{"slug": "james-scullin", "label": "James Scullin", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scullin", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23362", "qid": "Q23362", "description": "Australian politician, ninth Prime Minister of Australia (1876-1953)", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1876, 1953], "span_label": ["1876 CE", "1953 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "prime-minister-of-australia", "label": "Prime Minister of Australia", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "australian-labor-party", "label": "Australian Labor Party", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "national-party-of-australia", "label": "National Party of Australia", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "coalition-australia", "label": "Coalition (Australia)", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "stanley-bruce", "label": "Stanley Bruce", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "united-australia-party", "label": "United Australia Party", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "john-howard", "label": "John Howard", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "australian-house-of-representatives", "label": "Australian House of Representatives", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "john-curtin", "label": "John Curtin", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1876, "year_label": "1876 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "September 18", "text": "September 18 – James Scullin, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1953)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363589433#July–September", "title": "1876", "revid": 1363589433, "section": "Births › July–September"}}, {"year": 1928, "year_label": "1928 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 17", "text": "November 17 – 1928 Australian federal election: Stanley Bruce's Nationalist/Country Coalition Government is re-elected with a decreased majority, defeating the Labor Party led by James Scullin.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372527586#November", "title": "1928", "revid": 1372527586, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1929, "year_label": "1929 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 12", "text": "October 12 – 1929 Australian federal election: The Labor Party, led by James Scullin, defeats the Nationalist/Country Coalition Government, led by Prime Minister Stanley Bruce. Scullin will be sworn in on October 22. Notably, this is the first occasion in Australian political history where a sitting prime minister loses his own seat (the second being John Howard in 2007).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372436446#October", "title": "1929", "revid": 1372436446, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1931, "year_label": "1931 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 19", "text": "December 19 – The UAP/Country Coalition, led by Joseph Lyons, defeats the Australian Labor Government, led by Prime Minister James Scullin. Coming in the aftermath of two splits in the Labor Party, the election comes about due to the defeat of the Scullin government on the floor of the House of Representatives – to date, it is the last federal election where a one-term government was defeated. Lyons will be sworn in January 6th the following year, but not before disbanding the Coalition, after the UAP wins enough seats to form a government in its own right.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310518#December", "title": "1931", "revid": 1371310518, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1934, "year_label": "1934 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 15", "text": "September 15 – 1934 Australian federal election: Joseph Lyons' UAP government is re-elected with a decreased majority, defeating the Labor Party, led by former Prime Minister James Scullin. Consequently, Lyons is forced to resume the Coalition with the Country Party, and include them in his government. Scullin steps down from the Labor leadership shortly after; he is replaced by future Prime Minister John Curtin.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372993239#September–October", "title": "1934", "revid": 1372993239, "section": "Events › September–October"}}, {"year": 1953, "year_label": "1953 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 28", "text": "January 28 – James Scullin, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310369#January", "title": "1953", "revid": 1371310369, "section": "Deaths › January"}}]}