The McEwen ministry (Country–Liberal Coalition) was the 43rd ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 18th prime minister, John McEwen. The McEwen ministry succeeded the Second Holt ministry, which dissolved on 19 December 1967 following the disappearance of former prime minister Harold Holt – the third and most recent occasion where a sitting prime minister died in office. Since McEwen was the head of the Country Party, it was a caretaker ministry until the senior partner in the Coalition, the Liberal Party, could elect a new leader. John Gorton was ultimately elected on 9 January 1968, and he was sworn in as prime minister along with his ministry the following day.^[1]

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McEwen ministry
43rd Ministry of Australia
Governor-General Lord Casey with the newly sworn in McEwen ministry
Date formed	19 December 1967
Date dissolved	10 January 1968
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor-General	Lord Casey
Prime Minister	John McEwen
No. of ministers	25
Member party	Country–Liberal coalition
Status in legislature	Coalition majority government
Opposition party	Labor
Opposition leader	Gough Whitlam
History
Legislature term(s)	26th
Predecessor	Second Holt ministry
Successor	First Gorton ministry

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As of 20 December 2020, Ian Sinclair and Peter Nixon are the last surviving members of the McEwen ministry. James Forbes, who died in 2019, was the last surviving Liberal minister, and Allen Fairhall, who died in 2006, was the last surviving Liberal Cabinet minister.

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