Government of Scullin

The Scullin government ruled Australia from October 22, 1929 to January 6, 1932. All ministers were members of the Labor Party .

The previous government was a coalition government of the Nationalist Party and the Country Party under Prime Minister Stanley Bruce and Chancellor of the Exchequer Earle Page . On September 25, the opposition Labor Party , supported by government officials including former Prime Minister Billy Hughes , won a majority vote on a labor law, the Maritime Industrial Bill . As a result, elections to the House of Representatives took place on October 29, 1929 , in which the Labor Party won a clear majority with 47 out of 76 seats, the Nationalist Party lost 15 seats and the Country Party lost 3 seats. Laboratory Chairman James Scullin became Prime Minister of the new administration. Two days after taking office, Black Thursday , the stock market crash in New York, was one of the triggers of the global economic crisis. Australia had been in an economic crisis since 1927 and was heavily indebted abroad. There were violent disputes within the Labor Party over economic policy. On the right wing MPs split off around Joseph Lyons , the left wing, led by Jack Lang, the Prime Minister of New South Wales , went into opposition to Scullin and caused him to lose his vote in parliament. Scullin then called new elections on December 19, 1931 . The Labor Party suffered a definite defeat and only had 15 seats. The new minority government put the United Australia Party , an association of the Nationalist Party with the resigned Labor MPs, under Prime Minister Joseph Lyons, which held 34 of the 76 parliamentary seats.

List of ministers

Office	minister	Term of office	image
Prime Minister , Foreign Minister and Industry Minister	James Scullin	October 22, 1929 - January 6, 1932
Treasury minister	Ted Theodore	October 22, 1929 - July 9, 1930
	James Scullin	July 9, 1930 - January 29, 1931
	Ted Theodore	January 29, 1931– January 6, 1932
Vice President of the Executive Council	John Daly	October 22, 1929 - March 3, 1931
	John Barnes	March 3, 1931– January 6, 1932
Attorney General	Frank Brennan	October 22, 1929 - January 6, 1932
Postmaster General	Joseph Lyons	October 22, 1929 - February 4, 1931
	Albert Green	February 4, 1931– January 6, 1932
Minister for Labor and Railways	Joseph Lyons	October 22, 1929 - February 4, 1931
	Albert Green	February 4, 1931– January 6, 1932
Minister for Trade and Customs	James Fenton	October 22, 1929 - February 4, 1931
	Frank Forde	February 4, 1931 - January 6, 1932
Interior minister	Arthur Blakeley	October 22, 1929 - January 6, 1932
Minister of Health	Frank Anstey	October 22, 1929 - March 3, 1931
	John McNeill	March 3, 1931 - January 6, 1932
Minister for Repatriation	Frank Anstey	October 22, 1929 - March 3, 1931
	John McNeill	March 3, 1931 - January 6, 1932
Defense Minister	Albert Green	October 22, 1929 - February 4, 1931
	John Daly	February 4, 1931 - March 3, 1931
	Ben Chifley	March 3, 1931 - January 6, 1932
Minister for Markets and Transport	Parker Moloney	October 22, 1929 - April 21, 1930
Minister for Markets		April 21, 1930 - January 6, 1932
Minister of Transport		April 21, 1930 - January 6, 1932
Assistant Minister for Industry	Jack Beasley	October 22, 1929 - March 3, 1931
Assistant Minister of Industry, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and Assistant Minister in the Treasury	Jack Holloway	March 3, 1931 - June 12, 1931
Assistant Minister for Commerce and Railways	John Barnes	October 22, 1929 - March 3, 1931
	John Dooley	March 3, 1931 - January 6, 1932
Assistant Minister for Customs	Frank Forde	October 22, 1929 - February 4, 1931
Assistant Minister for Transport and War Services Homes	Charles Culley	March 3, 1931 - June 24, 1931
Assistant Minister of Transport	John Daly	June 26, 1931 - January 6, 1932
	Lou Cunningham	June 26, 1931 - January 6, 1932

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. 525 f. , accessed on May 1, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heather Radi: Bruce, Stanley Melbourne (1883-1967) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 7. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1979, ISBN 0-522-84108-2 (English).
2. ↑ 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).
3. ^ ^{A b} Johannes H. Voigt : History of Australia. Alfred Kröner, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-520-48801-9 , pp. 229-236.
4. ↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 7, 28, 139 , accessed on May 1, 2019 .  
5. ^ Bede Nairn: Lang, John Thomas (Jack) (1876–1975) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 9. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1983, ISBN 0-522-84273-9 (English).
6. ^ JR Robertson: Scullin, James Henry (1876-1953) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 11. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1988, ISBN 0-522-84380-8 (English).
7. ↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 7 f., 29, 139 , accessed on May 1, 2019 (English).  
8. ^ 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).