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Second National ministry

The First National ministry existed from 24 August 1931 until the reconstruction of the government, following the general election in October 1931.

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From 5 November 1931 until the resignation of the Prime Minister on 7 June 1935 the Second National ministry was in office. This ministry was a "national government" coalition of National Labour, the Conservative Party, the Liberal Party, and the Liberal National Party. Stanley Baldwin formed the Third National Ministry in 1935. The Conservatives controlled the national government.

During the course of the Ministry the ministers from the Liberal Party, led by Sir Herbert Samuel, resigned over the adoption of a protectionist policy caused by the government negotiating the Ottawa Accords in 1932. The other Liberal faction in the Ministry, the Liberal National Party, had accepted the Conservative policy of protectionism before the National government had been formed so its ministers continued in office.

November 1931 – May 1935

  •      Ramsay MacDonald – Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Commons
  •      The Lord Sankey – Lord Chancellor
  •      Stanley Baldwin – Lord President
  •      The Viscount Snowden – Lord Privy Seal
  •      Neville Chamberlain – Chancellor of the Exchequer
  •      Sir Herbert Samuel – Home Secretary
  •      Sir John Simon – Foreign Secretary
  •      Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister – Colonial Secretary
  •      Jimmy Thomas – Dominions Secretary
  •      The Viscount Hailsham – Secretary of State for War and Leader of the House of Lords
  •      Sir Samuel Hoare – Secretary of State for India
  •      The Marquess of Londonderry – Secretary for Air
  •      Sir Archibald Sinclair – Secretary of State for Scotland
  •      Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell – First Lord of the Admiralty
  •      Walter Runciman – President of the Board of Trade
  •      Sir John Gilmour – Minister of Agriculture
  •      Sir Donald Maclean – President of the Board of Education
  •      Henry Betterton – Minister of Labour
  •      Hilton Young – Minister of Health
  •      William Ormsby-Gore – First Commissioner of Works

    • Changes

  • June 1932 -      Lord Irwin succeeds Donald Maclean (deceased) as President of the Board of Education
  • September 1932 – Stanley Baldwin succeeds Philip Snowden as Lord Privy Seal, remaining also Lord President. John Gilmour succeeds Herbert Samuel as Home Secretary.      Sir Godfrey Collins succeeds Sir Archibald Sinclair as Scottish Secretary.      Walter Elliot succeeds Gilmour as Minister of Agriculture.
  • December 1933 – Stanley Baldwin ceases to be Lord Privy Seal, and his successor in that office is not in the cabinet. He continues as Lord President.      Kingsley Wood enters the cabinet as Postmaster-General
  • June 1934 –      Oliver Stanley succeeds Henry Betterton as Minister of Labour

    • Key

  •      = Member of National Labour
  •      = Member of the Conservative Party
  •      = Member of the Liberal Party
  •      = Member of the Liberal National Party

    • List of Ministers

    Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.

    References

    Second National ministry Wikipedia
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