Minister for Defence (Australia)

List of Australian Ministers for Defence (see Australian Defence Force, Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army, and Royal Australian Air Force.)

# James Dickson Protectionist Party 1901# John Forrest Protectionist Party 1901# James Drake Protectionist Party 1901-1903# Austin Chapman Protectionist Party 1903-1904# Anderson Dawson Australian Labor Party 1904# James McCay Protectionist Party 1904-1905# Thomas Playford Protectionist Party 1905-1907# Thomas Ewing Protectionist Party 1907-1908# George Pearce Australian Labor Party 1908-1909# Joseph Cook Protectionist Party 1909-1910# George Pearce Australian Labor Party 1910-1913# Edward Millen Liberal Party of Australia 1913-1914# George Pearce Australian Labor Party/Nationalist Party of Australia 1914-1921# Walter Massy-Greene Nationalist Party of Australia 1921-1923# Eric Bowden Nationalist Party of Australia 1923-1925# Neville Howse Nationalist Party of Australia 1925-1927# Thomas William Glasgow Nationalist Party of Australia 1927-1929# Albert Green Australian Labor Party 1929-1931# John Daley Australian Labor Party 1931# Joseph Benedict Chifley Australian Labor Party 1931-1932# George Pearce United Australia Party 1932-1934# Robert Parkhill United Australia Party 1934-1937# Joseph Lyons United Australia Party 1937# Harold Thorby Country Party 1937-1938# Geoffrey Street United Australia Party 1938-1939# John Curtin Australian Labor Party 1942-1945# Jack Beasley Australian Labor Party 1945-1946# Frank Forde Australian Labor Party 1946# John Dedman Australian Labor Party 1946-1949# Eric Harrison Liberal Party of Australia 1949-1950# Philip Macbride Liberal Party of Australia 1950-1958# Athol Townley Liberal Party of Australia 1958-1963# Paul Hasluck Liberal Party of Australia 1963-1964# Shane Paltridge Liberal Party of Australia 1964-1969# Malcolm Fraser Liberal Party of Australia 1969-1971# John Gorton Liberal Party of Australia 1971# David Fairbairn Liberal Party of Australia 1971-1972# Lance Barnard Australian Labor Party 1972-1975# William Morrison Australian Labor Party 1975# Jim Killen Liberal Party of Australia 1975-1982# Ian Sinclair National Country Party 1982-1983# Gordon Scholes Australian Labor Party 1983-1984# Kim Beazley Australian Labor Party 1984-1990# Robert Ray Australian Labor Party 1990-1996# Ian McLachlan Liberal Party of Australia 1996-1998# John Moore Liberal Party of Australia 1998-2001# Peter Reith Liberal Party of Australia 2001# Robert Hill Liberal Party of Australia 2001-2006# Brendan Nelson Liberal Party of Australia 2006-

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