Government of Menzies IV

The Menzies IV government ruled Australia from December 19, 1949 to May 11, 1951. It was a coalition government of the Liberal Party (LP) and the Country Party (CP).

In the general election on December 10, 1949 , the ruling Labor Party was defeated. It only provided 48 of the 123 MPs in the House of Representatives . The Liberal Party received 55 seats and the Country Party 19 seats. In the Senate , Labor was able to maintain its majority with 33 out of 60 senators. The new government was formed by a coalition of the Liberal Party and the Country Party. Prime Minister Robert Menzies , who held the office from 1939 to 1941. When Labor in the Senate rejected the banking law, Menzies got new elections for both chambers of parliament. In the general election on April 28, 1951 Labor rose slightly and won 54 seats, the Liberal Party with 57 seats and the Country Party with 17 seats lost slightly, but the government was able to maintain its majority. In the Senate, however, the government was able to win a majority with 32 of the sixty seats.

List of ministers

Office	minister	Political party	Term of office	image
prime minister	Robert Menzies	LP	December 19, 1949 - May 11, 1951
Treasury minister	Arthur Fadden	CP	December 19, 1949 - May 11, 1951
Defense Minister	Eric Harrison	LP	December 19, 1949 - October 24, 1950
	Philip McBride	LP	October 24, 1950 - May 11, 1951
Minister for Post-War Reconstruction	Eric Harrison	LP	December 19, 1949 - March 17, 1950
Minister for Labor and Conscription	Harold Holt	LP	December 19, 1949 - May 11, 1951
Minister for Immigration
Minister for Economy and Agriculture	John McEwen	CP	December 19, 1949 - May 11, 1951
Foreign minister	Percy dispenser	LP	December 19, 1949 - April 26, 1951
	Richard Casey	LP	April 27, 1951 - May 11, 1951
Minister for the External Territories	Percy dispenser	LP	December 19, 1949 - April 26, 1951
	Richard Casey	LP	April 27, 1951 - May 11, 1951
Minister for Construction and Housing			December 19, 1949 - May 11, 1951
Minister for Supply and Development			December 19, 1949 - March 17, 1950
Minister for National Development			March 17, 1950 - May 11, 1951
Research Minister			March 23, 1950 - May 11, 1951
Minister of Supply	Howard Beale	LP	March 17, 1950 - May 11, 1951
Interior minister	Philip McBride	LP	December 19, 1949 - October 24, 1950
	Eric Harrison	LP	October 24, 1950 - May 11, 1951
Minister of Health	Earle Page	CP	December 19, 1949 - May 11, 1951
Minister for Trade and Customs	Neil O'Sullivan	LP	December 19, 1949 - May 11, 1951
Minister for Shipping and Fuel	George McLeay	LP	December 19, 1949 - March 17, 1950
Minister for Fuel, Shipping and Transport			March 17, 1950 - May 11, 1951
Minister for the Air Force	Thomas White	LP	December 19, 1949 - May 11, 1951
Minister for Aviation
Postmaster General	Hubert Lawrence Anthony	CP	December 19, 1949 - May 11, 1951
Army minister	Josiah Francis	LP	December 19, 1949 - May 11, 1951
Naval Minister
Attorney General	John Spicer	LP	December 19, 1949 - May 11, 1951
Vice President of the Executive Council	Enid Lyons	LP	December 19, 1949 - March 7, 1951
	Robert Menzies	LP	March 7, 1951 - May 11, 1951
Minister of Social Affairs	Bill Spooner	LP	December 19, 1949 - May 11, 1951
Minister for Repatriation	Walter Cooper	CP	December 19, 1949 - May 11, 1951
Information minister	Howard Beale	LP	December 19, 1949 - May 11, 1951
Minister of transport	December 19, 1949 - March 17, 1950

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. 538 , accessed May 11, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 9, 35, 140 , accessed on May 11, 2019 .  
2. ^ 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. ^ Johannes H. Voigt : History of Australia. Alfred Kröner, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-520-48801-9 , pp. 259-262.
4. ↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 9, 36, 140 , accessed on May 11, 2019 .