Joseph Lyons
Videos
Joseph Aloysius Lyons was an Australian politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Australia, from 1932 until his death in 1939. He held office as the inaugural leader of the United Australi
Official portrait c. 1932
Lyons in 1935 standing outside his birthplace and childhood home in Stanley, Tasmania
Lyons as a state government minister (c. 1914–16)
Caricature of Lyons as premier
United Australia Party
Videos
The United Australia Party was an Australian political party which was founded in 1931 and dissolved in 1945. It won four federal elections in that time, usually governing in coalition with the Countr
Joseph Lyons
…politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Australia, from 1932 until his death in 1939. He held office as the inaugural leader of the United Australia Party (UAP), having previously led the Tasmanian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) before the Australian Labor Party split of 1931. He served as the…
Joseph Lyons, inaugural leader of the UAP and the party's first prime minister
Advertisement for the U.A.P. published in The Bulletin prior to the 1931 federal election.
At the 1931 federal election, the UAP campaigned on a platform of economic conservatism, accusing the Labor governments of James Scullin and Jack Lang of destroying the economy
Anti-Lang advertisement used by the UAP at the 1932 New South Wales state election