Rt Hon. E. J. (later Sir Eric) Harrison, Vice President of the Executive Council and Minister for Defence Production, later Minister for the Navy and Minister for the Army

May 1951 to September 1956

Rt Hon. H. E. Holt, Minister for Labour and National Service, later Treasurer

September 1956 to December 1965

Hon. D. E. Fairbairn, Minister for National Development

March to October 1966

Hon. B. M. Snedden, Minister for Immigration

February 1967 to November 1968

Hon. G. D. Erwin, Minister for Air

February to September 1969

Hon. B. M. Snedden, Minister for Labour and National Service

November 1969 to March 1971

Hon. R. W. C. (later Sir Reginald) Swartz, Minister for National Development

March 1971 to August 1972

Hon. D. L. Chipp, Minister for Customs and Excise

August to October 1972

Hon. F. M. Daly, Minister for Services and Property, later Minister for Administrative Services

Hon. L. F. Bowen was appointed Deputy Leader of the House in May 1973

February 1973 to November 1975

Hon. (later Rt Hon.) I. McC. Sinclair, Minister for Primary Industry

February 1976 to September 1979

Hon. I. Viner, Minister for Employment and Youth Affairs

September 1979 to August 1980

Rt Hon. I. McC. Sinclair, Minister for Special Trade Representations, later Minister for Communications

August 1980 to May 1982

Hon. Sir James Killen, Vice-President of the Executive Council

August to December 1982

Hon. M. J. Young, Special Minister of State and Vice-President of the Executive Council

April to May 1983

Hon. L. F. Bowen, Deputy Prime Minister and Vice-President of the Executive Council

August to December 1983

Hon. M. J. Young, Special Minister of State, later Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, later Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Multicultural Affairs

February 1984 to December 1987

Hon. K. C. Beazley, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Minister for Defence, later Minister for Transport and Communications, later Minister for Employment, Education and Training, later Minister for Finance

February 1988 to December 1995

Hon. P. K. Reith, Minister for Industrial Relations and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service, later Minister for Workplace Relations and Small Business, later Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business, later Minister for Defence

April 1996 to September 2001

Hon. A. J. Abbott, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service, later Minister for Health and Ageing

February 2002 to September 2007

Hon. A. N. Albanese, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, later Minister for Infrastructure and Transport and Minister for Regional Development and Local Government

February 2008 to June 2013

Hon. C. M. Pyne, Minister for Education, later Minister for Education and Training, later Minister for Industry Innovation and Science, later Ministry for Defence Industry

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