Fadden ministry

28th Ministry of Australia
photograph of Fadden
Arthur Fadden
photograph of Menzies
Robert Menzies
Date formed28 August 1941
Date dissolved7 October 1941
People and organisations
MonarchGeorge VI
Governor-GeneralLord Gowrie
Prime MinisterArthur Fadden
No. of ministers19
Member partyCountry–United Australia coalition
Status in legislatureMinority government
Opposition partyLabor
Opposition leaderJohn Curtin
History
Legislature term(s)16th
PredecessorThird Menzies ministry
SuccessorFirst Curtin ministry

The Fadden ministry (Country–United Australia Coalition) was the 28th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 13th Prime Minister, Arthur Fadden. The Fadden ministry succeeded the Third Menzies ministry, which dissolved on 28 August 1941 following the resignation of Robert Menzies as Prime Minister. A subsequent joint meeting of the Coalition parties elected Country leader Fadden as Menzies' successor. The ministry was replaced by the First Curtin ministry on 7 October 1941 after the independent crossbenchers Alexander Wilson and Arthur Coles withdrew their support for the Fadden government and voted with John Curtin and his Labor Party to bring the government down in a de facto no-confidence motion.[1]

Percy Spender, who died in 1985, was the last surviving member of the Fadden ministry; Spender was also the last surviving minister of the first Menzies government and the Fourth Menzies ministry. John McEwen was the last surviving Country minister.

Ministry

Party Minister Portrait Portfolio
Country Hon Arthur Fadden
(1894–1973)

MP for Darling Downs
(1936–1949)

United Australia Rt Hon Robert Menzies KC
(1894–1978)

MP for Kooyong
(1934–1966)

United Australia Rt Hon Billy Hughes CH KC
(1862–1952)

MP for North Sydney
(1922–1949)

United Australia Hon Percy Spender KC
(1897–1985)

MP for Warringah
(1937–1951)

United Australia Hon George McLeay
(1892–1955)

Senator for South Australia
(1935–1947)

Country Hon John McEwen
(1900–1980)

MP for Indi
(1937–1949)

United Australia Hon Harry Foll
(1890–1977)

Senator for Queensland
(1917–1947)

Country Rt Hon Sir Earle Page GCMG
(1880–1961)

MP for Cowper
(1919–1961)

United Australia Hon Sir Frederick Stewart
(1884–1961)

MP for Parramatta
(1931–1946)

United Australia Hon Philip McBride
(1892–1982)

Senator for South Australia
(1937–1944)

United Australia Hon Eric Harrison
(1892–1974)

MP for Wentworth
(1931–1956)

United Australia Hon Harold Holt
(1908–1967)

MP for Fawkner
(1935–1949)

United Australia Hon Herbert Collett CMG DSO VD
(1877–1947)

Senator for Western Australia
(1933–1947)

Country Hon Thomas Collins
(1884–1945)

MP for Hume
(1931–1943)

United Australia Hon John Leckie
(1872–1947)

Senator for Victoria
(1935–1947)

Country Hon Larry Anthony
(1897–1957)

MP for Richmond
(1937–1957)

United Australia Hon Eric Spooner
(1891–1952)

MP for Robertson
(1940–1943)

Country Hon Joe Abbott MC
(1891–1965)

MP for New England
(1940–1949)

United Australia Hon Allan McDonald
(1888–1953)

MP for Corangamite
(1940–1953)

Notes

  1. ^ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
Categories