Government of Menzies III
The Menzies III government ruled Australia from October 28, 1940 to August 29, 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 . 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, they 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. Menzies offered the Labor Party, which he did not like, to form a large “war coalition” such as that which existed in the Churchill cabinet in Great Britain . Labor repeatedly refused to do this, insisting that Australian troops be kept at home and not deployed in European theaters of war. From January to May 1941 Menzies stayed abroad, first he visited the Australian troops in North Africa and Palestine, then he stayed in London. Menzies was increasingly criticized in public and even in his own party, among other things because of suspicions that he wanted to succeed Churchill as British Prime Minister. When his cabinet colleagues refused to trust him on another planned trip to London, Menzies announced his resignation on August 27, 1941 and left office two days later. A UAP-CP government followed, with Country Party Chairman Arthur Fadden as Prime Minister.
List of ministers
minister | ||||
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Office | minister | Political party | Term of office | image |
prime minister | Robert Menzies | UAP | October 28, 1940 - August 29, 1941 | |
Minister for the Coordination of Defense | ||||
Information minister | October 28, 1940 - December 13, 1940 | |||
Harry Foll | UAP | December 13, 1940 - August 29, 1941 | ||
Treasury minister | Arthur Fadden | CP | October 28, 1940 - August 29, 1941 | |
Attorney General | Billy Hughes | UAP | October 28, 1940 - August 29, 1941 | |
Naval Minister | ||||
Army minister | Percy dispenser | UAP | October 28, 1940 - August 29, 1941 | |
Vice President of the Executive Council | George McLeay | UAP | October 28, 1940 - June 26, 1941 | |
Minister for Repatriation | October 28, 1940 - June 26, 1941 | |||
Herbert Collett | UAP | June 26, 1941 - August 29, 1941 | ||
Postmaster General | George McLeay | UAP | October 28, 1940 - June 26, 1941 | |
Thomas Collins | CP | June 26, 1941 - August 29, 1941 | ||
Minister for the Air Force | John McEwen | CP | October 28, 1940 - August 29, 1941 | |
Minister for Aviation | ||||
Interior minister | Harry Foll | UAP | October 28, 1940 - August 29, 1941 | |
Economics Minister | Earle Page | CP | October 28, 1940 - August 29, 1941 | |
Foreign minister | Frederick Stewart | UAP | October 28, 1940 - August 29, 1941 | |
Minister of Health | ||||
Minister of Social Affairs | ||||
Munitions Minister | Philip McBride | UAP | October 28, 1940 - August 29, 1941 | |
Minister for Supply and Development | October 28, 1940 - June 26, 1941 | |||
George McLeay | UAP | June 26, 1941 - August 29, 1941 | ||
Minister for Trade and Customs | Eric Harrison | UAP | October 28, 1940 - August 29, 1941 | |
Minister for Labor and Military Service | Harold Holt | UAP | October 28, 1940 - August 29, 1941 | |
Research Minister | ||||
Minister for Aircraft Production | John Leckie | UAP | June 26, 1941 - August 29, 1941 | |
Minister of transport | Hubert Lawrence Anthony | CP | June 26, 1941 - August 29, 1941 | |
Minister of War Economics | Eric Spooner | UAP | June 26, 1941 - August 29, 1941 | |
Minister of Homeland Security | Joe Abbott | CP | June 26, 1941 - August 29, 1941 | |
Minister for the External Territories | Allan McDonald | UAP | June 26, 1941 - August 29, 1941 | |
Minister without Portfolio and Assistant Minister | ||||
Minister without portfolio in charge of veterans accommodation | Herbert Collett | UAP | October 28, 1940 - June 26, 1941 | |
Ministers with no portfolio in support of the Prime Minister in the External Territories | Thomas Collins | CP | October 28, 1940 - June 26, 1941 | |
Assistant Minister in support of the Minister for the Coordination of Defense | Joe Abbott | CP | June 26, 1941 - August 29, 1941 | |
Minister with no portfolio in support of the treasurer | Hubert Lawrence Anthony | CP | October 28, 1940 - June 26, 1941 | |
Assistant Minister in Support of the Treasurer | June 26, 1941 - August 29, 1941 | |||
Assistant Minister for the Army | Joe Abbott | CP | June 26, 1941 - August 29, 1941 | |
Minister with no portfolio in support of the Minister for Repatriation | Herbert Collett | UAP | October 28, 1940 - June 26, 1941 | |
Minister without portfolio in support of the interior minister | Thomas Collins | CP | October 28, 1940 - June 26, 1941 | |
Assistant Minister of the Interior | Allan McDonald | UAP | June 26, 1941 - August 29, 1941 | |
Minister without a portfolio in support of the Minister of Economics | Hubert Lawrence Anthony | CP | October 28, 1940 - June 26, 1941 | |
Assistant Minister for Economy | June 26, 1941 - August 29, 1941 | |||
Assistant Minister for Ammunition | John Leckie | UAP | June 26, 1941 - August 29, 1941 | |
Assistant Minister for Supply and Development | Thomas Collins | CP | June 26, 1941 - August 29, 1941 | |
Minister with no portfolio in support of the Minister for Trade and Customs | John Leckie | UAP | October 28, 1940 - June 26, 1941 | |
Minister with no portfolio in support of the Minister of Labor and Military Service |
Remarks
The table is based on the Parliamentary Handbook . There the entries are incorrect for the postmaster general , minister for air , minister of civil aviation and minister for the interior offices . Here the table follows the Parliamentary Hansard of June 26, 1941 and the short biographies from the Parliamentary Handbook .
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. 531 f. , accessed on May 4, 2019 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 8, 31, 139 , accessed on May 4, 2019 .
- ^ 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).
- ^ Johannes H. Voigt : History of Australia. Alfred Kröner, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-520-48801-9 , pp. 244-248.
- ^ 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).
- ^ House of Representative Official Hansard. No. 26, 1941 Parliamentary Debates. Sixteenth Parliament First Session - Third Period Thursday, 26 June 1941. (PDF; 736 kB) Part 6: Historical information on the Australian Parliament - Ministries and Cabinets. Parliament of Australia, p. 2 f. , accessed on May 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Biography for COLLINS, the Hon. Thomas Joseph. Parliament of Australia, accessed May 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Biography for FOLL, the Hon. Hattil Spencer. Parliament of Australia, accessed May 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Biography for McEWEN, the Rt. Hon. John, GCMG. Parliament of Australia, accessed May 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Biography for McLEAY, the Hon. George. Parliament of Australia, accessed May 4, 2019 .