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1939


Incumbents

  • Monarch  King George VI
  • Governor-General  Alexander Hore-Ruvthen, 1st Baron Gowrie
  • Prime Minister  Joseph Lyons (until 7 April), then Sir Earle Page (until 26 April), then Robert Menzies
  • Chief Justice  Sir John Latham

State Premiers

  • Premier of New South Wales  Bertram Stevens (until 5 August) then Alexander Mair
  • Premier of Queensland  William Forgan Smith
  • Premier of South Australia  Thomas Playford IV
  • Premier of Tasmania  Albert Ogilvie (until 10 June), then Edmund Dwyer-Gray (until 18 December), then Robert Cosgrove
  • Premier of Victoria  Albert Dunstan
  • Premier of Western Australia  John Willcock

State Governors

  • Governor of New South Wales  John Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst
  • Governor of Queensland  Sir Leslie Orme Wilson
  • Governor of South Australia  Sir Winston Dugan (until 23 February), then Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey (from 12 August)
  • Governor of Tasmania  Sir Ernest Clark
  • Governor of Victoria  William Vanneck, 5th Baron Huntingfield (until 4 April), then Sir Winston Dugan (from 17 July)
  • Governor of Western Australia  none appointed