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It was led by the country's 12th Prime Minister, Robert Menzies.

The Fourth Menzies ministry succeeded the Second Chifley ministry, which dissolved on 19 December 1949 following the federal election that took place on 10 December which saw the Coalition defeat Ben Chifley's Labor Party.

[1] Percy Spender, who died in 1985, was the last surviving member of the Fourth Menzies Ministry; Spender was also the last surviving minister of the first Menzies government and the Fadden government.

John McEwen was the last surviving Country minister.