Third Lyons ministry

22nd Ministry of Australia
photograph of Lyons
Joseph Lyons
photograph of Page
Earle Page
Date formed9 November 1934
Date dissolved29 November 1937
People and organisations
MonarchGeorge V
Edward VIII
George VI
Governor-GeneralSir Isaac Isaacs
Lord Gowrie
Prime MinisterJoseph Lyons
No. of ministers15
Member partyUnited Australia–Country coalition
Status in legislatureMajority government
Opposition partyLabor
Opposition leaderJames Scullin
John Curtin
History
Outgoing election23 October 1937
Legislature term(s)14th
PredecessorSecond Lyons ministry
SuccessorFourth Lyons ministry

The Third Lyons ministry (United Australia–Country Coalition) was the 22nd ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 10th Prime Minister, Joseph Lyons. The Third Lyons ministry succeeded the Second Lyons ministry, which dissolved on 9 November 1934 after Lyons entered into a formal Coalition with Earle Page and his Country Party; the second such coalition after that of the Bruce government. The ministry was replaced by the Fourth Lyons ministry on 29 November 1937 following the 1937 federal election.[1]

Robert Menzies, who died in 1978, was the last surviving member of the Third Lyons ministry; Menzies was also the last surviving member of the Second Lyons ministry. Harold Thorby was the last surviving Country minister.

Ministry

Party Minister Portrait Portfolio
United Australia Rt Hon Joseph Lyons (CH)
(1879–1939)

MP for Wilmot
(1929–1939)

Country Rt Hon Dr Earle Page
(1880–1961)

MP for Cowper
(1919–1961)

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

MP for Kooyong
(1934–1966)

United Australia Rt Hon Sir George Pearce KCVO
(1870–1952)

Senator for Western Australia
(1901–1938)

United Australia Hon Archdale Parkhill
(1878–1947)

MP for Warringah
(1927–1937)

Country Hon Thomas Paterson
(1882–1952)

MP for Gippsland
(1922–1943)

United Australia Hon Alexander McLachlan
(1872–1956)

Senator for South Australia
(1926–1944)

United Australia Hon Thomas White DFC VD
(1888–1957)

MP for Balaclava
(1929–1951)

United Australia Hon Richard Casey DSO MC
(1890–1976)

MP for Corio
(1931–1940)

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

MP for North Sydney
(1922–1949)

United Australia Hon Charles Marr DSO MC
(1880–1960)

MP for Parkes
(1931–1943)

  • Minister without portfolio (to 31 December 1934)
United Australia Hon Sir Henry Gullett KCMG
(1878–1940)

MP for Henty
(1925–1940)

  • Minister without portfolio directing negotiations for trade treaties (to 11 March 1937)
United Australia Hon Tom Brennan KC
(1866–1944)

Senator for Victoria
(1931–1938)

Country Hon Harold Thorby
(1888–1973)

MP for Calare
(1931–1940)

Country Hon James Hunter
(1882–1968)

MP for Maranoa
(1921–1940)

Notes

  1. ^ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
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