Joseph Lyons

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Joseph Lyons was an Australian politician who served as the 10th Prime Minister of Australia during the 1930s, leading the country through much of the Great Depression.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian politician
Prime Minister of Australia
human
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship Australia
dateOfBirth 1879-09-15
dateOfDeath 1939-04-07
education State schools in Tasmania
endTime (as Premier of Tasmania) 1928-06-15
endTime (as Prime Minister of Australia) 1939-04-07
ethnicGroup Irish Australian
familyName Lyons NERFINISHED
givenName Joseph NERFINISHED
headOfGovernmentOf Australia NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
knownFor economic policies during the Great Depression in Australia
leading the United Australia Party to multiple federal election victories
memberOfPoliticalParty Australian Labor Party NERFINISHED
United Australia Party NERFINISHED
monarchDuringTermAsPrimeMinister Edward VIII NERFINISHED
George V NERFINISHED
George VI NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage English
notableWork leadership of Australia during the Great Depression
numberOfChildren 12
occupation politician
schoolteacher
officeNumber 10th Prime Minister of Australia
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented Wilmot NERFINISHED
Wilmot (Tasmanian House of Assembly) NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Stanley, Tasmania, Australia NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Sydney, New South Wales, Australia NERFINISHED
positionHeld Member of the Australian House of Representatives
Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
Premier of Tasmania NERFINISHED
Prime Minister of Australia NERFINISHED
Treasurer of Australia NERFINISHED
precededBy James Scullin NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Home Hill, Devonport, Tasmania NERFINISHED
The Lodge, Canberra NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Enid Lyons NERFINISHED
startTime (as Premier of Tasmania) 1923-10-25
startTime (as Prime Minister of Australia) 1932-01-06
succeededBy Earle Page NERFINISHED
workLocation Canberra NERFINISHED
Hobart NERFINISHED

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United Australia Party leader Joseph Lyons
federal Division of Lyons namedAfter Joseph Lyons
subject surface form: Division of Lyons