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{{Short description|32nd ministry of government of Australia}}
{{see also|Chifley government}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox government cabinet
| cabinet_name            = First Chifley ministry
| cabinet_type            = Ministry
| cabinet_number          = 32nd
| jurisdiction            = Australia
| flag                    = Flag of Australia.svg
| flag_border             = true
| incumbent               = 
| image                   = First_Chifley_Ministry.jpg
| caption                 = Group photo of the First Chifley ministry
| date_formed             = 13 July 1945
| date_dissolved          = 1 November 1946
| government_head         = [[Ben Chifley]]
| government_head_history = 
| deputy_government_head  = 
| state_head              = [[George VI]] 
| governor_general        = [[Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester]]
| members_number          = 20
| former_members_number   = 
| total_number            = 
| political_party         = [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| legislature_status      = Majority government
| opposition_cabinet      = 
| opposition_party        = [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]–[[National Party of Australia|Country]] [[Coalition (Australia)|coalition]]
| opposition_leader       = [[Robert Menzies]]
| election                = 
| last_election           = [[1946 Australian federal election|28 September 1946]]
| legislature_term        = 17th
| budget                  = 
| advice_and_consent1     = 
| incoming_formation      = 
| outgoing_formation      = 
| predecessor             = [[Forde ministry]]
| successor               = [[Second Chifley ministry]]
| state_head_title        = Monarch
| government_head_title   = Prime Minister
}}
{{Ben Chifley sidebar}}
The '''First Chifley ministry''' ([[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]) was the 32nd [[List of Australian ministries|ministry]] of the [[Australian Government|Government of Australia]]. It was led by the country's 16th [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]], [[Ben Chifley]]. The First Chifley ministry succeeded the [[Forde ministry]], which dissolved on 13 July 1945 following the [[1945 Australian Labor Party leadership election|election]] of Chifley as Labor leader after the death of former Prime Minister [[John Curtin]]. The ministry was replaced by the [[Second Chifley ministry]] on 1 November 1946 following the [[1946 Australian federal election|1946 federal election]].<ref name=phb>{{cite web
 |title       = Ministries and Cabinets
 |work        = Parliamentary Handbook
 |publisher   = [[Parliament of Australia]]
 |url         = http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;page=0;query=Scullin%20Ministry%20(ALP);rec=0;resCount=Default
 |access-date  = 17 September 2010
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20121008065519/http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p%3Bpage%3D0%3Bquery%3DScullin%20Ministry%20%28ALP%29%3Brec%3D0%3BresCount%3DDefault
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}}</ref>

[[Frank Forde]], who died in 1983, was the last surviving member of the First Chifley ministry; Forde was also the last surviving minister of the [[Scullin ministry|Scullin government]], the [[Curtin government]], and the [[Forde ministry|Forde government]].

==Ministry==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!colspan="2" |  Party
! Minister
! Portrait
! Portfolio
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp; ||rowspan=20| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| [[Ben Chifley]] <br />{{small|(1885–1951)}}
{{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for [[Division of Macquarie|Macquarie]] <br />{{small|(1940–1951)}}
| [[File:Benchifley.jpg|100px]]
|
* [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]]
* ''[[Leaders of the Australian Labor Party|Leader of the Labor Party]]''
* [[Treasurer of Australia|Treasurer]]
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[Frank Forde]] <br />{{small|(1890–1983)}}
{{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for [[Division of Capricornia|Capricornia]] <br />{{small|(1922–1946)}}
| [[File:Frank Forde 1945.jpg|100px]]
|
* ''[[Leaders of the Australian Labor Party#ALP federal deputy parliamentary leaders|Deputy Leader of the Labor Party]]'' <small>(to 28 September 1946)</small>
* [[Minister for Defence (Australia)#Ministers for the Army|Minister for the Army]]
* [[Minister for Defence (Australia)|Minister for Defence]] <small>(from 15 August 1946)</small>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[H. V. Evatt]] <br />{{small|(1894–1965)}}
{{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for [[Division of Barton|Barton]] <br />{{small|(1940–1958)}}
| [[File:Herbert V. Evatt.jpg|100px]]
|
* ''[[Leaders of the Australian Labor Party#ALP federal deputy parliamentary leaders|Deputy Leader of the Labor Party]]'' <small>(from 31 October 1946)</small>
* [[Attorney-General of Australia|Attorney-General]]
* [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)|Minister for External Affairs]]
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[Jack Beasley]] <br />{{small|(1895–1949)}}
{{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for [[Division of West Sydney|West Sydney]] <br />{{small|(1928–1946)}}
| [[File:Portrait of John Albert Beasley, MHR for West Sydney (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|
* [[Minister for Defence (Australia)|Minister for Defence]] <small>(to 14 August 1946)</small>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[Norman Makin]] <br />{{small|(1889–1982)}}
{{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for [[Division of Hindmarsh|Hindmarsh]] <br />{{small|(1919–1946)}}
| [[File:Makin-young.jpg|100px]]
|
* [[Minister for Defence (Australia)#Ministers for the Navy|Minister for the Navy]] <small>(to 15 August 1946)</small>
* [[Minister for Defence Industry|Minister for Munitions]] <small>(to 15 August 1946)</small>
* [[Minister for Defence Industry#Ministers for Defence Production|Minister for Aircraft Production]] <small>(to 15 August 1946)</small>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[Richard Keane]] <br />{{small|(1881–1946)}}
[[Australian Senate|Senator]] for [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] <br />{{small|(1938–1946)}}
| [[File:Senator Richard Keane.jpg|100px]]
|
* [[Minister for Trade (Australia)|Minister for Trade]] [[Minister for Home Affairs (Australia)#Customs ministers|and Customs]] <small>(to 26 April 1946)</small>
* ''[[Leader of the Government in the Senate (Australia)|Leader of the Government in the Senate]]'' <small>(to 26 April 1946)</small>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[Jack Holloway]] <br />{{small|(1875–1967)}}
{{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for [[Division of Melbourne Ports|Melbourne Ports]] <br />{{small|(1931–1951)}}
| [[File:Jack_Holloway_1940s.png|100px]]
|
* [[Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations (Australia)|Minister for Labour and National Service]]
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[Arthur Drakeford]] <br />{{small|(1878–1957)}}
{{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for [[Division of Maribyrnong|Maribyrnong]] <br />{{small|(1934–1955)}}
| [[File:Arthur Drakeford.jpg|100px]]
|
* [[Minister for Defence (Australia)#Ministers for Air|Minister for Air]]
* [[Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (Australia)|Minister for Civil Aviation]]
* [[Minister for Defence (Australia)#Ministers for the Navy|Minister for the Navy]] <small>(from 15 August 1946)</small>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[William Scully (Australian politician)|William Scully]] <br />{{small|(1883–1966)}}
{{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for [[Division of Gwydir|Gwydir]] <br />{{small|(1937–1949)}}
| [[File:William Scully.jpg|100px]]
|
* [[Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Australia)|Minister for Commerce and Agriculture]]
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[Bill Ashley (politician)|Bill Ashley]] <br />{{small|(1881–1958)}}
[[Australian Senate|Senator]] for [[New South Wales]] <br />{{small|(1937–1958)}}
| [[File:William Patrick Ashley.jpg|100px]]
|
* [[Minister for Defence Industry|Minister for Supply and Shipping]]
* ''[[Leader of the Government in the Senate (Australia)|Leader of the Government in the Senate]]'' <small>(from 17 June 1946)</small>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[John Dedman]] <br />{{small|(1896–1973)}}
{{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for [[Division of Corio|Corio]] <br />{{small|(1940–1949)}}
| [[File:John Dedman.jpg|100px]]
|
* [[Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (Australia)|Minister in charge of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research]]
* [[Minister for National Development (Australia)|Minister for Postwar Reconstruction]]
* [[Minister for Trade (Australia)|Minister for Trade]] [[Minister for Home Affairs (Australia)#Customs ministers|and Customs]] <small>(from 29 April 1946 to 18 June 1946)</small>
* [[Minister for Defence Industry|Minister for Munitions]] <small>(from 15 August 1946)</small>
* [[Minister for Defence Industry#Ministers for Defence Production|Minister for Aircraft Production]] <small>(from 15 August 1946)</small>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[Joe Collings]] <br />{{small|(1865–1955)}}
[[Australian Senate|Senator]] for [[Queensland]] <br />{{small|(1932–1950)}}
| [[File:Joseph Collings.jpg|100px]]
|
* [[Vice-President of the Executive Council]]
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[Eddie Ward]] <br />{{small|(1899–1963)}}
{{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for [[Division of East Sydney|East Sydney]] <br />{{small|(1932–1963)}}
| [[File:Eddie_Ward_1940s.png|100px]]
|
* [[Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (Australia)|Minister for Transport]]
* [[Minister for Territories|Minister for External Territories]]
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[James Fraser (Western Australian politician)|James Fraser]] <br />{{small|(1889–1961)}}
[[Australian Senate|Senator]] for [[Western Australia]] <br />{{small|(1938–1959)}}
| [[File:James Macintosh Fraser.jpg|100px]]
|
* [[Minister for Health (Australia)|Minister for Health]] <small>(to 18 June 1946)</small>
* [[Minister for Human Services|Minister for Social Services]] <small>(to 18 June 1946)</small>
* [[Minister for Trade (Australia)|Minister for Trade]] [[Minister for Home Affairs (Australia)#Customs ministers|and Customs]] <small>(from 18 June 1946)</small>
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[Charles Frost (politician)|Charles Frost]] <br />{{small|(1882–1964)}}
{{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for [[Division of Franklin|Franklin]] <br />{{small|(1934–1946)}}
| [[File:Charles William Frost.jpg|100px]]
|
* [[Minister for Veterans' Affairs (Australia)|Minister for Repatriation]]
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[Bert Lazzarini]] <br />{{small|(1884–1952)}}
{{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for [[Division of Werriwa|Werriwa]] <br />{{small|(1934–1952)}}
| [[File:Hubert Lazzarini.jpg|100px]]
|
* [[Department of Home Security|Minister for Home Security]] <small>(to 1 February 1946)</small>
* [[Minister for Housing (Australia)|Minister for Works and Housing]]
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[Don Cameron (Victorian politician)|Don Cameron]] <br />{{small|(1878–1962)}}
[[Australian Senate|Senator]] for [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] <br />{{small|(1938–1962)}}
| [[File:Senator Donald James Cameron 1938 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|
* [[Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Australia)|Postmaster-General]]
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[Arthur Calwell]] <br />{{small|(1896–1973)}}
{{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for [[Division of Melbourne|Melbourne]] <br />{{small|(1940–1972)}}
| [[File:ArthurCalwell.jpg|100px]]
|
* [[Department of Information (Australia)|Minister for Information]]
* [[Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (Australia)|Minister for Immigration]]
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[Herbert Johnson (Australian politician)|Herbert Johnson]] <br />{{small|(1889–1962)}}
{{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for [[Division of Kalgoorlie|Kalgoorlie]] <br />{{small|(1940–1958)}}
| [[File:Herbert Johnson.png|100px]]
|
* [[Minister for Regional Services, Decentralisation and Local Government|Minister for the Interior]]
* Minister assisting the [[Minister for Housing (Australia)|Minister for Works and Housing]]
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[Nick McKenna]] <br />{{small|(1895–1974)}}
[[Australian Senate|Senator]] for [[Tasmania]] <br />{{small|(1944–1968)}}
<small>(in Ministry from 18 June 1946)</small>
| [[File:SJCM Nick McKenna.jpg|100px]]
|
* [[Minister for Health (Australia)|Minister for Health]] <small>(from 18 June 1946)</small>
* [[Minister for Human Services|Minister for Social Services]] <small>(from 18 June 1946)</small>
|}

==Notes==
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