Menzies II government

The Menzies II government ruled Australia from March 14, 1940 to October 28, 1940. It was a coalition government of the United Australia Party (UAP) and the Country Party (CP).

The previous government was a minority government of the United Australia Party under Prime Minister Robert Menzies , which was tolerated by the Country Party. On March 14, 1940, the County Party entered government under its new chairman Archie Cameron . In the parliamentary elections on September 21, 1940 , the UAP lost 5 seats and the CP 2 seats and, with a total of 33 of 75 seats in the House of Representatives, were dependent on the support of 2 independent MPs. In the Senate, the government was able to hold its majority of 20 of the 36 seats. Menzies became prime minister again.

List of ministers

minister
Office	minister	Political party	Term of office	image
prime minister	Robert Menzies	UAP	March 14, 1940 - October 28, 1940
Minister for the Coordination of Defense
Information minister
Minister of Munitions			June 11, 1940 - October 28, 1940
Economics Minister	Archie Cameron	CP	March 14, 1940 - October 28, 1940
Naval Minister
Attorney General	Billy Hughes	UAP	March 14, 1940 - October 28, 1940
Industry Minister
Army minister	Geoffrey Street	UAP	March 14, 1940 - August 13, 1940
	Philip McBride	UAP	August 14, 1940 - October 28, 1940
Minister for Repatriation	Geoffrey Street	UAP	March 14, 1940 - August 13, 1940
	Philip McBride	UAP	August 14, 1940 - October 28, 1940
Vice President of the Executive Council	Henry Somer Gullett	UAP	March 14, 1940 - August 13, 1940
	Herbert Collett	UAP	August 14, 1940 - October 28, 1940
Research Minister	Henry Somer Gullett	UAP	March 14, 1940 - August 13, 1940
	Herbert Collett	UAP	August 14, 1940 - October 28, 1940
Minister for Supply and Development	Frederick Stewart	UAP	March 14, 1940 - October 28, 1940
Minister of Social Affairs
Postmaster General	Harold Thorby	CP	March 14, 1940 - October 28, 1940
Minister of Health
Treasury minister	Percy dispenser	UAP	March 14, 1940 - October 28, 1940
Minister for Trade and Customs	George McLeay	UAP	March 14, 1940 - October 28, 1940
Foreign minister	John McEwen	CP	March 14, 1940 - October 28, 1940
Interior minister	Harry Foll	UAP	March 14, 1940 - October 28, 1940
Minister for the Air Force	James Fairbairn	UAP	March 14, 1940 - August 13, 1940
	Arthur Fadden	CP	August 13, 1940 - October 28, 1940
Minister of Aviation	James Fairbairn	UAP	March 14, 1940 - August 13, 1940
	Arthur Fadden	CP	August 13, 1940 - October 28, 1940
Minister for Veterans Housing	Herbert Collett	UAP	August 14, 1940 - October 28, 1940
Minister without Portfolio and Assistant Minister
Minister without portfolio in charge of veterans accommodation	Herbert Collett	UAP	March 14, 1940 - August 13, 1940
Minister without portfolio responsible for the external territories	Horace Nock	CP	March 14, 1940 - October 28, 1940
Minister with no portfolio in support of the Prime Minister
Minister with no portfolio in support of the Minister of Information	Henry Somer Gullett	UAP	March 14, 1940 - August 13, 1940
Minister without a portfolio in support of the Minister of Economics	Philip McBride	UAP	March 14, 1940 - August 13, 1940
Assistant Minister for Economy			August 13, 1940 - October 28, 1940
Minister with no portfolio in support of the Minister for Repatriation	Herbert Collett	UAP	March 14, 1940 - August 13, 1940
Assistant Minister for Repatriation			August 14, 1940 - October 28, 1940
Minister with no portfolio in support of the Minister for Supply and Development	Arthur Fadden	CP	March 14, 1940 - August 14, 1940
Assistant Minister for Supply and Development			August 14, 1940 - October 28, 1940
Minister with no portfolio in support of the treasurer			March 14, 1940 - August 14, 1940
Assistant Treasurer			August 14, 1940 - October 28, 1940
Minister without portfolio in support of the interior minister	Horace Nock	CP	March 14, 1940 - October 28, 1940

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. 530 f. , accessed on May 3, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ John Playford: Cameron, Archie Galbraith (1895-1956) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 13. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1994, ISBN 0-522-84512-6 (English).
2. ^ ^{A b} 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).
3. ↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 8, 31, 139 , accessed on May 3, 2019 .  
4. ^ Johannes H. Voigt : History of Australia. Alfred Kröner, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-520-48801-9 , pp. 242-245.