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{{PM
|dob=18 September
|yob=1876
|birthplace=Trawalla, Victoria
|dod=28 January
|yod=1953
|wife=Sarah Scullin
|party=Australian Labor Party
|succ={{Succession
|hdg=Prime Minister
|start-date=22 October
|start-year=1929
|end-date=6 January
|end-year=1932
|prev=Stanley Bruce
|next=Joseph Lyons
}}
}}
The '''Rt. Hon. James Henry Scullin''' was the [[Prime Minister]] of [[Australia]] at the start of the [[Great Depression]].
He became the Prime Minister upon his party winning a 29-seat majority in the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]], but failure to win control of the [[Senate (Australia)|Senate]] meant that his government was unable to carry out much of its program.
His role as Prime Minister ended after losing a [[motion of no confidence]], which led to the dissolution of Parliament and a new election.
Scullin was responsible for the appointment of Australia's first Australian-born [[Governor General]], [[Isaac Isaacs|Sir Isaac Isaacs]], the Chief Justice of the [[High Court]], despite [[George V|King George V]] preferring a member of the [[British nobility]].
== Source ==
* National Museum of Australia [http://www.nma.gov.au/education/school_resources/websites_and_interactives/primeministers/james_scullin/ James Scullin]
{{Australian Prime Ministers}}
|dob=18 September
|yob=1876
|birthplace=Trawalla, Victoria
|dod=28 January
|yod=1953
|wife=Sarah Scullin
|party=Australian Labor Party
|succ={{Succession
|hdg=Prime Minister
|start-date=22 October
|start-year=1929
|end-date=6 January
|end-year=1932
|prev=Stanley Bruce
|next=Joseph Lyons
}}
}}
The '''Rt. Hon. James Henry Scullin''' was the [[Prime Minister]] of [[Australia]] at the start of the [[Great Depression]].
He became the Prime Minister upon his party winning a 29-seat majority in the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]], but failure to win control of the [[Senate (Australia)|Senate]] meant that his government was unable to carry out much of its program.
His role as Prime Minister ended after losing a [[motion of no confidence]], which led to the dissolution of Parliament and a new election.
Scullin was responsible for the appointment of Australia's first Australian-born [[Governor General]], [[Isaac Isaacs|Sir Isaac Isaacs]], the Chief Justice of the [[High Court]], despite [[George V|King George V]] preferring a member of the [[British nobility]].
== Source ==
* National Museum of Australia [http://www.nma.gov.au/education/school_resources/websites_and_interactives/primeministers/james_scullin/ James Scullin]
{{Australian Prime Ministers}}