Government of Fadden

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The Fadden government ruled Australia from August 29, 1941 to October 7, 1941. It was a coalition government of the United Australia Party (UAP) and the Country Party (CP).

The previous government was a coalition government of the UAP and the CP under Prime Minister Robert Menzies . When his cabinet colleagues refused to trust him on August 28, 1941, Menzies resigned. A UAP-CP government followed, with Country Party Chairman Arthur Fadden as Prime Minister. After the government lost a vote in Parliament on 3 October 1941 instruct Governor General Alexander Hore-Ruthven the chairman of the Labor Party , John Curtin , with the formation of a new government.

List of ministers

minister
Office minister Political party Term of office image
prime minister Arthur Fadden CP August 29, 1941 - October 7, 1941
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Treasury minister
Minister for the Coordination of Defense Robert Menzies UAP August 29, 1941 - October 7, 1941
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Attorney General Billy Hughes UAP August 29, 1941 - October 7, 1941
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Naval Minister
Army minister Percy dispenser UAP August 29, 1941 - October 7, 1941
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Minister for Supply and Development George McLeay UAP August 29, 1941 - October 7, 1941
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Vice President of the Executive Council
Minister for the Air Force John McEwen CP August 29, 1941 - October 7, 1941
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Minister for Aviation
Interior minister Harry Foll UAP August 29, 1941 - October 7, 1941
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Information minister
Economics Minister Earle Page CP August 29, 1941 - October 7, 1941
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Foreign minister Frederick Stewart UAP August 29, 1941 - October 7, 1941
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Minister of Health
Minister of Social Affairs
Munitions Minister Philip McBride UAP August 29, 1941 - October 7, 1941
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Minister for Trade and Customs Eric Harrison UAP August 29, 1941 - October 7, 1941
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Minister for Labor and Military Service Harold Holt UAP August 29, 1941 - October 7, 1941
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Minister for Repatriation Herbert Collett UAP August 29, 1941 - October 7, 1941
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Postmaster General Thomas Collins CP August 29, 1941 - October 7, 1941
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Minister for Aircraft Production John Leckie UAP August 29, 1941 - October 7, 1941
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Minister of transport Hubert Lawrence Anthony CP August 29, 1941 - October 7, 1941
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Minister of War Economics Eric Spooner UAP August 29, 1941 - October 7, 1941
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Minister of Homeland Security Joe Abbott CP August 29, 1941 - October 7, 1941
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Minister for the External Territories Allan McDonald UAP August 29, 1941 - October 7, 1941
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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ AW Martin: Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon (Bob) (1894–1978) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 15. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 2000, ISBN 0-522-84843-5 (English).
  2. ^ Margaret Bridson Cribb: Fadden, Sir Arthur William (1894-1973) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 14. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1996, ISBN 0-522-84717-X (English).
  3. ↑ Geoffrey Serle: Curtin, John (1885-1945) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 13. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1994, ISBN 0-522-84512-6 (English).
  4. ^ Johannes H. Voigt : History of Australia. Alfred Kröner, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-520-48801-9 , p. 247 f.