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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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 NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath cardiovascular disease
countryOfCitizenship Australia
dateOfBirth 1876-09-18
dateOfDeath 1953-01-28
electedIn 1929 Australian federal election
electoralDivisionRepresented Yarra NERFINISHED
endTime 1932-01-06
endTimeForElectorateYarra 1949
era interwar period
ethnicGroup Irish Australian NERFINISHED
familyName Scullin NERFINISHED
givenName James
headOfGovernmentOf Australia NERFINISHED
honouredIn Division of Scullin NERFINISHED
implementedPolicy Premiers' Plan (support and acceptance) NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
monarchDuringTerm George V NERFINISHED
namedAfter Division of Scullin NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Trawalla, Victoria, Australia NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Melbourne, Victoria, Australia NERFINISHED
positionHeld Leader of the Australian Labor Party NERFINISHED
Leader of the Opposition (Australia) NERFINISHED
Prime Minister of Australia
Treasurer of Australia NERFINISHED
precededBy Stanley Bruce NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Melbourne, Victoria, Australia NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Sarah McNamara NERFINISHED
startTime 1929-10-22
startTimeForElectorateYarra 1910
succeededBy Joseph Lyons NERFINISHED
workLocation Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia NERFINISHED

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Imperial Conference of 1930 attendedBy James Scullin
this entity surface form: Australian Prime Minister James Scullin
Stanley Bruce succeededBy James Scullin