List of prime ministers of George V explained

King George V was the monarch of the United Kingdom and the British Empire and its successor from 6 May 1910 until his death on 20 January 1936.

During his reign, George V was served by a total of 34 prime ministers; 7 from New Zealand, 6 from Australia, 5 from the Dominion of Canada, 5 from the United Kingdom, 4 from Malta, 4 from Southern Rhodesia, and 3 from South Africa.

List of prime ministers

Australia

No.PortraitNameDate of ascension/Took officeDate of death/Left office
1Andrew Fisher6 May 191024 June 1913
2Joseph Cook24 June 191317 September 1914
(1)Andrew Fisher17 September 191427 October 1915
3Billy Hughes27 October 19159 February 1923
4Stanley Bruce9 February 192322 October 1929
5James Scullin22 October 19296 January 1932
6Joseph Lyons6 January 193220 January 1936

Cape Colony

1John Xavier Merriman6 May 191031 May 1910

Canada

1Wilfrid Laurier6 May 19106 October 1911
2Robert Borden10 October 191110 July 1920
3Arthur Meighen10 July 192029 December 1921
4William Lyon Mackenzie King29 December 192129 June 1926
(3)Arthur Meighen29 June 192625 September 1926
(4)William Lyon Mackenzie King25 September 19266 August 1930
5R. B. Bennett7 August 193023 October 1935
(4)William Lyon Mackenzie King23 October 193520 January 1936

Irish Free State[1]

1W. T. Cosgrave6 December 19229 March 1932
2Éamon de Valera9 March 193220 January 1936

Malta

1Joseph Howard26 October 192113 October 1923
2Francesco Buhagiar13 October 192322 September 1924
3Ugo Pasquale MifsudSeptember 1924August 1927
4Gerald StricklandAugust 192721 June 1932
5Ugo Pasquale Mifsud21 June 19322 November 1933[2]

New Zealand

1Joseph Ward6 May 191028 March 1912
2Thomas Mackenzie28 March 191210 July 1912
3William Massey10 July 191210 May 1925
4Francis Bell10 May 192530 May 1925
5Gordon Coates30 May 192510 December 1928
6Joseph Ward10 December 192828 May 1930
7George Forbes28 May 19306 December 1935
8Michael Joseph Savage6 December 193520 January 1936

Newfoundland

1Edward Morris6 May 191031 December 1917
2William F. Lloyd31 December 1917 [3] 22 May 1919
3Michael Patrick Cashin22 May 191917 November 1919
4Richard Squires19 November 191924 July 1923
5William Warren24 July 192310 May 1924
6Albert Hickman (Acting)10 May 19249 June 1924
7Walter Stanley Monroe9 June 1924August 1928
8Frederick C. AlderdiceAugust 192817 November 1928
9Richard Squires17 November 1928June 1932
10Frederick C. AlderdiceJune 193230 January 1934 (Commission of Government)

Northern Ireland

1James Craig7 June 192120 January 1936

South Africa

1Louis Botha31 May 191027 August 1919
2Jan Christiaan Smuts3 September 191930 June 1924
3J. B. M. Hertzog30 June 192420 January 1936

Southern Rhodesia

1Charles Coghlan1 October 192328 August 1927
2Howard Unwin Moffat2 September 19275 July 1933
3George Mitchell5 July 193312 September 1933
4Godfrey Huggins12 September 193320 January 1936

United Kingdom

1H. H. Asquith6 May 19105 December 1916
2David Lloyd George6 December 191619 October 1922
3Bonar Law23 October 192220 May 1923
4Stanley Baldwin22 May 192322 January 1924
5Ramsay MacDonald22 January 19244 November 1924
(4)Stanley Baldwin4 November 19244 June 1929
(5)Ramsay MacDonald5 June 19297 June 1935
(4)Stanley Baldwin7 June 193520 January 1936

See also

Notes and References

  1. Known as President of the Executive Council
  2. [Self-governance|Self-government]
  3. Acting to 5 January 1918