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The Second Lyons ministry was the 21st ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 10th Prime Minister, Joseph Lyons. The Second Lyons ministry succeeded the First Lyons minis
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Robert Menzies in 1939
Sir George Pearce
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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
Second Lyons ministry
…The Second Lyons ministry (United Australia) was the 21st ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 10th Prime Minister, Joseph Lyons. The Second Lyons ministry succeeded the First Lyons ministry, which dissolved on 12 October 1934 following the federal election that took place in…
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