Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan zabensa na 1945 a matsayin shugaban Jam'iyyar Labor na Australiya bayan mutuwar John Curtin, Chifley, tsohon direban injin jirgin kasa, ya zama Firayim Ministan Australia na 16 a ranar 13 ga Yuli 1945. Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu ya ƙare tare da shan kashi na Japan
a cikin Pacific kawai makonni hudu daga baya. Chifley ya yi aiki a matsayin Firayim Minista da kuma Ma'aji. Don magance matsin lamba, ya ba da shawarar ci gaba da farashi na lokacin yaƙi da sarrafa shigo da kaya, da kuma rarraba kayayyakin da ba su da yawa.