Personal profile
Born
18 September 1876, Trawalla, Victoria
Education
Trawalla and Mount Rowan state schools, Victoria
Employment
- grocer
- union organiser
- journalist
- politician
Memberships
- Roman Catholic Church
- Catholic Young Men’s Society
- Ballarat South Street debating society
Marriage
11 November 1907, Ballarat, Victoria
Children
None
Died
28 January 1953, Hawthorn, Melbourne
Buried
Melbourne General Cemetery
Honours
Privy Councillor (1930)
Partner
Name
Sarah Maria Scullin
Previous name
Sarah Maria McNamara
Born
1880, Ballarat, Victoria
Memberships
Australian Labor Party
Died
31 May 1962, Kew, Victoria
Buried
Melbourne General Cemetery
Political profile
Term as Prime Minister
22 October 1929 to 6 January 1932
Terms as Member of Parliament
- House of Representatives:
- 1 July 1910 to December 1913 (Corangamite)
- 29 June 1922 to December 1949 (Yarra)
- Leader of the Opposition
- April 1928 to October 1929
- January 1932 to October 1935
Portfolios
- External Affairs: 22 October 1929 to 6 January 1932
- Industry: 22 October 1929 to 6 January 1932
- Treasurer: 9 July 1930 to 29 January 1931
Political memberships
- Australian Natives’ Association
- Australian Workers’ Union (c.1906-10)
- Australian Labor Party (1903-53)
- federal parliamentary leader (26 April 1928 to c.1 October 1935)
After office
- Commonwealth Literary Fund Committee
- Chair, Press Advisory Committee on Censorship (April 1942-)
- Committee on Uniform Taxation (1942)
