See also: Fadden government.
| Cabinet Name: | Fadden ministry |
| Cabinet Type: | Ministry |
| Cabinet Number: | 28th |
| Jurisdiction: | Australia |
| Flag: | Flag of Australia.svg |
| Flag Border: | true |
| Date Formed: | 28 August 1941 |
| Date Dissolved: | 7 October 1941 |
| Government Head: | Arthur Fadden |
| Governor General: | Lord Gowrie |
| Members Number: | 19 |
| Political Party: | Country–United Australia coalition |
| Legislature Status: | Minority government |
| Opposition Party: | Labor |
| Opposition Leader: | John Curtin |
| Legislature Term: | 16th |
| Predecessor: | Third Menzies ministry |
| Successor: | First Curtin ministry |
| State Head Title: | Monarch |
| Government Head Title: | Prime Minister |
The Fadden ministry (Country–United Australia Coalition) was the 28th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 13th Prime Minister, Arthur Fadden. The Fadden ministry succeeded the Third Menzies ministry, which dissolved on 28 August 1941 following the resignation of Robert Menzies as Prime Minister. A subsequent joint meeting of the Coalition parties elected Country leader Fadden as Menzies' successor. The ministry was replaced by the First Curtin ministry on 7 October 1941 after the independent crossbenchers Alexander Wilson and Arthur Coles withdrew their support for the Fadden government and voted with John Curtin and his Labor Party to bring the government down in a de facto no-confidence motion.[1]
Percy Spender, who died in 1985, was the last surviving member of the Fadden ministry; Spender was also the last surviving minister of the first Menzies government and the Fourth Menzies ministry. John McEwen was the last surviving Country minister.