{{Short description|28th ministry of government of Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{see also|Fadden government}} {{Infobox government cabinet | cabinet_name = Fadden ministry | cabinet_type = Ministry | cabinet_number = 28th | jurisdiction = Australia | flag = Flag of Australia.svg | flag_border = true | incumbent = | image = {{multiple image |align=center |border=infobox |caption_align=center |image_style=border:0; |total_width=300 | image1 = FaddenPEO.jpg| alt1 = photograph of Fadden | caption1 = {{larger|Arthur Fadden}} | image2 = Robert Menzies in 1939.jpg | alt2 = photograph of Menzies | caption2 = {{larger|Robert Menzies}} }} | date_formed = 28 August 1941 | date_dissolved = 7 October 1941 | government_head = Arthur Fadden | government_head_history = | deputy_government_head = | state_head = George VI | governor_general = Lord Gowrie | members_number = 19 | former_members_number = | total_number = | political_party = Country–United Australia coalition | legislature_status = Minority government | opposition_cabinet = | opposition_party = Labor | opposition_leader = John Curtin | election = | last_election = | legislature_term = 16th | budget = | advice_and_consent1 = | incoming_formation = | outgoing_formation = | predecessor = Third Menzies ministry | successor = First Curtin ministry | state_head_title = Monarch | government_head_title = Prime Minister }}
The '''Fadden ministry''' (Country–United Australia Coalition) was the 28th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 13th Prime Minister, Arthur Fadden. The Fadden ministry succeeded the Third Menzies ministry, which dissolved on 28 August 1941 following the resignation of Robert Menzies as Prime Minister. A subsequent joint meeting of the Coalition parties elected Country leader Fadden as Menzies' successor. The ministry was replaced by the First Curtin ministry on 7 October 1941 after the independent crossbenchers Alexander Wilson and Arthur Coles withdrew their support for the Fadden government and voted with John Curtin and his Labor Party to bring the government down in a de facto no-confidence motion.<ref name=phb>{{cite web |title = Ministries and Cabinets |work = Parliamentary Handbook |publisher = Parliament of Australia |date = |url = http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;page=0;query=Scullin%20Ministry%20(ALP);rec=0;resCount=Default |access-date = 17 September 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121008065519/http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p%3Bpage%3D0%3Bquery%3DScullin%20Ministry%20%28ALP%29%3Brec%3D0%3BresCount%3DDefault |archive-date = 8 October 2012 |df = }}</ref>
Percy Spender, who died in 1985, was the last surviving member of the Fadden ministry; Spender was also the last surviving minister of the first Menzies government and the Fourth Menzies ministry. John McEwen was the last surviving Country minister.
==Ministry== {| class="wikitable sortable" !colspan="2"|Party ! Minister ! Portrait ! Portfolio |- | {{Australian party style|Country}}| ||Country | Arthur Fadden <br />{{small|(1894–1973)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Darling Downs <br />{{small|(1936–1949)}} | 100px | * Prime Minister * ''Leader of the Country Party'' * Treasurer |- | {{Australian party style|uap}}| ||United Australia | Robert Menzies <br />{{small|(1894–1978)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Kooyong <br />{{small|(1934–1966)}} | 100px | * ''Leader of the United Australia Party'' * Minister for Defence Co-ordination |- | {{Australian party style|uap}}| ||United Australia | Billy Hughes <br />{{small|(1862–1952)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for North Sydney <br />{{small|(1922–1949)}} | 100px | * Attorney-General * Minister for the Navy |- | {{Australian party style|uap}}| ||United Australia | Percy Spender <br />{{small|(1897–1985)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Warringah <br />{{small|(1937–1951)}} | 100px | * Minister for the Army |- | {{Australian party style|uap}}| ||United Australia | George McLeay <br />{{small|(1892–1955)}} Senator for South Australia <br />{{small|(1935–1947)}} | 100px | * Vice-President of the Executive Council * Minister for Supply and Development * ''Leader of the Government in the Senate'' |- | {{Australian party style|Country}}| ||Country | John McEwen <br />{{small|(1900–1980)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Indi <br />{{small|(1937–1949)}} | 100px | * Minister for Air * Minister for Civil Aviation |- | {{Australian party style|uap}}| ||United Australia | Harry Foll <br />{{small|(1890–1977)}} Senator for Queensland <br />{{small|(1917–1947)}} | 100px | * Minister for the Interior * Minister for Information |- | {{Australian party style|Country}}| ||Country | |Sir Earle Page <br />{{small|(1880–1961)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Cowper <br />{{small|(1919–1961)}} | 100px | * Minister for Commerce |- | {{Australian party style|uap}}| ||United Australia | Sir Frederick Stewart <br />{{small|(1884–1961)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Parramatta <br />{{small|(1931–1946)}} | 100px | * Minister for External Affairs * Minister for Health * Minister for Social Services |- | {{Australian party style|uap}}| ||United Australia | Philip McBride <br />{{small|(1892–1982)}} Senator for South Australia <br />{{small|(1937–1944)}} | 100px | * Minister for Munitions |- | {{Australian party style|uap}}| ||United Australia | Eric Harrison <br />{{small|(1892–1974)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Wentworth <br />{{small|(1931–1956)}} | 100px | * Minister for Trade and Customs |- | {{Australian party style|uap}}| ||United Australia | Harold Holt <br />{{small|(1908–1967)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Fawkner <br />{{small|(1935–1949)}} | 100px | * Minister for Labour and National Service |- | {{Australian party style|uap}}| ||United Australia | Herbert Collett <br />{{small|(1877–1947)}} Senator for Western Australia <br />{{small|(1933–1947)}} | 100px | * Minister for Repatriation |- | {{Australian party style|Country}}| ||Country | Thomas Collins <br />{{small|(1884–1945)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Hume <br />{{small|(1931–1943)}} | 100px | * Postmaster-General |- | {{Australian party style|uap}}| ||United Australia | John Leckie <br />{{small|(1872–1947)}} Senator for Victoria <br />{{small|(1935–1947)}} | 100px | * Minister for Aircraft Production |- | {{Australian party style|Country}}| ||Country | Larry Anthony <br />{{small|(1897–1957)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Richmond <br />{{small|(1937–1957)}} | 100px | * Minister for Transport |- | {{Australian party style|uap}}| ||United Australia | Eric Spooner <br />{{small|(1891–1952)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Robertson <br />{{small|(1940–1943)}} | 100px | * Minister for War Organisation of Industry |- | {{Australian party style|Country}}| ||Country | Joe Abbott} <br />{{small|(1891–1965)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for New England <br />{{small|(1940–1949)}} | 100px | * Minister for Home Security |- | {{Australian party style|uap}}| ||United Australia | Allan McDonald <br />{{small|(1888–1953)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Corangamite <br />{{small|(1940–1953)}} | 100px | * Minister for External Territories |}
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