Third Lyons Ministry
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The Third Lyons Ministry was the twenty-third Australian Commonwealth ministry, and ran from 9 November 1934 to 29 November 1937.
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United Australia Party
The United Australia Party was an Australian political party that was founded in 1931 and dissolved in 1945. It was the political successor to the Nationalist Party of Australia and predecessor to the Liberal Party of Australia...
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National Party of Australia
The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...
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- Rt Hon Joseph LyonsJoseph LyonsJoseph Aloysius Lyons, CH was an Australian politician. He was Labor Premier of Tasmania from 1923 to 1928 and a Minister in the James Scullin government from 1929 until his resignation from the Labor Party in March 1931...
, MP: Prime Minister. Treasurer (to 3 October 1935). Vice-President of the Executive Council (from 6 November 1935). Minister for Health, Minister for Repatriation (6 November 1935 to 26 February 1936). Minister for Defence (from 20 November 1937) (UAP) - Rt Hon Sir Earle PageEarle PageSir Earle Christmas Grafton Page, GCMG, CH was the 11th Prime Minister of Australia, and is to date the second-longest serving federal parliamentarian in Australian history, with 41 years, 361 days in Parliament.-Early life:...
, GCMG MP: Minister for Commerce (CP) - Hon Robert MenziesRobert MenziesSir Robert Gordon Menzies, , Australian politician, was the 12th and longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia....
, KC, MP: Attorney-General, Minister for Industry (UAP) - Senator Rt Hon Sir George PearceGeorge PearceSir George Foster Pearce KCVO was an Australian politician who was instrumental in founding the Australian Labor Party in Western Australia....
, KCVO: Minister for External Affairs, Minister in charge of Territories (UAP) - Hon Archdale ParkhillArchdale ParkhillSir Robert Archdale Parkhill KCMG was an Australian politician. He was born at Paddington in Sydney to Robert Parkhill, a stonemason, and Isabella, née Chisholm. He attended Paddington and Waverley Public schools and became known as an excellent sportsman, participating in cricket, fencing, boxing...
, MP: Minister for Defence (to 20 November 1937) (UAP) - Hon Sir Charles Marr, KCVO MP: Minister without portfolio (to 31 December 1934) (UAP)
- Hon Thomas PatersonThomas PatersonThomas Paterson was an Australian farmer and politician.Paterson was born in Aston, near Birmingham, England and educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and Ayr Grammar School. He became a shoe salesman in 1897 and later a branch manager, but resigned in 1908 to study farming...
, MP: Minister for the Interior (CP) - Senator Hon Alexander McLachlanAlexander McLachlanAlexander John McLachlan was an Australian politician.McLachlan was born in Naracoorte, South Australia and educated at Hamilton Academy, and Mount Gambier High School. He was an articled clerk in Mount Gambier and completed the Final Certificate in Law at the University of Adelaide in 1895. He...
: Postmaster-General, Minister in charge of Development and Scientific and Industrial Research (UAP) - Hon Thomas WhiteThomas White (Australian politician)Sir Thomas Walter White KBE DFC was an Australian politician.-Early life and World War I:White was born at Hotham, North Melbourne, Victoria and educated at Moreland State School. In August 1914, he began training as an officer in the Australian Flying Corps at Point Cook...
, MP: Minister for Trade and Customs (UAP) - Hon Richard CaseyRichard Casey, Baron CaseyRichard Gardiner Casey, Baron Casey KG GCMG CH DSO MC KStJ PC was an Australian politician, diplomat and the 16th Governor-General of Australia.-Early life:...
, MP: Assistant Treasurer (to 3 October 1935), Treasurer (from 3 October 1935) (UAP) - Rt Hon Billy HughesBilly HughesWilliam Morris "Billy" Hughes, CH, KC, MHR , Australian politician, was the seventh Prime Minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923....
, MP: Vice-President of the Executive Council (to 6 November 1935. Minister for Health, Minister for Repatriation (to 6 November 1935 and from 26 February 1936) (UAP) - Hon Sir Henry GullettHenry GullettSir Henry Somer Gullett KCMG was an Australian Cabinet Minister and member of the House of RepresentativesGullett was born at Toolamba West, Victoria and educated at state schools, but left school at twelve on the death of his father. He began writing for newspapers...
, KCMG MP: Minister without portfolio directing negotiations for trade treaties (to 11 March 1937) (UAP) - Senator Hon Tom Brennan, KC: Minister without portfolio, assisting the Minister for Industry, assisting the Minister for Commerce (UAP)
- Hon Harold ThorbyHarold ThorbyHarold Victor Campbell Thorby was an Australian politician and government minister.-Early life:Thorby was born in the Sydney suburb of Annandale and was educated at Geurie Public School and Sydney Grammar School and worked on his grandparents' farm at Geurie. He studied woolclassing, veterinary...
, MP: Minister without portfolio, in charge of War Service Homes (to 11 September 1936), assisting the Minister for Repatriation (to 1 September 1935), assisting the Minister for Commerce (from 1 September 1935) (CP) - Hon James HunterJames Hunter (Australian politician)James Aitchison Johnston Hunter was an Australian politician.Hunter was born at Springburn, near Glasgow, Scotland and migrated with his family to Brisbane in 1884 educated there. He joined the state public service and became an accountant in the Queensland Railways...
, MP: Minister without portfolio, representing the Postmaster-General in the House of Representatives (to 11 September 1935), assisting the Minister for the Interior (from 23 September 1935), in charge of War Service Homes (from 11 September 1936), assisting the Minister for Repatriation (from 1 September 1935), assisting the Minister for Commerce (18 March 1937 to 25 July 1937) (CP)