roberts and Alan Fletcher.

OfficeMinister
Premier
Chief Minister
Frank Nicklin
Deputy Premier
Minister for Labour and Industry
Kenneth Morris
Minister for Education and MigrationJack Pizzey, BA, Dip. Ed.
Attorney-General
Minister for Justice
Alan Munro
Treasurer
Minister for Housing
Thomas Hiley
Minister for Development
Minister for Mines
Minister for Main Roads and Electricity
Ernie Evans
Minister for Health
Minister for Home Affairs
Dr Winston Noble, MBBS
Minister for Agriculture and StockOtto Madsen
Minister for TransportGordon Chalk
Minister for Public Works
Minister for Local Government
Lloyd Roberts
Minister for Public Lands and IrrigationAlan Fletcher

Third ministry

On 26 September 1963, following the introduction of a bill to increase the ministry from 11 to 13 members, the Ministry was reconstituted with two new ministers, Joh Bjelke-Petersen (Country) and Peter Delamothe (Liberal).

OfficeMinister
Premier
Minister for State Development
Frank Nicklin
Deputy Premier
Minister for Industrial Development
Alan Munro
Minister for EducationJack Pizzey, BA, Dip. Ed.
Treasurer
Thomas Hiley
Minister for Mines
Minister for Main Roads
Ernie Evans
Minister for HealthDr Winston Noble, MBBS
Minister for TransportGordon Chalk
Minister for Public Lands and IrrigationAlan Fletcher
Minister for Local Government
Minister for Conservation
Harold Richter
Minister for Labour and IndustryAlex Dewar
Minister for Primary IndustriesJohn Row
Minister for Public Works
Minister for Housing
Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Attorney-General
Minister for Justice
Peter Delamothe

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