James Scullin

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James Scullin was the ninth Prime Minister of Australia, leading a Labor government during the onset of the Great Depression from 1929 to 1932.

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James Scullin canonical 6
Australian Prime Minister James Scullin 1

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instanceOf Australian politician
Prime Minister of Australia
human
member of the Australian Labor Party
appointed Sir Isaac Isaacs as Governor-General of Australia
burialPlace Melbourne General Cemetery
causeOfDeath cardiovascular disease
countryOfCitizenship Australia
dateOfBirth 1876-09-18
dateOfDeath 1953-01-28
electedIn 1929 Australian federal election
electoralDivisionRepresented Yarra
endTime 1932-01-06
endTimeForElectorateYarra 1949
era interwar period
ethnicGroup Irish Australian
linked to: Irish Australians
familyName Scullin
givenName James
headOfGovernmentOf Australia
honouredIn Division of Scullin
linked to: Scullin
implementedPolicy Premiers' Plan (support and acceptance)
knownFor defeat of the Bruce–Page government in 1929 election
leading a Labor government during the onset of the Great Depression
languageSpoken English
memberOfPoliticalParty Australian Labor Party
monarchDuringTerm George V
namedAfter Division of Scullin
linked to: Scullin
notableEvent 1931 Australian financial crisis
notableWork Leadership of Australia during the onset of the Great Depression
occupation journalist
politician
shopkeeper
orderInOffice 9th Prime Minister of Australia
parliamentaryBody Australian House of Representatives
placeOfBirth Trawalla, Victoria, Australia
placeOfDeath Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
positionHeld Leader of the Australian Labor Party
Leader of the Opposition (Australia)
Prime Minister of Australia
Treasurer of Australia
precededBy Stanley Bruce
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
sexOrGender male
spouse Sarah McNamara
startTime 1929-10-22
startTimeForElectorateYarra 1910
succeededBy Joseph Lyons
workLocation Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
linked to: Canberra

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Stanley Bruce succeededBy James Scullin
Imperial Conference of 1930 attendedBy Australian Prime Minister James Scullin
linked to: James Scullin
Scullin namedAfter James Scullin
Melbourne General Cemetery hasBurial James Scullin
Sir Owen Dixon appointedBy James Scullin
Joseph Lyons precededBy James Scullin