ID 0019
Period in office of prime minister (see Glossary entry for 'period in office' and related terms)
Prime minister
Menzies, Robert Gordon
Date of beginning of period in office
26 April 1939
Date of end of period in office
14 March 1940
Reason for end of preceding period in office
Change of coalition party leader (see note)
Reason for end of this government
Change of partisan support for premier/PM
Number of days in office
323
Parliamentary support during period
Party affiliation of prime minister at start of period
United Australia Party
If coalition government
Coalition partner 1
--none--
Coalition partner 2
--none--
Coalition partner 3
--none--
Coalition partner 4
--none--
Party support in parliament at beginning of period
Minority
If change in parliamentary support during period
--none--
If further change during period
--none--
Number of ministers at beginning of period (this may vary during the period)
Total number of ministers
16
Number from party of prime minister
16
Number from coalition party 1
0
Number from coalition party 2
0
Number from upper house
4
House of Representatives elections contested as prime minister or after which became prime minister (see Glossary entry for 'after election')
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Election |
Prime minister at election |
Prime minister's party |
Prime minister after election |
Prime minister's party |
COM 30 November 1963 | Robert Gordon Menzies | Liberal Party | Robert Gordon Menzies | Liberal Party |
COM 9 December 1961 | Robert Gordon Menzies | Liberal Party | Robert Gordon Menzies | Liberal Party |
COM 22 November 1958 | Robert Gordon Menzies | Liberal Party | Robert Gordon Menzies | Liberal Party |
COM 10 December 1955 | Robert Gordon Menzies | Liberal Party | Robert Gordon Menzies | Liberal Party |
COM 29 May 1954 | Robert Gordon Menzies | Liberal Party | Robert Gordon Menzies | Liberal Party |
COM 28 April 1951 | Robert Gordon Menzies | Liberal Party | Robert Gordon Menzies | Liberal Party |
COM 10 December 1949 | Joseph Benedict Chifley | Australian Labor Party | Robert Gordon Menzies | Liberal Party |
COM 21 September 1940 | Robert Gordon Menzies | United Australia Party | Robert Gordon Menzies | United Australia Party |
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Notes
For details of all Commonwealth prime ministers, see Michelle Grattan (editor) Australian Prime Ministers (Sydney: New Holland, 2000).
Sources
Hughes and Graham, (1968) A Handbook of Ausralian Government and Politics 1890-1964.