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The Scullin Ministry was the twentieth Australian Commonwealth ministry, and ran from 22 October 1929 to 6 January 1932.
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- Rt Hon James ScullinJames ScullinJames Henry Scullin , Australian Labor politician and the ninth Prime Minister of Australia. Two days after he was sworn in as Prime Minister, the Wall Street Crash of 1929 occurred, marking the beginning of the Great Depression and subsequent Great Depression in Australia.-Early life:Scullin was...
, MP: Prime Minister, Minister for External Affairs, Minister for Industry. Treasurer (9 June 1930 to 29 January 1931) - Hon Ted TheodoreTed TheodoreEdward Granville Theodore was an Australian politician. He was Premier of Queensland 1919–25, a federal politician representing a New South Wales seat 1927–31, and Federal Treasurer 1929–30.-Early life:...
, MP: Treasurer (to 9 June 1930 and from 29 January 1931) - Senator Hon John DalyJohn Daly (Australian politician)John Joseph Daly was an Australian politician.Daly was born at Hemington, now part of the Adelaide suburb of Thebarton and educated at St John the Baptist School, Thebarton, but left at 13...
: Vice-President of the Executive Council (to 3 March 1931), Minister for Defence (4 February 1931 to 3 March 1931), Assistant Minister (from 26 June 1931) - Hon Frank BrennanFrank Brennan (Australian politician)Francis Brennan was an Australian lawyer and Australian Labor Party politician.Brennan was born at Upper Emu Creek near Bendigo, Victoria and was a younger brother of Tom Brennan, later an assistant minister in the conservative Lyons government. He studied law at the University of Melbourne and...
, MP: Attorney-General - Hon Joseph LyonsJoseph LyonsJoseph Aloysius Lyons, CH was an Australian politician. He was Labor Premier of Tasmania from 1923 to 1928 and a Minister in the James Scullin government from 1929 until his resignation from the Labor Party in March 1931...
, MP: Postmaster-General, Minister for Works and Railways (to 4 February 1931) - Hon James FentonJames Fenton (Australian politician)James Edward Fenton CMG was an Australian politician. He is notable for having been appointed a cabinet minister by two governments of different political complexions, but resigning from both governments on matters of principle.Born at Nette Yallock, near Avoca, Victoria, Fenton was educated at a...
, MP: Minister for Trade and Customs (to 4 February 1931) - Hon Arthur BlakeleyArthur BlakeleyArthur Blakeley was an Australian politician.Blakeley was born in Gilberton, South Australia, and was educated at North Broken Hill Convent School. He left school at 13 to work in the local mining camps...
, MP: Minister for Home Affairs - Hon Frank AnsteyFrank AnsteyFrank Anstey , Australian politician, served 38 years as a Labor member of the Victorian and Commonwealth parliaments....
, MP: Minister for Health, Minister for Repatriation (to 3 March 1931) - Hon Albert Green, MP: Minister for Defence (to 4 February 1931), Postmaster-General (from 4 February 1931), Minister for Works and Railways (from 4 February 1931)
- Hon Parker MoloneyParker MoloneyParker John Moloney was an Australian politician, teacher and public servant. He was born at Port Fairy, Victoria to Maurice Moloney and Mary, née Bowe. He became a teacher at John O'Hara's South Melbourne College in 1902 and then at University High School...
, MP: Minister for Markets and Transport (to 21 April 1930). Minister for Markets, Minister for Transport (from 21 April 1930) - Senator Hon John BarnesJohn Barnes (Australian politician)John Barnes was a union official and Australian federal politician representing the Labor Party.-Early life:...
: Assistant Minister assisting the Minister for Works and Railways (to 3 March 1931), Vice-President of the Executive Council (from 3 March 1931) - Hon Frank FordeFrank FordeFrancis Michael Forde PC was an Australian politician and the 15th Prime Minister of Australia. He was the shortest serving Prime Minister in Australia's history, being in office for only eight days.-Early life:...
, MP: Assistant Minister assisting the Minister for Customs (to 4 February 1931), Minister for Trade and Customs (from 4 February 1931) - Hon Jack BeasleyJack BeasleyJohn Albert "Jack" Beasley was an Australian politician.-Early life:Beasley was born in Werribee, Victoria, but moved to Sydney with his family as a child. He had a primary education in Catholic schools then became an apprentice electrician...
, MP: Assistant Minister assisting the Minister for Industry (to 3 March 1931) - Hon John McNeill, MP: Minister for Health, Minister for Repatriation (from 3 March 1931)
- Hon Ben ChifleyBen ChifleyJoseph Benedict Chifley , Australian politician, was the 16th Prime Minister of Australia. He took over the Australian Labor Party leadership and Prime Ministership after the death of John Curtin in 1945, and went on to retain government at the 1946 election, before being defeated at the 1949...
, MP: Minister for Defence (from 3 March 1931) - Senator Hon John DooleyJohn DooleyJohn Braidwood Dooley was an Australian politician who was elected to the Australian Senate.Dooley was born at Tumbarumba, New South Wales and educated at Wagga Wagga Superior Public School and at Courabyra, but left school early to become a shearer and miner. From 1901 to 1904 he was as an...
: Assistant Minister assisting the Minister for Works and Railways (from 3 March 1931) - Hon Jack Holloway, MP: Assistant Minister for Industry, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Assistant to the Treasurer (3 March 1931 to 12 June 1931)
- Hon Charles CulleyCharles CulleyCharles Ernest Culley CMG was an Australian politician who was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly and the Australian House of Representatives....
, MP: Assistant Minister for Transport and War Service Homes (3 March 1931 to 24 June 1931) - Hon Lou CunninghamLou CunninghamLucien Lawrence "Lou" Cunningham was an Australian farmer and politician. He was born at Inverell, New South Wales, to a farmer, Eugene Cunningham, and his wife Mary, née Edgeworth, both born in Ireland...
, MP: Assistant Minister (from 26 June 1931)