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:
Shadow Minister Portfolio Gough Whitlam Leader of the Opposition Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Shadow Minister for the Arts (from 25 March 1976) Leader of the Labor Party Tom Uren Deputy Leader of the Opposition Shadow Minister for Urban and Regional Affairs Deputy Leader of the Labor Party Senator Ken Wriedt Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Shadow Minister for Minerals and Energy (to 25 March 1976) Shadow Minister for Education (from 25 March 1976) 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 Shadow Minister for Education Shadow Minister for Defence (to 15 March 1976) Lionel Bowen Shadow Attorney-General Senator John Button Shadow Minister for Construction (to 25 March 1976) Shadow Minister for Media and Films (from 25 March 1976) Dr Moss Cass Shadow Minister for Health (to 31 May 1977) Rex Connor 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 Shadow Treasurer Shadow Minister for Trade (from 2 June 1977) Ted Innes Shadow Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs Paul Keating 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 Shadow Minister for Transport Senator Tony Mulvihill Shadow Minister for Environment Gordon Scholes 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 Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations Mick Young 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 Shadow Minister for Health and Social Security Charles Jones Shadow Minister for Transport Dr Dick Klugman Shadow Minister for Health and Science (from 2 June 1977)
See also Second Whitlam ministry Second Fraser ministry Shadow Ministry of Bill Hayden
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