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The Shadow Ministry of Gough Whitlam was the opposition
Australian Labor Party
shadow ministry of
Australia from 21 January 1976 to 29 December 1977, opposing
Malcolm Fraser 's
Coalition
ministry .
The shadow cabinet is a group of senior
Opposition spokespeople who form an alternative
Cabinet to the government 's, whose members shadow or mark each individual Minister or portfolio of the Government.
Whitlam had not formed a Shadow Ministry after losing government during the
1975 constitutional crisis and had used the title "Leader of the Majority in the House of Representatives" for himself rather than
Leader of the Opposition . When the Labor Party lost their majority at the
1975 election , Whitlam returned to use of the Opposition Leader title and a new Shadow Ministry was appointed.
Shadow Ministry (1975–1977)
The following were members of the Shadow Cabinet from 21 January 1976 to 29 December 1977:
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Shadow Minister
Portfolio
Gough Whitlam
QC
MP
Tom Uren
MP
Senator
Ken Wriedt
Senator
Jim Keeffe
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (to 31 May 1977)
Shadow Minister for Northern Australia and Aboriginal Affairs
Kim Beazley
MP
Shadow Minister for Education
Shadow Minister for Defence (to 15 March 1976)
Lionel Bowen
MP
Senator
John Button
Shadow Minister for Construction (to 25 March 1976)
Shadow Minister for Media and Films (from 25 March 1976)
Dr
Moss Cass
MP
Shadow Minister for Health (to 31 May 1977)
Rex Connor
MP
Shadow Minister for Science (to 22 August 1977)
Senator
Donald Grimes
Shadow Minister for Social Security
Shadow Minister for Repatriation and Compensation (25 March 1976 to 2 June 1977)
Shadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Compensation (from 2 June 1977)
Chris Hurford
MP
Shadow Treasurer
Shadow Minister for Trade (from 2 June 1977)
Ted Innes
MP
Shadow Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs
Paul Keating
MP
Shadow Minister for Agriculture (to 25 March 1976)
Shadow Minister for Minerals and Energy (from 25 March 1976)
Senator
Doug McClelland
Shadow Minister for Administrative Services
Peter Morris
MP
Shadow Minister for Transport
Senator
Tony Mulvihill
Shadow Minister for Environment
Gordon Scholes
MP
Shadow Minister for Postal and Telecommunications (to 2 June 1977)
Shadow Minister for Primary Industry (from 2 June 1977)
Senator
John Wheeldon
Shadow Minister for Repatriation and Compensation (to 19 March 1976)
Shadow Minister for Media and Films (to 19 March 1976)
Ralph Willis
MP
Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations
Mick Young
MP
Shadow Minister for Industry and Commerce, Business and Consumer Affairs
Senator
Arthur Gietzelt
Shadow Minister for Agriculture (25 March 1976 to 31 May 1977)
Bill Hayden
MP
Shadow Minister for Health and Social Security
Charles Jones
MP
Shadow Minister for Transport
Dr
Dick Klugman
MP
Shadow Minister for Health and Science (from 2 June 1977)
See also
References
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