List of prime ministers of George VI explained

King George VI was the monarch of the United Kingdom, the Dominions, and the British Empire from 11 December 1936 until his death on 6 February 1952.

He also was a founder and the first Head of the Commonwealth of Nations.

During his reign George was served by a total of 32 prime ministers; 4 from the United Kingdom, 7 from Australia, 2 from Canada, 1 from Ceylon, 1 from India, 2 from Ireland, 3 from Malta, 3 from New Zealand, 3 from Northern Ireland, 2 from Pakistan, 3 from South Africa, and 1 from Southern Rhodesia.

List of prime ministers

Australia

No.PortraitNameDate of ascension/Took officeDate of death/Left office
1Joseph Lyons6 January 19327 April 1939
2Sir Earle Page7 April 193926 April 1939
3Robert Menzies26 April 193928 August 1941
4Arthur Fadden28 August 19417 October 1941
5 John Curtin7 October 19415 July 1945
6Frank Forde6 July 194513 July 1945
7Ben Chifley13 July 194519 December 1949
8Robert Menzies19 December 194926 January 1966

Canada

No.PortraitNameDate of ascension/Took officeDate of death/Left office
1William Lyon Mackenzie King23 October 193515 November 1948
2Louis St. Laurent15 November 194821 June 1957

Irish Free State

No.PortraitNameDate of ascension/Took officeDate of death/Left office
1Éamon de Valera11 December 193618 February 1948
2John A. Costello18 February 194818 April 1949 (Republic of Ireland Act 1948)

Malta

No.PortraitNameDate of ascension/Took officeDate of death/Left office
1Paul Boffa4 November 194726 September 1950
2Enrico Mizzi26 September 195020 December 1950
3Giorgio Borġ Olivier20 December 195011 March 1955

New Zealand

No.PortraitNameDate of ascension/Took officeDate of death/Left office
1Michael Joseph Savage11 December 193627 March 1940
2Peter Fraser27 March 1940[1] 13 December 1949
3Sidney Holland13 December 194920 September 1957

Northern Ireland

No.PortraitNameDate of ascension/Took officeDate of death/Left office
1James Craig11 December 193624 November 1940
2J. M. Andrews24 November 19401 May 1943
3Basil Brooke1 May 194326 March 1963

Pakistan

No.PortraitNameDate of ascension/Took officeDate of death/Left office
1Liaquat Ali Khan14 August 194716 October 1951
2Khawaja Nazimuddin17 October 195117 April 1953

South Africa

No.PortraitNameDate of ascension/Took officeDate of death/Left office
1J. B. M. Hertzog11 December 19365 September 1939
2Jan Smuts5 September 19394 June 1948
3Daniel François Malan4 June 194830 November 1954

United Kingdom

No.PortraitNameDate of ascension/Took officeDate of death/Left office
1Stanley Baldwin7 June 193528 May 1937
2Neville Chamberlain28 May 193710 May 1940
3Winston Churchill10 May 194026 July 1945
4Clement Attlee26 July 194526 October 1951
(3)Winston Churchill26 October 19515 April 1955

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Notes and References

  1. Acting to 1 April 1940