Group photo of members of the Second Menzies ministry
Date formed
14 March 1940
Date dissolved
28 October 1940
People and organisations
Monarch
George VI
Governor-General
Lord Gowrie
Prime Minister
Robert Menzies
No. of ministers
16
Member party
United Australia–Country coalition
Status in legislature
Majority government
Opposition party
Labor
Opposition leader
John Curtin
History
Outgoing election
21 September 1940
Legislature term(s)
15th
Predecessor
First Menzies ministry
Successor
Third Menzies ministry
This article is part of a series about Robert Menzies
Early life
State politics
Member for Kooyong (1934–1966)
1938 Dalfram dispute
United Australia Party spills
1939
1943
Prime Minister of Australia
First term of government (1939–1941)
Entry into WW2
Advisory War Council
Liberal Party foundation
Second term of government (1949–1966)
ANZUS
Communist Party ban
1951 Communist Party ban referendum
Petrov Affair
Royal Commission on Espionage
Entry into Vietnam War
Ministries
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh
Eighth
Ninth
Tenth
Elections
1940
1946
1949
1951
1953 (Half-Senate)
1954
1955
1958
1961
1963
1964 (Half-Senate)
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The Second Menzies ministry (United Australia–Country Coalition) was the 26th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 12th Prime Minister, Robert Menzies. The Second Menzies ministry succeeded the First Menzies ministry, which dissolved on 14 March 1940 after Menzies entered into a formal Coalition with Archie Cameron and his Country Party. The ministry was replaced by the Third Menzies ministry on 28 October 1940 following the 1940 federal election.[1]
Percy Spender, who died in 1985, was the last surviving member of the Second Menzies ministry; Spender was also the last surviving minister of the First Menzies ministry, Third Menzies ministry, Fadden ministry, and the Fourth Menzies ministry. John McEwen was the last surviving Country minister.
^"Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
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