2019 Baustralian shadow cabinets

Below are the shadow cabinets in 2019.

First Day shadow cabinet

Day shadow cabinet
Date formed	23 August 2019 (2019-08-23)
Date dissolved	10 September 2019 (2019-09-10)
People and organisations
Monarch	John
Prime Minister	Lord John Timpson
Total no. of members	1
Member party	Socialist
History
Successor	McGrath shadow cabinet

Emily Day assumed the position of Leader of the Opposition on 23 August 2019 after Parliament passed the Opposition Act descriving how to deal with multiple parties with the same opposition. Her party was decided as Opposition by virtue of all the members sitting in Parliament longer than the Worker's Party and by virtue of all the members holding military rank. Her shadow cabinet lasted for 18 days and no shadow ministers were appointed.

Although cabinets have been formed since 2017, this is the first shadow cabinet, as prior to the aformentioned Act, there was no recognized opposition. The second and third parties up to this point had the same amount of members, and no opposition was selected. Although short, it is not the shortest lasting shadow cabinet, the McGrath shadow cabinet lasted 12 days, and the Timpson shadow cabinet lasted 15 days.

On her eighteenth day, Day signed a deal with Aidan McGrath, General Secretary and Leader of the Worker's Party of Baustralia to amalgamate her Socialist Party with his Worker's Party and to yield leadership of the opposition in his favour. The cabinet was dissolved, and McGrath formed his shadow cabinet, with Day as his Deputy.

McGrath shadow cabinet

McGrath shadow cabinet
2019
Date formed	10 September 2019 (2019-09-10)
Date dissolved	22 September 2019 (2019-09-22)
People and organisations
Monarch	John
Prime Minister	Lord John Timpson
Total no. of members	6
Member party	Worker's
History
Predecessor	First Day shadow cabinet
Successor	Timpson shadow cabinet

Aidan McGrath assumed the position of Leader of the Opposition after merging his party with the Socialist Party on 10 September 2019; the merge caused his party to assume the position of His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition. McGrath appointed his first Shadow Cabinet in September 2019. It was reshuffled a few days later to accomodate the post of Shadow Secretary of State for the Secret Service.

The shadow cabinet is the shortest shadow cabinet in service length, running for 12 days, six days shorter than the preceding First Day shadow cabinet and three days shorter than the succeeding Timpson shadow cabinet. Although the shortest, it was also the most active of the three shadow cabinets.

Portfolio	Minister	Term
Leader of the Opposition, Shadow Secretary of State for Routes, Shadow Secretary of State for the Secret Service	The Rt Hon Aidan McGrath	2019
Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Shadow Secretary of State for Ostreum	The Hon Emily Day	2019
Shadow Secretary of State for Communications, Shadow Secretary of State for Edstmae	The Hon Leon Montan	2019
Shadow Secretary of State for Whiskey Islands, Shadow Secretary of State for Wangatangia	The Hon Oliver Doig	2019
Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Secretary of State for the Baustralian Antarctic Territory	The Hon John Williamson	2019
Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, Secretary of State for the Economy	The Hon Luis Medina	2019

Timpson shadow cabinet

Timpson shadow cabinet
Date formed	22 September 2019 (2019-09-22)
Date dissolved	7 October 2019 (2019-10-07)
People and organisations
Monarch	John
Prime Minister	Aidan McGrath
Total no. of members	10
Member party	Conservative
History
Predecessor	McGrath shadow cabinet
Successor	Second Day shadow cabinet

Lord John Timpson assumed the position of Leader of the Opposition on 22 September 2019 after he resigned as prime minister, due to the results of a no-confidence motion, giving way to Aidan McGrath as Prime Minister. His shadow cabinet had the same position-equivalents as his second ministry.

This period marked the first time in Baustralian history that a non-Conservative MP was a prime minister, and would be the only time for two more years, before Doig was briefly ousted by the Liberal Party, by forming a coalition with the Libertarian Party. The coalition would merge with the Liberal Party, but after an MP crossed the floor and a by-election, forcing the conservatives into a majority, causing the Liberal's resignation.

The shadow ministers consisted of the same lineup of secretaries of state as the second Timpson ministry, holding the shadow equivalent positions. The ministry was succeeded by the Second Day shadow cabinet on 7 October 2019, when Aidan McGrath resigned from the Commons, dissolving the party, and recommended the position of Prime Minister be returned to the Conservatives. Lord John Timpson then formed his third government. Emily Day reformed the party immediately under the new name of Grand Union of Leftist Parties, which became opposition, and formed the early iteration of the Liberal Party of Baustralia.