A cabinet meeting of the Tenth Menzies ministry held on 6 December 1965.
Date formed
18 December 1963
Date dissolved
26 January 1966
People and organisations
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Governor-General
Viscount De L'Isle Lord Casey
Prime Minister
Sir Robert Menzies
No. of ministers
29
Member party
Liberal–Country coalition
Status in legislature
Coalition majority government
Opposition party
Labor
Opposition leader
Arthur Calwell
History
Election(s)
30 November 1963
Legislature term(s)
25th
Predecessor
Ninth Menzies ministry
Successor
First Holt 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 Tenth Menzies ministry (Liberal–Country Coalition) was the 40th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 12th Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies. The Tenth Menzies ministry succeeded the Ninth Menzies ministry, which dissolved on 18 December 1963 following the federal election that took place in November. The ministry was replaced by the First Holt ministry on 26 January 1966 following the retirement of Menzies.[1]
As of 20 December 2020, Ian Sinclair is the last surviving member of the Tenth Menzies ministry; Sinclair is also the last surviving member of the First Holt ministry. James Forbes was the last surviving Liberal minister, and Allen Fairhall and Charles Barnes were the last surviving Liberal and Country Cabinet ministers respectively.
^"Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
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