Shadow Ministry of Gough Whitlam (1967–72)

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The Shadow Ministry of Gough Whitlam was the opposition Australian Labor Party frontbench of Australia from 8 February 1967 to 5 December 1972, opposing the Liberal-Country Coalition government.

Gough Whitlam became Leader of the Opposition upon his election as leader of the Australian Labor Party on 9 February 1967, and headed up the Australian Labor Party Caucus Executive until 1969. Following their loss at the 1969 election, the Labor Party adopted a Shadow Cabinet system. 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.

The following were members of the ALP Caucus Executive from 8 February 1967 to 12 November 1969:^[1]

• Gough Whitlam QC MP - Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labor Party
• Lance Barnard MP - Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Deputy Leader of the Labor Party
• Senator Lionel Murphy QC - Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
• Senator Samuel Cohen (to 7 October 1969) - Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
• Noel Beaton MP (to 9 April 1969)
• Jim Cairns MP
• Clyde Cameron MP
• Rex Connor MP
• Frank Crean MP
• Fred Daly MP
• Charles Jones MP
• Tony Luchetti MP
• Rex Patterson MP
• Harry Webb MP

The following were members of the Shadow Cabinet from 12 November 1969 to 5 December 1972:^[1]

• First Whitlam ministry (interim)
• Second Whitlam ministry
• Second Holt Ministry
• McEwen Ministry
• First Gorton Ministry
• Second Gorton Ministry
• McMahon Ministry