See also: Lyons government.
Cabinet Name: | Third Lyons ministry |
Cabinet Type: | Ministry |
Cabinet Number: | 22nd |
Jurisdiction: | Australia |
Flag: | Flag of Australia.svg |
Flag Border: | true |
Date Formed: | 9 November 1934 |
Date Dissolved: | 29 November 1937 |
Government Head: | Joseph Lyons |
State Head: | George V Edward VIII George VI |
Governor General: | Sir Isaac Isaacs Lord Gowrie |
Members Number: | 15 |
Political Party: | United Australia–Country coalition |
Legislature Status: | Majority government |
Opposition Party: | Labor |
Opposition Leader: | James Scullin John Curtin |
Last Election: | 23 October 1937 |
Legislature Term: | 14th |
Predecessor: | Second Lyons ministry |
Successor: | Fourth Lyons ministry |
State Head Title: | Monarch |
Government Head Title: | Prime Minister |
The Third Lyons ministry (United Australia–Country Coalition) was the 22nd ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 10th Prime Minister, Joseph Lyons. The Third Lyons ministry succeeded the Second Lyons ministry, which dissolved on 9 November 1934 after Lyons entered into a formal Coalition with Earle Page and his Country Party; the second such coalition after that of the Bruce government. The ministry was replaced by the Fourth Lyons ministry on 29 November 1937 following the 1937 federal election.[1]
Robert Menzies, who died in 1978, was the last surviving member of the Third Lyons ministry; Menzies was also the last surviving member of the Second Lyons ministry. Harold Thorby was the last surviving Country minister.