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The 1929 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 12 October 1929. ... Throughout 1928 and 1929 economic conditions in Australia and internationally had ...
Centenary of Western Australia; 4 April – 1929 Tasmanian floods: A dam on the Cascade River in Tasmania collapses. The subsequent torrent floods the town of Derby, killing fourteen people. [1] 3 June – Fremantle, Western Australia is proclaimed a city. [2] 12 October – A federal election is held.
October 12, 1929: James Scullin wins election to become new Prime Minister of Australia October 24, 1929: Panic selling begins on Wall Street when the New York Stock Exchange opens as investors scramble to pay "margin calls", a day commemorated as "Black Thursday" and as the start of the Great Depression October 3, 1929: The Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes officially shortens name to ...
3.4 South Australia. 3.5 Tasmania. 3.6 Victoria. 3.7 Western Australia. 4 See also. ... The election was held on 12 October 1929. There was no election for the Senate.
(1918–1929) 9 February 1923 22 October 1929 6 years, 255 days 1925 1928 52. TAS: Sir Elliott Lewis (1858–1935) KCMG: Conservatism: MHA for Richmond (1886–1903) 12 October 1899 9 April 1903 3 years, 179 days: 6 years, 188 days 1900 1912: Commonwealth Liberal: MHA for Denison (1909–1922) 19 June 1909 20 October 1909 123 days: 27 October ...
New prime minister James Scullin and former prime minister Stanley Bruce hold a private meeting after Scullin's swearing-in as prime minister, 1929 The Scullin government sworn in, October 1929. Scullin came to Canberra amid rapturous applause from his supporters and the largest majority that Labor had ever won at the time.
This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 12th Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1929 election on 12 October 1929. The incumbent Nationalist Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia Stanley Bruce in power since 1923 with coalition partner the Country Party led by Earle Page was defeated by the opposition Australian Labor Party ...
The Scullin ministry was the 19th ministry of the Government of Australia.It was led by the country's 9th Prime Minister, James Scullin.The Scullin ministry succeeded the Third Bruce ministry, which dissolved on 22 October 1929 following the federal election that took place on 12 October which saw Labor defeat Stanley Bruce's Nationalist–Country Coalition.