Fourth Menzies Ministry
Fourth Menzies Ministry | |
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34th Ministry of Australia | |
Date formed | 19 December 1949 |
Date dissolved | 11 May 1951 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | George VI |
Governor-General | William McKell |
Prime Minister | Robert Menzies |
No. of ministers | 19 |
Member party | Liberal–Country coalition |
Status in legislature | Coalition majority government |
Opposition party | Labor |
Opposition leader | Ben Chifley |
History | |
Election(s) | 10 December 1949 |
Outgoing election | 28 April 1951 |
Legislature term(s) | 19th |
Predecessor | Second Chifley Ministry |
Successor | Fifth Menzies Ministry |
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The Fourth Menzies Ministry (Liberal–Country Coalition) was the 34th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 12th Prime Minister, Robert Menzies. The Fourth Menzies Ministry succeeded the Second Chifley Ministry, which dissolved on 19 December 1949 following the federal election that took place on 10 December which saw the Coalition defeat Ben Chifley's Labor Party. The ministry was replaced by the Fifth Menzies Ministry on 11 May 1951 following the 1951 federal election.[1]
Percy Spender, who died in 1985, was the last surviving member of the Fourth Menzies Ministry; Spender was also the last surviving minister of the first Menzies Government and the Fadden Government. John McEwen was the last surviving Country minister.
Ministry[]
Party | Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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Liberal | Rt Hon Robert Menzies (CH) KC (1894–1978) MP for Kooyong |
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Country | Rt Hon Arthur Fadden (1894–1973) MP for McPherson |
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Liberal | Hon Eric Harrison (1892–1974) MP for Wentworth |
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Liberal | Hon Percy Spender KC (1897–1985) MP for Warringah |
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Liberal | Hon Harold Holt (1908–1967) MP for Higgins |
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Country | Hon John McEwen (1900–1980) MP for Murray |
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Liberal | Rt Hon Richard Casey CH DSO MC (1890–1976) MP for La Trobe |
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Liberal | Hon Philip McBride (1892–1982) MP for Wakefield |
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Liberal | Hon John Spicer KC (1899–1978) Senator for Victoria |
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Liberal | Hon Neil O'Sullivan (1900–1968) Senator for Queensland |
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Liberal | Hon Howard Beale (1898–1983) MP for Parramatta |
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Liberal | Hon George McLeay (1892–1955) Senator for South Australia |
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Country | Hon Larry Anthony (1897–1957) MP for Richmond |
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Liberal | Hon Dame Enid Lyons GBE (1897–1981) MP for Darwin |
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Country | Rt Hon Sir Earle Page GCMG CH (1880–1961) MP for Cowper |
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Liberal | Hon Thomas White DFC VD (1888–1957) MP for Balaclava |
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Liberal | Hon Josiah Francis (1890–1964) MP for Moreton |
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Liberal | Hon Bill Spooner MM (1897–1966) Senator for New South Wales |
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Country | Hon Walter Cooper MBE (1888–1973) Senator for Queensland |
See also[]
- First Menzies Ministry
- Second Menzies Ministry
- Third Menzies Ministry
- Fifth Menzies Ministry
- Sixth Menzies Ministry
- Seventh Menzies Ministry
- Eighth Menzies Ministry
- Ninth Menzies Ministry
- Tenth Menzies Ministry
Notes[]
- ^ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
- Ministries of George VI
- Australian Commonwealth ministries
- 1949 establishments in Australia
- 1951 disestablishments in Australia
- Robert Menzies
- Cabinets established in 1949
- Cabinets disestablished in 1951