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King George V with his prime ministers. Standing (left to right): W.S. Monroe (Newfoundland), Gordon Coates (New Zealand), Stanley Bruce (Australia), J. B. M. Hertzog (Union of South Africa), and W. T. Cosgrave (Irish Free State). Seated: Stanley Baldwin (United Kingdom) and William Mackenzie King (Canada)

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 34 prime ministers; 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

Australia

No. Portrait Name Date of ascension/Took office Date of death/Left office
1 Andrew Fisher 1912 (b&w).jpg Andrew Fisher 6 May 1910 24 June 1913
2 Joseph Cook - Crown Studios 03.jpg Joseph Cook 24 June 1913 17 September 1914
(1) Andrew Fisher 1912 (b&w).jpg Andrew Fisher 17 September 1914 27 October 1915
3 Billy Hughes 1919.jpg Billy Hughes 27 October 1915 9 February 1923
4 Stanley Bruce 1930.jpg Stanley Bruce 9 February 1923 22 October 1929
5 Portrait of James H. Scullin (cropped).jpg James Scullin 22 October 1929 6 January 1932
6 Joseph Aloysius Lyons (cropped).jpg Joseph Lyons 6 January 1932 20 January 1936

Cape Colony

1 John X Merriman - Cape Prime Minister.png John Xavier Merriman 6 May 1910 31 May 1910

Canada

1 The Honourable Sir Wilfrid Laurier Photo C (HS85-10-16873) - medium crop (cropped).jpg Wilfrid Laurier 6 May 1910 6 October 1911
2 Borden-sm (cropped).jpg Robert Borden 10 October 1911 10 July 1920
3 Former PM Arthur Meighen.jpg Arthur Meighen 10 July 1920 29 December 1921
4 William Lyon Mackenzie King 1942.jpg William Lyon Mackenzie King 29 December 1921 29 June 1926
(3) Former PM Arthur Meighen.jpg Arthur Meighen 29 June 1926 25 September 1926
(4) William Lyon Mackenzie King 1942.jpg William Lyon Mackenzie King 25 September 1926 6 August 1930
5 Richard Bedford Bennett.jpg R. B. Bennett 7 August 1930 23 October 1935
(4) William Lyon Mackenzie King 1942.jpg William Lyon Mackenzie King 23 October 1935 20 January 1936

Irish Free State

1 W. T. Cosgrave, circa 1930 (cropped).jpg W. T. Cosgrave 6 December 1922 9 March 1932
2 De Valera LCCN2016822004 (headshot).jpg Éamon de Valera 9 March 1932 20 January 1936

Malta

1 Joseph Howard (Prime Minister of Malta).jpg Joseph Howard 26 October 1921 13 October 1923
2 Dr Francesco Buhagiar.jpg Francesco Buhagiar 13 October 1923 22 September 1924
3 Malta - Floriana - Triq Sarria - The Mall 31 ies.jpg Ugo Pasquale Mifsud September 1924 August 1927
4 Gerald Strickland 1930s.jpg Gerald Strickland August 1927 21 June 1932
5 Malta - Floriana - Triq Sarria - The Mall 31 ies.jpg Ugo Pasquale Mifsud 21 June 1932 2 November 1933

New Zealand

1 Joseph Ward c. 1906.jpg Joseph Ward 6 May 1910 28 March 1912
2 Thomas Mackenzie.jpg Thomas Mackenzie 28 March 1912 10 July 1912
3 William Ferguson Massey 1919.jpg William Massey 10 July 1912 10 May 1925
4 Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell, ca 1924.jpg Francis Bell 10 May 1925 30 May 1925
5 Joseph Gordon Coates, 1931.jpg Gordon Coates 30 May 1925 10 December 1928
6 Joseph Ward c. 1906.jpg Joseph Ward 10 December 1928 28 May 1930
7 George William Forbes.jpg George Forbes 28 May 1930 6 December 1935
8 Michael Joseph Savage Portrait (cropped).jpg Michael Joseph Savage 6 December 1935 20 January 1936

Newfoundland

1 Sir Edward Morris - Bain Collection crop.jpg Edward Morris 6 May 1910 31 December 1917
2 William Frederick Lloyd.png William F. Lloyd 31 December 1917 22 May 1919
3 Michael Patrick Cashin.png Michael Patrick Cashin 22 May 1919 17 November 1919
4 Sir Richard Squires LOC npcc.05059 (cropped).jpg Richard Squires 19 November 1919 24 July 1923
5 Radio Times - 1923-10-26 - page 142 (William Robertson Warren).png William Warren 24 July 1923 10 May 1924
6 Albert Edgar Hickman.png Albert Hickman (Acting) 10 May 1924 9 June 1924
7 Walter Stanley Monroe.jpg Walter Stanley Monroe 9 June 1924 August 1928
8 Frederick C. Alderdice August 1928 17 November 1928
9 Sir Richard Squires LOC npcc.05059 (cropped).jpg Richard Squires 17 November 1928 June 1932
10 Frederick C. Alderdice June 1932 30 January 1934 (Commission of Government)

Northern Ireland

1 James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon.jpg James Craig 7 June 1921 20 January 1936

South Africa

1 Louisbotha.jpg Louis Botha 31 May 1910 27 August 1919
2 Jan Smuts 1947.jpg Jan Christiaan Smuts 3 September 1919 30 June 1924
3 JBM Hertzog - SA.jpg J. B. M. Hertzog 30 June 1924 20 January 1936

Southern Rhodesia

1 Sir Charles Coghlan, circa 1925.jpg Charles Coghlan 1 October 1923 28 August 1927
2 Howard Unwin Moffat 2 September 1927 5 July 1933
3 George Mitchell 5 July 1933 12 September 1933
4 Godfrey Huggins in 1936.jpg Godfrey Huggins 12 September 1933 20 January 1936

United Kingdom

1 Herbert Henry Asquith.jpg H. H. Asquith 6 May 1910 5 December 1916
2 David Lloyd George.jpg David Lloyd George 6 December 1916 19 October 1922
3 Andrew Bonar Law 02.jpg Bonar Law 23 October 1922 20 May 1923
4 Stanley Baldwin ggbain.35233.jpg Stanley Baldwin 22 May 1923 22 January 1924
5 J. Ramsay MacDonald LCCN2014715885 (cropped).jpg Ramsay MacDonald 22 January 1924 4 November 1924
(4) Stanley Baldwin ggbain.35233.jpg Stanley Baldwin 4 November 1924 4 June 1929
(5) J. Ramsay MacDonald LCCN2014715885 (cropped).jpg Ramsay MacDonald 5 June 1929 7 June 1935
(4) Stanley Baldwin ggbain.35233.jpg Stanley Baldwin 7 June 1935 20 January 1936

See also

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