Fourth Lyons ministry

Fourth Lyons ministry

23rd Ministry of Australia
Group photo of the Fourth Lyons ministry
Date formed29 November 1937
Date dissolved7 April 1939
People and organisations
MonarchGeorge VI
Governor-GeneralLord Gowrie
Prime MinisterJoseph Lyons
No. of ministers17
Member partyUnited AustraliaCountry coalition
Status in legislatureMajority government
Opposition partyLabor
Opposition leaderJohn Curtin
History
Election23 October 1937
Legislature term15th
PredecessorThird Lyons ministry
SuccessorPage ministry

The Fourth Lyons ministry (United AustraliaCountry Coalition) was the 23rd ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 10th Prime Minister, Joseph Lyons. The Fourth Lyons ministry succeeded the Third Lyons ministry, which dissolved on 29 November 1937 following the federal election that took place in October. The ministry was replaced by the Page ministry on 7 April 1939 following the death of Lyons - the first of three occasions where a sitting Prime Minister died in office.[1]

John McEwen, who died in 1980, was the last surviving member of the Fourth Lyons ministry; McEwen was also the last surviving member of the Page ministry. Robert Menzies was the last surviving UAP minister.

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