List of prime ministers of George V

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File:ImperialConference.jpg
King George V with his prime ministers. Standing (left to right): W.S. Monroe (Newfoundland), Gordon Coates (New Zealand), Stanley Bruce (Australia), J. B. M. Hertzog (Union of South Africa), and W. T. Cosgrave (Irish Free State). Seated: Stanley Baldwin (United Kingdom) and William Mackenzie King (Canada)

King George V was the monarch of the United Kingdom and the British Empire and its successor from 6 May 1910 until his death on 20 January 1936. During his reign, George V was served by a total of 34 prime ministers; 7 from New Zealand, 6 from Australia, 5 from the Dominion of Canada, 5 from the United Kingdom, 4 from Malta, 4 from Southern Rhodesia, and 3 from South Africa.

List of prime ministers

Australia

No. Portrait Name Date of ascension/Took office Date of death/Left office
1 File:Andrew Fisher 1912 (b&w).jpg Andrew Fisher 6 May 1910 24 June 1913
2 File:Joseph Cook - Crown Studios 03.jpg Joseph Cook 24 June 1913 17 September 1914
(1) File:Andrew Fisher 1912 (b&w).jpg Andrew Fisher 17 September 1914 27 October 1915
3 File:Billy Hughes 1919.jpg Billy Hughes 27 October 1915 9 February 1923
4 File:Stanley Bruce 1930.jpg Stanley Bruce 9 February 1923 22 October 1929
5 File:Portrait of James H. Scullin (cropped).jpg James Scullin 22 October 1929 6 January 1932
6 File:Joseph Aloysius Lyons (cropped).jpg Joseph Lyons 6 January 1932 20 January 1936

Cape Colony

1 File:John X Merriman - Cape Prime Minister.png John Xavier Merriman 6 May 1910 31 May 1910

Canada

1 File:The Honourable Sir Wilfrid Laurier Photo C (HS85-10-16873) - medium crop (cropped).jpg Wilfrid Laurier 6 May 1910 6 October 1911
2 File:Borden-sm (cropped).jpg Robert Borden 10 October 1911 10 July 1920
3 File:Former PM Arthur Meighen.jpg Arthur Meighen 10 July 1920 29 December 1921
4 File:William Lyon Mackenzie King 1942.jpg William Lyon Mackenzie King 29 December 1921 29 June 1926
(3) File:Former PM Arthur Meighen.jpg Arthur Meighen 29 June 1926 25 September 1926
(4) File:William Lyon Mackenzie King 1942.jpg William Lyon Mackenzie King 25 September 1926 6 August 1930
5 File:Richard Bedford Bennett.jpg R. B. Bennett 7 August 1930 23 October 1935
(4) File:William Lyon Mackenzie King 1942.jpg William Lyon Mackenzie King 23 October 1935 20 January 1936

Irish Free State[1]

1 File:W. T. Cosgrave, circa 1930 (cropped).jpg W. T. Cosgrave 6 December 1922 9 March 1932
2 File:De Valera LCCN2016822004 (headshot).jpg Éamon de Valera 9 March 1932 20 January 1936

Malta

1 File:Joseph Howard (Prime Minister of Malta).jpg Joseph Howard 26 October 1921 13 October 1923
2 File:Dr Francesco Buhagiar.jpg Francesco Buhagiar 13 October 1923 22 September 1924
3 File:Malta - Floriana - Triq Sarria - The Mall 31 ies.jpg Ugo Pasquale Mifsud September 1924 August 1927
4 File:Gerald Strickland 1930s.jpg Gerald Strickland August 1927 21 June 1932
5 File:Malta - Floriana - Triq Sarria - The Mall 31 ies.jpg Ugo Pasquale Mifsud 21 June 1932 2 November 1933[2]

New Zealand

1 File:Joseph Ward c. 1906.jpg Joseph Ward 6 May 1910 28 March 1912
2 File:Thomas Mackenzie.jpg Thomas Mackenzie 28 March 1912 10 July 1912
3 File:William Ferguson Massey 1919.jpg William Massey 10 July 1912 10 May 1925
4 File:Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell, ca 1924.jpg Francis Bell 10 May 1925 30 May 1925
5 File:Joseph Gordon Coates, 1931.jpg Gordon Coates 30 May 1925 10 December 1928
6 File:Joseph Ward c. 1906.jpg Joseph Ward 10 December 1928 28 May 1930
7 File:George William Forbes.jpg George Forbes 28 May 1930 6 December 1935
8 File:Michael Joseph Savage Portrait (cropped).jpg Michael Joseph Savage 6 December 1935 20 January 1936

Newfoundland

1 File:Sir Edward Morris - Bain Collection crop.jpg Edward Morris 6 May 1910 31 December 1917
2 File:William Frederick Lloyd.png William F. Lloyd 31 December 1917 [3] 22 May 1919
3 File:Michael Patrick Cashin.png Michael Patrick Cashin 22 May 1919 17 November 1919
4 File:Sir Richard Squires LOC npcc.05059 (cropped).jpg Richard Squires 19 November 1919 24 July 1923
5 File:Radio Times - 1923-10-26 - page 142 (William Robertson Warren).png William Warren 24 July 1923 10 May 1924
6 File:Albert Edgar Hickman.png Albert Hickman (Acting) 10 May 1924 9 June 1924
7 File:Walter Stanley Monroe.jpg Walter Stanley Monroe 9 June 1924 August 1928
8 Frederick C. Alderdice August 1928 17 November 1928
9 File:Sir Richard Squires LOC npcc.05059 (cropped).jpg Richard Squires 17 November 1928 June 1932
10 Frederick C. Alderdice June 1932 30 January 1934 (Commission of Government)

Northern Ireland

1 File:James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon.jpg James Craig 7 June 1921 20 January 1936

South Africa

1 File:Louisbotha.jpg Louis Botha 31 May 1910 27 August 1919
2 File:Jan Smuts 1947.jpg Jan Christiaan Smuts 3 September 1919 30 June 1924
3 File:JBM Hertzog - SA.jpg J. B. M. Hertzog 30 June 1924 20 January 1936

Southern Rhodesia

1 File:Sir Charles Coghlan, circa 1925.jpg Charles Coghlan 1 October 1923 28 August 1927
2 Howard Unwin Moffat 2 September 1927 5 July 1933
3 George Mitchell 5 July 1933 12 September 1933
4 File:Godfrey Huggins in 1936.jpg Godfrey Huggins 12 September 1933 20 January 1936

United Kingdom

1 File:Herbert Henry Asquith.jpg H. H. Asquith 6 May 1910 5 December 1916
2 File:David Lloyd George.jpg David Lloyd George 6 December 1916 19 October 1922
3 File:Andrew Bonar Law 02.jpg Bonar Law 23 October 1922 20 May 1923
4 File:Stanley Baldwin ggbain.35233.jpg Stanley Baldwin 22 May 1923 22 January 1924
5 File:J. Ramsay MacDonald LCCN2014715885 (cropped).jpg Ramsay MacDonald 22 January 1924 4 November 1924
(4) File:Stanley Baldwin ggbain.35233.jpg Stanley Baldwin 4 November 1924 4 June 1929
(5) File:J. Ramsay MacDonald LCCN2014715885 (cropped).jpg Ramsay MacDonald 5 June 1929 7 June 1935
(4) File:Stanley Baldwin ggbain.35233.jpg Stanley Baldwin 7 June 1935 20 January 1936

References

  1. Known as President of the Executive Council
  2. Self-government suspended
  3. Acting to 5 January 1918

See also