King George V was the monarch of the United Kingdom and the British Empire and its successor from 6 May 1910 until his death on 20 January 1936.
During his reign, George V was served by a total of 43 prime ministers; 9 from Newfoundland, 7 from New Zealand, 6 from Australia, 5 from the Dominion of Canada, 5 from the United Kingdom, 4 from Malta, 4 from Southern Rhodesia, and 3 from South Africa.
List of prime ministers No.PortraitNameTook officeLeft office/diedor end of reign Australia 1Andrew Fisher6 May 191024 June 19132Joseph Cook24 June 191317 September 1914(1)Andrew Fisher17 September 191427 October 19153Billy Hughes27 October 19159 February 19234Stanley Bruce9 February 192322 October 19295James Scullin22 October 19296 January 19326Joseph Lyons6 January 193220 January 1936 Canada 1Wilfrid Laurier6 May 19106 October 19112Robert Borden10 October 191110 July 19203Arthur Meighen10 July 192029 December 19214William Lyon Mackenzie King29 December 192129 June 1926(3)Arthur Meighen29 June 192625 September 1926(4)William Lyon Mackenzie King25 September 19266 August 19305R. B. Bennett7 August 193023 October 1935(4)William Lyon Mackenzie King23 October 193520 January 1936 Cape Colony 1John Xavier Merriman6 May 191031 May 1910 Irish Free State Source:Known as President of the Executive Council1W. T. Cosgrave6 December 19229 March 19322Éamon de Valera9 March 193220 January 1936 Malta 1Joseph Howard26 October 192113 October 19232Francesco Buhagiar13 October 192322 September 19243Ugo Pasquale MifsudSeptember 1924August 19274Gerald StricklandAugust 192721 June 19325Ugo Pasquale Mifsud21 June 19322 November 1933Self-government suspended New Zealand 1Joseph Ward6 May 191028 March 19122Thomas Mackenzie28 March 191210 July 19123William Massey10 July 191210 May 19254Francis Bell10 May 192530 May 19255Gordon Coates30 May 192510 December 19286Joseph Ward10 December 192828 May 19307George Forbes28 May 19306 December 19358Michael Joseph Savage6 December 193520 January 1936 Newfoundland 1Edward Morris6 May 191031 December 19172Sir John Crosbie (Acting)31 December 19175 January 19183William F. Lloyd5 January 191822 May 19194Michael Patrick Cashin22 May 191917 November 19195Richard Squires19 November 191924 July 19236William Warren24 July 192310 May 19247Albert Hickman (Acting)10 May 19249 June 19248Walter Stanley Monroe9 June 1924August 19289Frederick C. AlderdiceAugust 192817 November 1928(5th)Richard Squires17 November 1928June 1932(9th) Frederick C. AlderdiceJune 193216 February 1934 (Commission of Government) Northern Ireland 1James Craig7 June 192120 January 1936 South Africa 1Louis Botha31 May 191027 August 19192Jan Christiaan Smuts3 September 191930 June 19243J. B. M. Hertzog30 June 192420 January 1936 Southern Rhodesia 1Charles Coghlan1 October 192328 August 19272Howard Unwin Moffat2 September 19275 July 19333George Mitchell5 July 193312 September 19334Godfrey Huggins12 September 193320 January 1936 United Kingdom 1H. H. Asquith6 May 19105 December 19162David Lloyd George6 December 191619 October 19223Bonar Law23 October 192220 May 19234Stanley Baldwin22 May 192322 January 19245Ramsay MacDonald22 January 19244 November 1924(4)Stanley Baldwin4 November 19244 June 1929(5)Ramsay MacDonald5 June 19297 June 1935(4)Stanley Baldwin7 June 193520 January 1936
See also British Empire Commonwealth of Nations Constitutional monarchy Dominion
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