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Joseph Lyons

1879 - 1939

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Joseph Aloysius Lyons (15 September 1879 – 7 April 1939) was an Australian politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Australia, from 1932 until his death in 1939. He held office as the inaugural leader of the United Australia Party (UAP), having previously led the Tasmanian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) before the Australian Labor Party split of 1931. He served as the 26th premier of Tasmania from 1923 to 1928. Lyons was born in Stanley, Tasmania, and before entering politics worked as a schoolteacher. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2024). Joseph Lyons is the 16,475th most popular politician (down from 16,129th in 2024), the 326th most popular biography from Australia (down from 291st in 2019) and the 31st most popular Australian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joseph Lyons ranks 16,475 out of 19,576. Before him are Sara Zaafarani, Alfredo Duhalde, Tunne Kelam, Eric Williams, Patrick Achi, and Maria do Carmo Silveira. After him are Eanfrith of Bernicia, Laurent Nkunda, Matthias Platzeck, Froyla Tzalam, David Owen, and Alexei Kudrin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Joseph Lyons ranks 242. Before him are Hamilton Harty, Max Emmerich, Øistein Schirmer, Lucile Watson, Harry DeBaecke, and Ferenc Móra. After him are Frank Greer, Søren Marinus Jensen, Warner Oland, Otto Nilsson, Björn Þórðarson, and Julius Falkenstein. Among people deceased in 1939, Joseph Lyons ranks 156. Before him are Louis Eugène Roy, Jens Bratlie, Har Dayal, Alvah Meyer, Caius Welcker, and William Mitchell Ramsay. After him are Lili Bech, Chick Webb, Boris Shchukin, Aurelio Mosquera, Charles Eastman, and Charlotte Despard.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Joseph Lyons ranks 326 out of 1,143. Before him are Clare Dennis (1916), Jason Donovan (1968), John Monash (1865), Mary MacKillop (1842), Peter Garrett (1953), and Vern Schuppan (1943). After him are Gail Chanfreau (1945), Ken Fletcher (1940), Ralph Doubell (1945), Gregory Mathews (1876), David A. Sinclair (1969), and Daphne Akhurst (1903).

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Among POLITICIANS In Australia

Among politicians born in Australia, Joseph Lyons ranks 31. Before him are William McMahon (1908), Ben Chifley (1885), Sam Mostyn (1965), Arthur Fadden (1894), James Scullin (1876), and Peter Garrett (1953). After him are Gregory Mathews (1876), John McEwen (1900), Andrew Lesnie (1956), Joan Hartigan (1912), Frank Forde (1890), and Bill Hayden (1933).

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