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Joseph Aloysius Lyons 15 September — 7 April was an Australian politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Australia , from until his death in He served as the 26th premier of Tasmania from to Lyons was born in Stanley , Tasmania , and before entering politics worked as a schoolteacher. He was active in the Labor Party from a young age and won election to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in He was Treasurer of Tasmania — under John Earle , before replacing Earle as party leader in After two elections that ended in hung parliaments, Lyons was appointed premier in at the head of a minority government.

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He pursued moderate reforms and successfully negotiated a constitutional crisis over the powers of the Legislative Council. At the election he led Labor to its first majority government in Tasmania, but the party lost office three years later. In , Lyons resigned from state parliament to enter federal politics, winning the seat of Wilmot in Labor's landslide victory at the election.

He was immediately appointed to cabinet by the new prime minister James Scullin , becoming Postmaster-General of Australia and Minister for Works and Railways. In , he was acting treasurer while Scullin was overseas, and came into conflict with the Labor caucus over the government's response to the Great Depression ; he preferred orthodox financial policies.

In early , Lyons and his followers left Labor to sit as independents.

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His exact motivations for leaving the party have been subject to debate. A few months later his group merged with other opposition parties to form the United Australia Party; he was elected Leader of the Opposition. Lyons led the UAP to a landslide victory at the election.