Government Page

The Page government ruled Australia from April 7, 1939 to April 26, 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 , who died on April 7, 1939. Country Party's chairman Earle Page became Prime Minister of a caretaker government until the United Australia Party appointed its new chairman. When Robert Menzies , no friend of the Country Party, was the new chairman of the United Australia Party, Page tried to discredit him in a parliamentary speech. He accused Menzies, who did not volunteer during World War I, of cowardice and accused Menzies of having contributed to the early death of Lyons through disloyalty. The Australian public reacted indignantly to Page's allegations. Menzies formed a government with only ministers from the United Australia Party, which was tolerated by the Country Party, and Page had to resign as Country Party chairman.

List of ministers

Office	minister	Political party	Term of office	image
prime minister	Earle Page	CP	April 7, 1939 - April 26, 1939
Economics Minister
Attorney General	Billy Hughes	UAP	April 7, 1939 - April 26, 1939
Industry Minister
Foreign minister
Treasury minister	Richard Casey	UAP	April 7, 1939 - April 26, 1939
Minister of Labor	Harold Thorby	CP	April 7, 1939 - April 26, 1939
Minister of Aviation
Minister for Trade and Customs	John Perkins	UAP	April 7, 1939 - April 26, 1939
Defense Minister	Geoffrey Street	UAP	April 7, 1939 - April 26, 1939
Interior minister	John McEwen	CP	April 7, 1939 - April 26, 1939
Vice President of the Executive Council	George McLeay	UAP	April 7, 1939 - April 26, 1939
Minister for Repatriation	Harry Foll	UAP	April 7, 1939 - April 26, 1939
Minister of Health
Postmaster General	Archie Cameron	CP	April 7, 1939 - April 26, 1939
Minister without portfolio responsible for the external territories	Eric Harrison	UAP	April 7, 1939 - April 26, 1939
Minister with no portfolio in support of the Prime Minister
Minister without a portfolio in support of the Minister of Economics	Victor Thompson	CP	April 7, 1939 - April 26, 1939
Minister with no portfolio in support of the treasurer	Allan MacDonald	UAP	April 7, 1939 - April 26, 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. 529 , accessed May 2, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

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).
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. ↑ 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).
4. ^ Johannes H. Voigt : History of Australia. Alfred Kröner, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-520-48801-9 , pp. 241-242.