Fourth Menzies ministry
34th ministry of government of Australia
Fourth Menzies ministry | |
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 34th Ministry of Australia | |
 The Fourth Menzies ministry at their swearing-in | |
| Date formed | 19 December 1949 |
| Date dissolved | 11 May 1951 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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Prime Minister of Australia First term of government (1939–1941)
Second term of government (1949–1966)
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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
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| Liberal | Rt Hon Robert Menzies (CH) KC (1894–1978) |  |
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| Country | Rt Hon Arthur Fadden (1894–1973) |  | ||
| Liberal | Hon Eric Harrison (1892–1974) |  |
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| Liberal | Hon Percy Spender KC (1897–1985) |  |
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| Liberal | Hon Harold Holt (1908–1967) |  |
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| Country | Hon John McEwen (1900–1980) |  |
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| Liberal | Rt Hon Richard Casey CH DSO MC (1890–1976) |  |
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| Liberal | Hon Philip McBride (1892–1982) |  |
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| Liberal | Hon John Spicer KC (1899–1978) Senator for Victoria |  | ||
| 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) |  |
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| Liberal | Hon Dame Enid Lyons GBE (1897–1981) |  |
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| Country | Rt Hon Sir Earle Page GCMG CH (1880–1961) |  |
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| Liberal | Hon Thomas White DFC VD (1888–1957) |  |
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| Liberal | Hon Josiah Francis (1890–1964) |  |
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| Liberal | Hon Bill Spooner MM (1897–1966) Senator for New South Wales |  | ||
| Country | Hon Walter Cooper MBE (1888–1973) Senator for Queensland |  |
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Notes
- ^ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
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