Scullin Ministry

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Scullin Ministry
Flag of Australia.svg
19th Ministry of Australia
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Group photo of the Scullin Ministry
Date formed22 October 1929
Date dissolved6 January 1932
People and organisations
MonarchGeorge V
Governor-GeneralThe Baron Stonehaven
Sir Isaac Isaacs
Prime MinisterJames Scullin
No. of ministers19
Member partyLabor
Status in legislatureMajority government
Opposition partyNationalist
United Australia
Opposition leaderJohn Latham
Joseph Lyons
History
Election(s)12 October 1929
Outgoing election19 December 1931
Legislature term(s)12th
PredecessorThird Bruce Ministry
SuccessorFirst Lyons Ministry

The Scullin Ministry (Labor) was the 19th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 9th Prime Minister, James Scullin. The Scullin Ministry succeeded the Third Bruce Ministry, which dissolved on 22 October 1929 following the federal election that took place on 12 October which saw Labor defeat Stanley Bruce's NationalistCountry Coalition. The ministry was replaced by the First Lyons Ministry on 6 January 1932 following the federal election that took place in December which saw the United Australia Party defeat Labor. As of 2020, it remains the most recent government to have lost an election after a single term in office.[1]

Frank Forde, who died in 1983, was the last surviving member of the Scullin Ministry; Forde was also the last surviving minister of the Curtin Government, the Forde Government, and the First Chifley Ministry.

Ministry[]

Minister Portrait Portfolio
  (Rt) Hon James Scullin
(1876–1953)

MP for Yarra
(1922–1949)

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  Hon Ted Theodore
(1884–1950)

MP for Dalley
(1927–1931)

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  • Deputy Leader of the Labor Party
  • Treasurer (to 9 June 1930; from 29 January 1931)
  Hon Frank Brennan
(1873–1950)

MP for Batman
(1911–1931)

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  Hon Arthur Blakeley
(1886–1972)

MP for Darling
(1917–1934)

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  Hon Albert Green
(1869–1940)

MP for Kalgoorlie
(1922–1940)

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  • Minister for Defence (to 4 February 1931)
  • Minister for Works and Railways (from 4 February 1931)
  • Postmaster-General (from 4 February 1931)
  Hon James Fenton
(1864–1950)

MP for Maribyrnong
(1910–1934)

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  • Minister for Trade and Customs (to 4 February 1931)
  Hon Frank Anstey
(1865–1940)

MP for Bourke
(1910–1934)

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  Hon Joseph Lyons
(1879–1939)

MP for Wilmot
(1929–1939)

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  • Minister for Works and Railways (to 4 February 1931)
  • Postmaster-General (to 4 February 1931)
  Hon Parker Moloney
(1879–1961)

MP for Hume
(1919–1931)

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  • Minister for Markets and Transport (to 21 April 1930)
  • Minister for Markets (from 21 April 1930)
  • Minister for Transport (from 21 April 1930)
  Hon John Daly
(1891–1942)

Senator for South Australia
(1928–1935)

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  Hon Frank Forde
(1890–1983)

MP for Capricornia
(1922–1946) (in Ministry from 4 February 1931)

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  • Assistant Minister assisting the Minister for Customs (to 4 February 1931)
  • Minister for Trade and Customs (from 4 February 1931)
  Hon Ben Chifley
(1885–1951)

MP for Macquarie
(1928–1931) (in Ministry from 3 March 1931)

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  Hon John Barnes
(1868–1938)

Senator for Victoria
(1923–1935) (in Ministry from 3 March 1931)

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  Hon John McNeill
(1868–1943)

MP for Wannon
(1929–1931) (in Ministry from 3 March 1931)

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Assistant ministers[]

Minister Portrait Portfolio
  Hon Jack Beasley
(1895–1949)

MP for West Sydney
(1928–1946)

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  Hon Jack Holloway
(1875–1967)

MP for Flinders
(1929–1931)

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  • Assistant to the Treasurer (from 3 March 1931 to 12 June 1931)
  • Assistant Minister for Minister for Industry, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (from 3 March 1931 to 12 June 1931)
  Hon John Dooley
(1883–1961)

Senator for New South Wales
(1928–1935)

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  • Assistant Minister assisting the Minister for Works and Railways (from 3 March 1931)
  Hon Charles Culley
(1877–1949)

MP for Denison
(1928–1931)

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  • Assistant Minister for Transport and War Service Homes (from 3 March 1931 to 24 June 1931)
  Hon Lou Cunningham
(1889–1948)

MP for Gwydir
(1929–1931)

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  • Assistant Minister (from 26 June 1931)

Notes[]

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