Joseph Lyons
Australian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (1879-1939)
Joseph Aloysius Lyons (15 September 1879 - 7 April 1939) was the tenth Prime Minister of Australia. He was Premier of Tasmania in the 1920s. He was from the Labor Party. In 1931 he took his supporters and joined the other side. He started a new party called the United Australia Party. In January 1932 his new party won the elections. Lyons was the first Prime Minister to die while in office.
Joseph Lyons | |
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| 10th Prime Minister of Australia | |
| In office 6 January 1932 – 7 April 1939 | |
| Preceded by | James Scullin |
| Succeeded by | Earle Page |
| 26th Premier of Tasmania | |
| In office 25 October 1923 – 15 June 1928 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Walter Lee |
| Succeeded by | John McPhee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 15, 1879 |
| Died | 7 April 1939 (aged 59) |
| Political party | United Australia Party |
| Other political affiliations | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Enid Lyons |
| Prime Ministers of Australia | 
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| Barton | Deakin | Watson | Reid | Fisher | Cook | Hughes | Bruce | Scullin | Lyons | Page | Menzies | Fadden | Curtin | Forde | Chifley | Holt | McEwen | Gorton | McMahon | Whitlam | Fraser | Hawke | Keating | Howard | Rudd | Gillard | Abbott | Turnbull | Morrison | Albanese | |
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