Second McDonald ministry explained

Cabinet Name:Second McDonald ministry
Cabinet Number:58th
Jurisdiction:Victoria, Australia
Date Formed:31 October 1952
Date Dissolved:17 December 1952
Government Head Title:Premier
Deputy Government Head Title:Deputy premier
Government Head:John McDonald
Deputy Government Head:Keith Dodgshun
State Head Title:Monarch
State Head:Elizabeth II
Governor:Sir Dallas Brooks
Current Number:13
Political Party: Country
Legislature Status:Minority government
Opposition Party: Labor
Opposition Leader:John Cain
Previous:Second Hollway ministry
Successor:Third Cain ministry
Flag:File:Flag of Victoria (1901–1952).svg
Flag Border:true
Cabinet Type:ministry

The Second McDonald Ministry was the 58th ministry of the Government of Victoria, which consisted of members of the Country Party. It was led by the Premier of Victoria, John McDonald, and Deputy Premier Keith Dodgshun.

The ministry was formed when the Governor of Victoria, Sir Dallas Brooks, asked McDonald to form an interim government after dismissing the ministry of Thomas Hollway's electoral reform group which had been in government for just seventy hours, and calling an election. McDonald's government was also short-lived, lasting 47 days (31 October to 17 December 1952) until it was defeated at the state election in December by the Labor Party under John Cain.

Portfolios

MinisterPortfolios[1]
John McDonald, MLA
Keith Dodgshun, MLA
Sir Albert Lind, MLA
Sir Herbert Hyland, MLA
  • Minister of Transport
  • Minister-in-Charge of Prices
  • Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works
Percy Byrnes, MLC
Percival Inchbold, MLC
George Moss, MLA
Richard Brose, MLA
Bill Fulton, MLA
Tom Mitchell, MLA
Ivan Swinburne, MLC
Trevor Harvey, MLC
Russell White, MLA
  • Minister of State Development

Notes and References

  1. http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/images/1952/V/general/854.pdf Victoria Government Gazette No. 854