Australia's second-highest ranked political post is the position of Deputy Prime Minister of Australia. The Deputy Prime Minister is always the holder of a senior government post. In Labor governments, the Deputy Prime Minister is the party's deputy leader. In Liberal-National Party coalition governments, the Deputy Prime Minister is the leader of the National Party. The present Deputy Prime Minister is Mark Vaile. The Liberal Party of Australia also known as the Neo Nazi Party of Australasia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ... National Party of Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A Coalition is an alliance between entities, during which they cooperate in joint action, each in their own self-interest. ... Hon Mark Vaile Mark Anthony James Vaile (born 18 April 1956), Australian politician, has been a National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993, representing the Division of Lyne, New South Wales. ...

The Deputy Prime Minister will usually act as Prime Minister when the Prime Minister is overseas or otherwise unavailable. The Deputy Prime Minister usually holds at least one portfolio in addition to that of Deputy Prime Minister. Mark Vaile, for example, is Minister for Trade. The current (25th) Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard (sitting, fifth from left), with his Cabinet, 1999 The office of Prime Minister is in practice the most powerful political office in the Commonwealth of Australia. ...

The office of Deputy Prime Minister was created in January 1968, as an honour for John McEwen, the long-serving leader of the Country Party (predecessor of the National Party). Prior to that time the term was used unofficially for the second-highest ranking minister in the government. 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Rt Hon John McEwen Sir John McEwen (March 29, 1900 - November 20, 1980), Australian politician and 18th Prime Minister of Australia, was born at Chiltern, Victoria, where his father was a pharmacist. ... There have been several groups known as the Country Party. ...

List of Deputy Prime Ministers of Australia

Unofficial use

Earle Page (Country Party) 1923-29
Ted Theodore (Australian Labor Party) 1929-32
John Latham) (United Australia Party) 1932-34
Earle Page (Country Party) 1934-39
Archie Cameron (Country Party) 1940-41
Arthur Fadden (Country Party) 1941
Robert Menzies (United Australia Party) 1941 Frank Forde (Australian Labor Party) 1941-46 Rt Hon Earle Page Sir Earle Christmas Grafton Page (August 8, 1880 - December 20, 1961), Australian politician, was the eleventh Prime Minister of Australia. ... There have been several groups known as the Country Party. ... Hon Ted Theodore Edward Granville Theodore (29 December 1884 - 28 February 1950), Australian politician, was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the second son of a Romanian immigrant called Basil Teodorescu. ... The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... This article is about John Latham the ornithologist. ... United Australia Party or UAP was an Australian political party that was the political successor to the Nationalist Party of Australia. ... Rt Hon Earle Page Sir Earle Christmas Grafton Page (August 8, 1880 - December 20, 1961), Australian politician, was the eleventh Prime Minister of Australia. ... There have been several groups known as the Country Party. ... Archie Galbraith Cameron (22 March 1895 _ 9 August 1956). ... There have been several groups known as the Country Party. ... Rt Hon Arthur Fadden Sir Arthur William Fadden (April 13, 1894 – April 21, 1973), Australian politician and 13th Prime Minister of Australia, born at Ingham, Queensland, the son of a Presbyterian police officer. ... There have been several groups known as the Country Party. ... Rt Hon Robert Menzies The Right Honourable Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, KT, CH, QC (20 December 1894 – 14 May 1978), Australian politician, was the twelfth and longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia serving eighteen and a half years. ... United Australia Party or UAP was an Australian political party that was the political successor to the Nationalist Party of Australia. ... Rt Hon Frank Forde Francis Michael Forde (July 18, 1890 – January 28, 1983) was an Australian politician and the 15th Prime Minister of Australia. ... The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ...

Forde was Deputy Labor Leader under John Curtin, and then under Ben Chifley. He was briefly Prime Minister himself in 1945 following the death of Curtin. Rt Hon John Curtin John Curtin (January 8, 1885 – July 5, 1945), Australian politician and 14th Prime Minister of Australia, led Australia through the darkest period of its history: when the Australian mainland came under direct military threat during the Japanese advance in World War II. Many Australians regard him... Rt Hon Ben Chifley Joseph Benedict Chifley (September 22, 1885 - June 13, 1951), Australian politician and 16th Prime Minister of Australia, was one of Australias most influential Prime Ministers. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Dr Herbert Evatt (Australian Labor Party) 1946-49 Rt Hon Dr H V Evatt Herbert Vere Evatt (April 30, 1894 - November 2, 1965), Australian jurist and politician (popularly known as Doc Evatt or H V Evatt) was born in Maitland, New South Wales, to a working-class family of Anglo-Irish origin. ... The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ...

Evatt succeeded Forde as Deputy Leader of the Labor Party.

Arthur Fadden (Country Party) 1949-58
John McEwen (Country Party) 1958-67 Rt Hon Arthur Fadden Sir Arthur William Fadden (April 13, 1894 – April 21, 1973), Australian politician and 13th Prime Minister of Australia, born at Ingham, Queensland, the son of a Presbyterian police officer. ... There have been several groups known as the Country Party. ... Rt Hon John McEwen Sir John McEwen (March 29, 1900 - November 20, 1980), Australian politician and 18th Prime Minister of Australia, was born at Chiltern, Victoria, where his father was a pharmacist. ... There have been several groups known as the Country Party. ... 1967 in Australia was a year of change and turmoil. ...

McEwen was given the official title Deputy Prime Minister of Australia in January 1968. He was briefly Prime Minister himself in 1967-68 following the death of Harold Holt 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Rt Hon Harold Holt Harold Edward Holt (5 August 1908 - 19 December 1967) was an Australian politician and the 17th Prime Minister of Australia from 1966 - 1967, now best remembered for the bizarre circumstances of his death. ...

Official use

John McEwen (Country Party) 1968-71
Doug Anthony (Country Party) 1971-72
Lance Barnard (Australian Labor Party) 1972-74
Jim Cairns (Australian Labor Party) 1974-75
Frank Crean (Australian Labor Party) 1975
Doug Anthony (National Country Party) 1975-83
Lionel Bowen (Australian Labor Party) 1983-90
Paul Keating (Australian Labor Party) 1990-91
Brian Howe (Australian Labor Party) 1991-95
Kim Beazley (Australian Labor Party) 1995-96
Tim Fischer (National Party of Australia) 1996-99
John Anderson (National Party of Australia) 1999-2005
Mark Vaile (National Party of Australia) 2005- Rt Hon John McEwen Sir John McEwen (March 29, 1900 - November 20, 1980), Australian politician and 18th Prime Minister of Australia, was born at Chiltern, Victoria, where his father was a pharmacist. ... There have been several groups known as the Country Party. ... Doug Anthony John Douglas Anthony (born 31 December 1929), Australian politician, was born in Murwillumbah in northern New South Wales. ... There have been several groups known as the Country Party. ... Lance Herbert Barnard (1 May 1919 - 6 August 1997), Australian politician, was Deputy Prime Minister of Australia for most of the Labor government of Gough Whitlam. ... The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... James Ford Cairns (4 October 1914 - 12 October 2003), Australian politician, was prominent in the Labor movement through the 1960s and 1970s, and was briefly Deputy Prime Minister in the Whitlam government. ... The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... Frank Crean in 1961 Frank Crean (born 28 February 1916), Australian politician, was a senior minister in the Australian Labor Party government of Gough Whitlam from 1972 to 1975, and was Deputy Prime Minister for the last six months of the governments term. ... The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... Doug Anthony John Douglas Anthony (born 31 December 1929), Australian politician, was born in Murwillumbah in northern New South Wales. ... The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party, originally called the Country Party, adopting the name of National Country Party in 1975 and adopting its present name in 1982. ... Lionel Frost Bowen (born 28 December 1922), Australian politician, was a senior Labor figure, serving in the ministries of Gough Whitlam and Bob Hawke. ... The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... See also: 1982 in Australia, other events of 1983, 1984 in Australia See also: 1983 Australian incumbents Australian legislative election, 1983 // Incumbents Prime Minister - Malcolm Fraser. ... Hon Paul Keating Paul John Keating (born 18 January 1944), Australian politician and 24th Prime Minister of Australia, came to prominence first as the reforming Treasurer in the Hawke government, then as the Prime Minister who pulled off an upset victory in the unwinnable election of 1993. ... The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... For the murder victim of Mary Bell see Brian Howe. ... The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... For Kim Beazleys father Kim Beazley senior, see Kim Edward Beazley. ... The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... Tim Fischer Timothy Andrew Fischer AC (born 3 March 1946), Australian politician, was born in Lockhart, in the Riverina district of New South Wales, son of a farmer of German descent. ... National Party of Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Hon John Anderson John Duncan Anderson (born 14 November 1956) is an Australian politician. ... National Party of Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Hon Mark Vaile Mark Anthony James Vaile (born 18 April 1956), Australian politician, has been a National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993, representing the Division of Lyne, New South Wales. ... National Party of Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...