Joseph Lyons

The People's Prime Minister

By: Anne Henderson

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Hardcover | 1 January 2012

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This landmark book re-establishes Lyons as one of Australia's most capable and popular leaders and reminds us of why he was the first Australian prime minister to win and survive three consecutive elections.

A Tasmanian Labor premier in the 1920s, Lyons entered federal politics in 1929 to become a significant figure in the Scullin Labor Cabinet. When Labor split in 1931, Lyons left the party to join the Nationalists and subsequently form the United Australia Party.

He was the first Australian political leader to use radio, press photography and newsreels to connect with voters. Joe Lyons led Australia through the financial crisis of the 1930s up to the eve of World War II. He died in office on 7 April, 1939.

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"Anne Henderson has helped fill a gap in the historical record with a very readable narrative of Joe Lyons . . . . I found some of the historical material surrounding the 1931 Labor split during the Great Depression illuminating." --John Howard AC, former Prime Minister of Australia
"Anne Henderson has given her readers a very special understanding of Joe Lyons the individual, a young man from a poor family in the Tasmanian bush who rose to become one of Australia's most popular and long-serving prime ministers--a truly absorbing story." --Jocelyn Newman AO, former Howard Government minister

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Preface	p. vii
In brief	p. 1
The boy from the island	p. 11
A political education	p. 31
Member for Wilmot	p. 56
A partner for life	p. 77
A party at war	p. 97
Leading Labor	p. 119
Alternative premier	p. 141
Mr Premier	p. 154
The worm turns	p. 172
Welcome to Canberra	p. 193
Caucus wars	p. 214
Exile	p. 237
Striking a match	p. 259
Going in to bat	p. 284
Lyons and the Great Depression	p. 312
Prime Minister at large	p. 332
Trade winds	p. 356
The royal box	p. 378
Peace and war	p. 389
Dying days	p. 409
Epilogue	p. 429
Select bibliography	p. 434
Acknowledgments	p. 443
Index	p. 448
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