COMMONWEALTH MINISTRIES ======================================================================================== Ministers appear in the order given in successive editions of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Handbook. Later appointments appear in chronological order. Bruce Ministry I (9 February 1923 to 18 December 1925) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nationalist-Country Party Rt Hon Stanley Bruce MP (Nat): Prime Minister, Minister for External Affairs Hon Dr Earle Page MP (CP): Treasurer Hon Littleton Groom MP (Nat): Attorney-General. Minister for Health, Minister for Trade and Customs 26 May 1924 to 13 June 1924 Senator Rt Hon George Pearce (Nat): Minister for Home and Territories Hon Austin Chapman MP (Nat): Minister for Health, Minister for Trade and Customs to 26 May 1924 Hon Percy Stewart MP (CP): Minister for Works and Railways to 5 August 1924 Hon Eric Bowden MP (Nat): Minister for Defence to 16 January 1925 Hon William Gibson MP (CP): Postmaster-General Hon Llewelyn Atkinson MP (Nat): Vice-President of the Executive Council Senator Hon Victor Wilson (Nat): Honorary Minister to 16 January 1925. Minister for Markets and Migration from 16 January 1925 Senator Hon Thomas Crawford (Nat): Honorary Minister ---------- Hon Herbert Pratten MP (Nat): Minister for Health 13 June 1924 to 16 January 1925. Minister for Trade and Customs from 13 June 1924 Hon William Hill MP (CP): Minister for Works and Railways from 8 August 1924 Hon Sir Neville Howse MP (Nat): Minister for Defence, Minister for Health from 16 January 1925 Hon Charles Marr MP (Nat): Honorary Minister Bruce Ministry II (18 December 1925 to 29 November 1928) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nationalist-Country Party Rt Hon Stanley Bruce MP (Nat): Prime Minister, Minister for External Affairs. Minister for Health 2 April 1927 to 24 February 1928. Minister for Trade and Customs from 8 May 1928 Hon Dr Earle Page MP (CP): Treasurer Senator Rt Hon Sir George Pearce (Nat): Minister for Home and Territories to 18 June 1926. Vice-President of the Executive Council from 18 June 1926 Hon John Latham MP (Nat): Attorney-General Hon Herbert Pratten MP (Nat): Minister for Trade and Customs to 7 May 1928 Hon Sir Neville Howse MP (Nat): Minister for Defence, Minister for Health to 2 April 1927. Honorary Minister 2 April 1927 to 24 February 1928. Minister for Home and Territories from 24 February 1928 Senator Hon Victor Wilson (Nat): Minister for Markets and Migration to 18 June 1926 Hon William Gibson MP (CP): Postmaster-General Hon William Hill MP (CP): Minister for Works and Railways Hon Llewelyn Atkinson MP (Nat): Vice-President of the Executive Council to 18 June 1926 Hon Charles Marr MP (Nat): Honorary Minister to 6 September 1927. Minister for Home and Territories 2 April 1927 to 24 February 1928 Senator Hon Thomas Crawford (Nat): Honorary Minister ---------- Senator Hon Sir Thomas Glasgow (Nat): Minister for Home and Territories 18 June 1926 to 2 April 1927. Minister for Defence from 2 April 1927 Hon Thomas Paterson MP (CP): Minister for Markets and Migration 18 June 1926 to 19 January 1928. Minister for Markets and Transport from 19 January 1928 Senator Hon Alexander McLachlan (Nat): Honorary Minister from 29 August 1926 Bruce Ministry III (29 November 1928 to 22 October 1929) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nationalist-Country Party Rt Hon Stanley Bruce MP (Nat): Prime Minister, Minister for External Affairs Rt Hon Dr Earle Page MP (CP): Treasurer Senator Rt Hon Sir George Pearce (Nat): Vice-President of the Executive Council Hon John Latham MP (Nat): Attorney-General. Minister for Industry from 10 December 1928 Hon Aubrey Abbott MP (CP): Minister for Home and Territories to 10 December 1928. Minister for Home Affairs from 10 December 1928 Hon Henry Gullett MP (Nat): Minister for Trade and Customs Senator Hon Sir Thomas Glasgow (Nat): Minister for Defence Hon William Gibson MP (CP): Postmaster-General. Minister for Works and Railways from 10 December 1928 Hon Sir Neville Howse MP (Nat): Minister for Health Hon Thomas Paterson MP (CP): Minister for Markets to 10 December 1928. Minister for Markets and Transport from 10 December 1928 Hon Charles Marr MP (Nat): Honorary Minister Senator Hon Alexander McLachlan (Nat): Honorary Minister Senator Hon James Ogden (Nat): Honorary Minister, Assistant Minister for Industry