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 |
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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
- ↑ 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 .
- ^ 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. 259-262.
- ↑ 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 .