Minister for Defence (Australia) - Definition and Overview

List of Australian Ministers for Defence

1. James Dickson Protectionist Party 1901
2. John Forrest Protectionist Party 1901
3. James Drake Protectionist Party 1901-1903
4. Austin Chapman Protectionist Party 1903-1904
5. Anderson Dawson Australian Labor Party 1904
6. James McCay Protectionist Party 1904-1905
7. Thomas Playford Protectionist Party 1905-1907
8. Thomas Ewing Protectionist Party 1907-1908
9. George Pearce Australian Labor Party 1908-1909
10. Joseph Cook Protectionist Party 1909-1910
11. George Pearce Australian Labor Party 1910-1913
12. Edward Millen Liberal Party 1913-1914
13. George Pearce Australian Labor Party/Nationalist Party 1914-1921
14. Walter Massey-Greene Nationalist Party 1921-1923
15. Eric Bowden Nationalist Party 1923-1925
16. Neville Howse Nationalist Party 1925-1927
17. William Glasgow Nationalist Party 1927-1929
18. Albert Green Australian Labor Party 1929-1931
19. John Daley Australian Labor Party 1931
20. Joseph Benedict Chifley Australian Labor Party 1931-1932
21. George Pearce United Australia Party 1932-1934
22. Robert Parkhill United Australia Party 1934-1937
23. Joseph Lyons United Australia Party 1937
24. Harold Thorby Country Party 1937-1938
25. Geoffrey Street United Australia Party 1938-1939
26. John Curtin Australian Labor Party 1942-1945
27. John Beasley Australian Labor Party 1945-1946
28. Frank Forde Australian Labor Party 1946
29. John Dedman Australian Labor Party 1946-1949
30. Eric Harrison Liberal Party of Australia 1949-1950
31. Philip Macbride Liberal Party of Australia 1950-1958
32. Athol Townley Liberal Party of Australia 1958-1963
33. Paul Hasluck Liberal Party of Australia 1963-1964
34. Shane Paltridge Liberal Party of Australia 1964-1969
35. Malcolm Fraser Liberal Party of Australia 1969-1971
36. John Gorton Liberal Party of Australia 1971
37. David Fairbairn Liberal Party of Australia 1971-1972
38. Lance Barnard Australian Labor Party 1972-1975
39. William Morrison Australian Labor Party 1975
40. Jim Killen Liberal Party of Australia 1975-1982
41. Ian Sinclair National Country Party 1982-1983
42. Gordon Scholes Australian Labor Party 1983-1984
43. Kim Christian Beazley Australian Labor Party 1984-1990
44. Robert Ray Australian Labor Party 1990-1996
45. Ian McLachlan Liberal Party of Australia 1996-1998
46. John Moore Liberal Party of Australia 1998-2001
47. Peter Reith Liberal Party of Australia 2001
48. Robert Hill Liberal Party of Australia 2001-