Third Bruce Ministry

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Third Bruce Ministry
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18th Ministry of Australia
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Group photo of the Third Bruce Ministry
Date formed29 November 1928
Date dissolved22 October 1929
People and organisations
MonarchGeorge V
Governor-GeneralLord Stonehaven
Prime MinisterStanley Bruce
No. of ministers13
Member partyNationalist–Country coalition
Status in legislatureCoalition majority government
Opposition partyLabor
Opposition leaderJames Scullin
History
Election(s)17 November 1928
Outgoing election12 October 1929
Legislature term(s)11th
PredecessorSecond Bruce Ministry
SuccessorScullin Ministry

The Third Bruce Ministry (Nationalist–Country Coalition) was the 18th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 8th Prime Minister, Stanley Bruce. The Third Bruce Ministry succeeded the Second Bruce Ministry, which dissolved on 29 November 1928 following the federal election that took place in November. The ministry was replaced by the Scullin Ministry on 22 October 1929 following the federal election that took place on 12 October which saw Labor defeat the Coalition. That election also saw Bruce lose his own seat of Flinders; no sitting Prime Minister would lose his own seat again until 2007.[1]

Aubrey Abbott, who died in 1975, was the last surviving member of the Third Bruce Ministry. Stanley Bruce was the last surviving Nationalist minister.

Ministry[]

Party Minister Portrait Portfolio
Nationalist Rt Hon Stanley Bruce CH MC
(1883–1967)

MP for Flinders
(1918–1929)

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Country (Rt) Hon Dr Earle Page
(1880–1961)

MP for Cowper
(1919–1961)

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Nationalist Rt Hon Sir George Pearce KCVO
(1870–1952)

Senator for Western Australia
(1901–1938)

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Nationalist Hon John Latham CMG KC
(1877–1964)

MP for Kooyong
(1922–1934)

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Country Hon Aubrey Abbott
(1886–1975)

MP for Gwydir
(1925–1929)

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Nationalist Hon Henry Gullett
(1878–1940)

MP for Henty
(1925–1940)

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  • Minister for Trade and Customs
Nationalist Hon Sir William Glasgow KCB CMG DSO VD
(1876–1955)

Senator for Queensland
(1920–1932)

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Country Hon William Gibson
(1869–1955)

MP for Corangamite
(1918–1929)

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  • Deputy Leader of the Country Party
  • Postmaster-General
  • Minister for Works and Railways (from 10 December 1928)
Nationalist Hon Sir Neville Howse VC KCB KCMG
(1863–1930)

MP for Calare
(1922–1929)

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  • Minister for Health
Country Hon Thomas Paterson
(1882–1952)

MP for Gippsland
(1922–1943)

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  • Minister for Markets (to 10 December 1928)
  • Minister for Markets and Transport (from 10 December 1928)
Nationalist Hon Charles Marr DSO MC
(1880–1960)

MP for Parkes
(1919–1929)

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  • Honorary Minister
Nationalist Hon Alexander McLachlan
(1872–1956)

Senator for South Australia
(1926–1944)

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  • Honorary Minister
Nationalist Hon James Ogden
(1868–1932)

Senator for Tasmania
(1923–1932)

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  • Honorary Minister
  • Assistant Minister for Industry

See also[]

Notes[]

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