The Third Bruce ministry (
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) was the 18th
ministry of the
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. It was led by the country's 8th
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,
Stanley Bruce
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. The Third Bruce ministry succeeded the
Second Bruce ministry, which dissolved on 29 November 1928 following the
federal election that took place in November. The ministry was replaced by the
Scullin ministry on 22 October 1929 following the
federal election that took place on 12 October which saw Labor defeat the Coalition. That election also saw Bruce lose his own seat of
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; no sitting Prime Minister would lose his own seat again until
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Aubrey Abbott
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, who died in 1975, was the last surviving member of the Third Bruce ministry.
Stanley Bruce
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was the last surviving Nationalist minister.
Ministry
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