Sixth Menzies ministry

Sixth Menzies ministry
36th Ministry of Australia
Members of the Sixth Menzies ministry at their swearing-in.
Date formed	9 July 1954
Date dissolved	11 January 1956
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor-General	Sir William Slim
Prime Minister	Robert Menzies
No. of ministers	21
Member party	Liberal–Country coalition
Status in legislature	Coalition majority government
Opposition party	Labor
Opposition leader	H. V. Evatt
History
Election	29 May 1954
Outgoing election	10 December 1955
Legislature term	21st
Predecessor	Fifth Menzies ministry
Successor	Seventh Menzies ministry

This article is part of a series about Robert Menzies
Early life State politics Member for Kooyong (1934–1966) 1938 Dalfram dispute United Australia Party spills 1939 1943 Prime Minister of Australia First term of government (1939–1941) Entry into WW2 Advisory War Council Liberal Party foundation Second term of government (1949–1966) ANZUS Communist Party ban 1951 Communist Party ban referendum Petrov Affair Royal Commission on Espionage Entry into Vietnam War Ministries First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth Elections 1940 1946 1949 1951 1953 (Half-Senate) 1954 1955 1958 1961 1963 1964 (Half-Senate) The Forgotten People
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The Sixth Menzies ministry (Liberal–Country Coalition) was the 36th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 12th Prime Minister, Robert Menzies. The Sixth Menzies ministry succeeded the Fifth Menzies ministry, which dissolved on 9 July 1954 following the federal election that took place in May. The ministry was replaced by the Seventh Menzies ministry on 11 January 1956 following the 1955 federal election.^[1]

Paul Hasluck, who died in 1993, was the last surviving member of the Sixth Menzies Ministry; Hasluck was also the last surviving member of the Fifth Menzies Ministry. John McEwen was the last surviving Country minister.