List of prime ministers of George V

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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) 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.

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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

No.PortraitNameTook officeLeft office/died
or end of reign

Australia

1 Andrew Fisher 1912 (b&w).jpg Andrew Fisher 6 May 191024 June 1913
2 Joseph Cook - Crown Studios 03.jpg Joseph Cook 24 June 191317 September 1914
(1) Andrew Fisher 1912 (b&w).jpg Andrew Fisher17 September 191427 October 1915
3 Billy Hughes 1919.jpg Billy Hughes 27 October 19159 February 1923
4 Stanley Bruce 1930.jpg Stanley Bruce 9 February 192322 October 1929
5 Portrait of James H. Scullin (cropped).jpg James Scullin 22 October 19296 January 1932
6 Joseph Aloysius Lyons (cropped).jpg Joseph Lyons 6 January 193220 January 1936

Canada

1 The Honourable Sir Wilfrid Laurier Photo C (HS85-10-16873) - medium crop (cropped).jpg Wilfrid Laurier 6 May 19106 October 1911
2 Borden-sm (cropped).jpg Robert Borden 10 October 191110 July 1920
3 Former PM Arthur Meighen.jpg Arthur Meighen 10 July 192029 December 1921
4 William Lyon Mackenzie King 1942.jpg William Lyon Mackenzie King 29 December 192129 June 1926
(3) Former PM Arthur Meighen.jpg Arthur Meighen29 June 192625 September 1926
(4) William Lyon Mackenzie King 1942.jpg William Lyon Mackenzie King25 September 19266 August 1930
5 Richard Bedford Bennett.jpg R. B. Bennett 7 August 193023 October 1935
(4) William Lyon Mackenzie King 1942.jpg William Lyon Mackenzie King23 October 193520 January 1936

Cape Colony

1 John X Merriman - Cape Prime Minister.png John Xavier Merriman 6 May 191031 May 1910

Irish Free State

Source: [1]

1 W. T. Cosgrave, circa 1930 (cropped).jpg W. T. Cosgrave 6 December 19229 March 1932
2 De Valera LCCN2016822004 (headshot).jpg Éamon de Valera 9 March 193220 January 1936

Malta

1 Joseph Howard (Prime Minister of Malta).jpg Joseph Howard 26 October 192113 October 1923
2 Dr Francesco Buhagiar.jpg Francesco Buhagiar 13 October 192322 September 1924
3 Malta - Floriana - Triq Sarria - The Mall 31 ies.jpg Ugo Pasquale Mifsud September 1924August 1927
4 Gerald Strickland 1930s.jpg Gerald Strickland August 192721 June 1932
5 Malta - Floriana - Triq Sarria - The Mall 31 ies.jpg Ugo Pasquale Mifsud21 June 19322 November 1933 [2]

New Zealand

1 Joseph Ward c. 1906.jpg Joseph Ward 6 May 191028 March 1912
2 Thomas Mackenzie.jpg Thomas Mackenzie 28 March 191210 July 1912
3 William Ferguson Massey 1919.jpg William Massey 10 July 191210 May 1925
4 Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell, ca 1924.jpg Francis Bell 10 May 192530 May 1925
5 Joseph Gordon Coates, 1931.jpg Gordon Coates 30 May 192510 December 1928
6 Joseph Ward c. 1906.jpg Joseph Ward10 December 192828 May 1930
7 George William Forbes.jpg George Forbes 28 May 19306 December 1935
8 Michael Joseph Savage Portrait (cropped).jpg Michael Joseph Savage 6 December 193520 January 1936

Newfoundland

1 Sir Edward Morris - Bain Collection crop.jpg Edward Morris 6 May 191031 December 1917
2 William Frederick Lloyd.png William F. Lloyd 31 December 1917 [3] 22 May 1919
3 Michael Patrick Cashin.png Michael Patrick Cashin 22 May 191917 November 1919
4 Sir Richard Squires LOC npcc.05059 (cropped).jpg Richard Squires 19 November 191924 July 1923
5 Radio Times - 1923-10-26 - page 142 (William Robertson Warren).png William Warren 24 July 192310 May 1924
6 Albert Edgar Hickman.png Albert Hickman (Acting)10 May 19249 June 1924
7 Walter Stanley Monroe.jpg Walter Stanley Monroe 9 June 1924August 1928
8 Frederick C. Alderdice August 192817 November 1928
9 Sir Richard Squires LOC npcc.05059 (cropped).jpg Richard Squires17 November 1928June 1932
10Frederick C. AlderdiceJune 193230 January 1934 (Commission of Government)

Northern Ireland

1 James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon.jpg James Craig 7 June 192120 January 1936

South Africa

1 Louisbotha.jpg Louis Botha 31 May 191027 August 1919
2 Jan Smuts 1947.jpg Jan Christiaan Smuts 3 September 191930 June 1924
3 JBM Hertzog - SA.jpg J. B. M. Hertzog 30 June 192420 January 1936

Southern Rhodesia

1 Sir Charles Coghlan, circa 1925.jpg Charles Coghlan 1 October 192328 August 1927
2 Howard Unwin Moffat 2 September 19275 July 1933
3 George Mitchell 5 July 193312 September 1933
4 Godfrey Huggins in 1936.jpg Godfrey Huggins 12 September 193320 January 1936

United Kingdom

1 Herbert Henry Asquith.jpg H. H. Asquith 6 May 19105 December 1916
2 David Lloyd George.jpg David Lloyd George 6 December 191619 October 1922
3 Andrew Bonar Law 02.jpg Bonar Law 23 October 192220 May 1923
4 Stanley Baldwin ggbain.35233.jpg Stanley Baldwin 22 May 192322 January 1924
5 J. Ramsay MacDonald LCCN2014715885 (cropped).jpg Ramsay MacDonald 22 January 19244 November 1924
(4) Stanley Baldwin ggbain.35233.jpg Stanley Baldwin4 November 19244 June 1929
(5) J. Ramsay MacDonald LCCN2014715885 (cropped).jpg Ramsay MacDonald5 June 19297 June 1935
(4) Stanley Baldwin ggbain.35233.jpg Stanley Baldwin7 June 193520 January 1936

References

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

See also