Fifth Menzies ministry

• 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 WWII
• 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

The Fifth Menzies ministry (Liberal–CountryCoalition) was the 35th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 12th Prime Minister, Robert Menzies. The Fifth Menzies ministry succeeded the Fourth Menzies ministry, which dissolved on 11 May 1951 following the federal election that took place in April. The ministry was replaced by the Sixth Menzies ministry on 9 July 1954 following the 1954 federal election.

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