Key People

1938–1944

Minister: Albert Percy Blessing
Dates of Portfolio: 8/04/1938–15/05/1944
Ministerial title: Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Afforestation

Head of Department: Walter John Spafford 1936–1949

1944–1954

Minister: Sir George Frederick Jenkins
Dates of Portfolio: 15/05/1944–28/05/1954
Ministerial title: Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Afforestation (Minister of Forests from 14/12/1944)

Head of Department: Allan Robert Callaghan 1949–1959