Cabinet Name: | Pizzey ministry |
Cabinet Number: | 37th |
Jurisdiction: | Queensland |
Flag: | File:Flag of Queensland.svg |
Flag Border: | true |
Date Formed: | 17 January 1968[1] |
Date Dissolved: | 1 August 1968 |
State Head Title: | Monarch |
State Head: | Elizabeth II |
Governor Title: | Governor |
Governor: | Alan Mansfield |
Members Number: | 13 |
Legislature Status: | Majority government |
Opposition Party: | Labor |
Opposition Leader: | Jack Houston |
Legislature Term: | 1966–1969 |
Predecessor: | Nicklin IX ministry |
Successor: | Chalk ministry (interim) |
The Pizzey Ministry was the 37th[1] ministry of the Government of Queensland and was led by Country Party Premier Jack Pizzey and Liberal Deputy Premier Gordon Chalk. It succeeded the Nicklin ministry,[1] led by Premier and Country Party leader Frank Nicklin, the longest serving cabinet in Queensland history, at that point.[2] It was preceded by a Gordon Chalk-led interim ministry, the second-shortest cabinet in Queensland history, by length of duration. The Pizzey ministry itself lasted for, coming to an end following the death of Country Party leader and Premier Jack Pizzey.