Government of Lyon II

The Lyons II government ruled Australia from November 7, 1938 to April 7, 1939. It was a coalition government of the United Australia Party and the Country Party .

The previous government was also a coalition of United Australia Party and County Party under Prime Minister Lyons . Lyons died on April 7, 1939, followed by a caretaker government under the Country Party chairman, Earle Page as Prime Minister.

List of ministers

Office	minister	Political party	Term of office
prime minister	Joseph Lyons	UAP	November 7, 1938 - April 7, 1939
Economics Minister	Earle Page	CP	November 7, 1938 - April 7, 1939
Attorney General	Robert Menzies	UAP	November 7, 1938 - March 20, 1939
Attorney General	Billy Hughes	UAP	March 20, 1939 - April 7, 1939
Industry Minister	Robert Menzies	UAP	November 7, 1938 - March 20, 1939
Industry Minister	Billy Hughes	UAP	March 20, 1939 - April 7, 1939
Foreign minister	Billy Hughes	UAP	November 7, 1938 - April 7, 1939
Treasury minister	Richard Casey	UAP	November 7, 1938 - April 7, 1939
Minister for Trade and Customs	Thomas White	UAP	November 7, 1938 - November 8, 1938
Minister for Trade and Customs	John Perkins	UAP	November 8, 1938 - April 7, 1939
Minister of Labor	Harold Thorby	CP	November 7, 1938 - April 7, 1939
Minister of Aviation	Harold Thorby	CP	November 7, 1938 - April 7, 1939
Defense Minister	Geoffrey Street	UAP	November 7, 1938 - April 7, 1939
Interior minister	John McEwen	CP	November 7, 1938 - April 7, 1939
Vice President of the Executive Council	George McLeay	UAP	November 7, 1938 - April 7, 1939
Minister for Repatriation	Harry Foll	UAP	November 7, 1938 - April 7, 1939
Minister of Health	Harry Foll	UAP	November 7, 1938 - April 7, 1939
Postmaster General	Archie Cameron	CP	November 7, 1938 - April 7, 1939

Minister without portfolio responsible for the external territories	John Perkins	UAP	November 7, 1938 - November 8, 1938
	Eric Harrison	UAP	November 8, 1938 - April 7, 1939
Minister with no portfolio in support of the Prime Minister	John Perkins	UAP	November 7, 1938 - November 8, 1938
Minister with no portfolio in support of the Prime Minister	Eric Harrison	UAP	November 8, 1938 - April 7, 1939
Minister without a portfolio in support of the Minister of Economics	Victor Thompson	CP	November 7, 1938 - April 7, 1939
Minister with no portfolio in support of the treasurer	Allan MacDonald	UAP	November 7, 1938 - April 7, 1939

Web links

Parliamentary Handbook for the 45th Parliament. (PDF; 13.4 MB) Part 6: Historical information on the Australian Parliament - Ministries and Cabinets. Parliament of Australia, p. 528 f. , accessed on May 2, 2019 .

Individual evidence

^ PR Hart, CJ Lloyd: Lyons, Joseph Aloysius (Joe) (1879-1939) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 10. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1986, ISBN 0-522-84327-1 (English).
↑ Carl Bridge: Page, Sir Earle Christmas (1880-1961) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 11. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1988, ISBN 0-522-84380-8 (English).
^ Johannes H. Voigt : History of Australia. Alfred Kröner, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-520-48801-9 , p. 241 f.

[Lyons-1] PR Hart, CJ Lloyd: Lyons, Joseph Aloysius (Joe) (1879-1939) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 10. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1986, ISBN 0-522-84327-1 (English).

[Page-2] Carl Bridge: Page, Sir Earle Christmas (1880-1961) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 11. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1988, ISBN 0-522-84380-8 (English).

[Voigt-3] Johannes H. Voigt : History of Australia. Alfred Kröner, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-520-48801-9 , p. 241 f.