User:Pdfpdf/Sortable list of Australian Defence-related Ministers

#	Minister		Party	Prime Minister	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	James Dickson MP		Protectionist	Barton	1 January 1901	10 January 1901	9 days
	vacant		Protectionist	Barton	10 January 1901	17 January 1901
2	John Forrest MP		Protectionist	Barton	17 January 1901	10 August 1903	2 years, 205 days
3	Senator James Drake		Protectionist	Barton	10 August 1903	24 September 1903	45 days
4	Austin Chapman MP		Protectionist	Deakin	24 September 1903	27 April 1904	216 days
5	Senator Anderson Dawson		Labor	Watson	27 April 1904	18 August 1904	113 days
6	James McCay MP		Protectionist	Reid	18 August 1904	5 July 1905	321 days
7	Senator Thomas Playford		Protectionist	Deakin	5 July 1905	24 January 1907	1 year, 203 days
8	Thomas Ewing MP		Protectionist	Deakin	24 January 1907	13 November 1908	1 year, 294 days
9	Senator [[George Pearce}}		Labor	Fisher	13 November 1908	2 June 1909	201 days
10	Joseph Cook MP		Free Trade	Deakin	2 June 1909	29 April 1910	331 days
10	Senator Edward Millen		Commonwealth Liberal	Cook	24 June 1913	17 September 1914	1 year, 85 days
11	Walter Massy-Greene MP		Nationalist	Hughes	21 December 1921	9 February 1923	1 year, 50 days
12	Eric Bowden MP		Nationalist	Bruce	9 February 1923	16 January 1925	1 year, 342 days
13	Neville Howse VC MP		Nationalist	Bruce	16 January 1925	2 April 1927	2 years, 76 days
14	Senator William Glasgow		Nationalist	Bruce	2 April 1927	22 October 1929	2 years, 203 days
15	Albert Green MP		Labor	Scullin	22 October 1929	4 February 1931	1 year, 105 days
16	Senator John Daly		Labor	Scullin	4 February 1931	3 March 1931	27 days
17	Ben Chifley MP		Labor	Scullin	3 March 1931	6 January 1932	309 days
18	Archdale Parkhill MP		United Australia	Lyons	12 October 1934	20 November 1937	3 years, 39 days
19	Joseph Lyons MP		United Australia	Lyons	20 November 1937	29 November 1937	9 days
20	Harold Thorby MP		Country	Lyons	29 November 1937	7 November 1938	343 days
21	Geoffrey Street MP		United Australia	Lyons	7 November 1938	7 April 1939
21	Geoffrey Street MP		United Australia	Page	7 April 1939	26 April 1939
21	Geoffrey Street MP		United Australia	Menzies	26 April 1939	13 November 1939
22	Robert Menzies MP		United Australia	Menzies	13 November 1939	29 August 1941
22	Robert Menzies MP		United Australia	Fadden	29 August 1941	7 October 1941
23	John Curtin MP		Labor	Curtin	7 October 1941	6 July 1945	3 years, 272 days
24	Jack Beasley MP		Labor	Forde	6 July 1945	13 July 1945
24	Jack Beasley MP		Labor	Chifley	13 July 1945	14 August 1946
25	Frank Forde MP		Labor	Chifley	15 August 1946	1 November 1946	79 days
26	John Dedman MP		Labor	Chifley	1 November 1946	19 December 1949	3 years, 48 days
27	Eric Harrison MP		Liberal	Menzies	19 December 1949	24 October 1950	309 days
28	Philip McBride MP		Liberal	Menzies	24 October 1950	10 December 1958	8 years, 47 days'
29	Athol Townley MP		Liberal	Menzies	10 December 1958	18 December 1963	5 years, 8 days
30	Paul Hasluck MP		Liberal	Menzies	18 December 1963	24 April 1964	128 days
31	Senator Shane Paltridge		Liberal	Menzies	24 April 1964	19 January 1966	1 year, 270 days
32	Allen Fairhall MP		Liberal	Holt	26 January 1966	12 December 1967
32	Allen Fairhall MP		Liberal	McEwen	12 December 1967	10 January 1968
32	Allen Fairhall MP		Liberal	Gorton	10 January 1968	12 November 1969
33	Malcolm Fraser MP		Liberal	Gorton	12 November 1969	8 March 1971	1 year, 116 days
34	John Gorton MP		Liberal	McMahon	19 March 1971	13 August 1971	147 days
35	David Fairbairn MP		Liberal	McMahon	13 August 1971	5 December 1972	1 year, 114 days
36	Lance Barnard MP		Labor	Whitlam	5 December 1972	6 June 1975	2 years, 183 days
37	Bill Morrison MP		Labor	Whitlam	6 June 1975	11 November 1975	158 days
38	James Killen MP		Liberal	Fraser	12 November 1975	7 May 1982	6 years, 176 days
39	Ian Sinclair MP		National Country	Fraser	7 May 1982	11 March 1983	308 days
40	Gordon Scholes MP		Labor	Hawke	11 March 1983	13 December 1984	1 year, 277 days
41	[[KimBeazley {{{last}}}]] MP		Labor	Hawke	13 December 1984	4 April 1990	5 years, 112 days
42	Ray|Robert Ray (Australian politician)}}		Labor	Hawke	4 April 1990	20 December 1991
42	Senator [[Robert Ray (Australian politician)|Robert Ray}}		Labor	Keating	20 December 1991	11 March 1996
43	[[Ian McLachlan {{{last}}}]] MP		Liberal	Howard	11 March 1996	21 October 1998	2 years, 224 days
44	John Moore (Australian politician) John Moore MP		Liberal	Howard	21 October 1998	30 January 2001	2 years, 101 days
45	[[Peter Reith {{{last}}}]] MP		Liberal	Howard	30 January 2001	26 November 2001	300 days
46	Senator [[Robert Hill (Australian politician)|Robert Hill}}		Liberal	Howard	26 November 2001	20 January 2006	4 years, 55 days
47	[[Brendan Nelson {{{last}}}]] MP		Liberal	Howard	20 January 2006	3 December 2007	1 year, 317 days
48	[[Joel Fitzgibbon {{{last}}}]] MP		Labor	Rudd	3 December 2007	9 June 2009	1 year, 188 days
49	Senator [[John Faulkner}}		Labor	Rudd	9 June 2009	24 June 2010	1 year, 97 days
49	Senator [[John Faulkner}}		Labor	Gillard	24 June 2010	14 September 2010
50	[[Stephen Smith (Australian politician)|Stephen Smith}} MP		Labor	Gillard	14 September 2010	27 June 2013
50	[[Stephen Smith (Australian politician)|Stephen Smith}} MP		Labor	Rudd	27 June 2013	18 September 2013
51	Senator [[David Johnston (politician)|David Johnston}}		Liberal	Abbott	18 September 2013	incumbent	4080 days