The Fate of Governments: Comparing 1930 and 2020

The consequences of the COVID-19 crisis of 2020 are often compared to those of the Great Depression of the 1930s.

The two crises are neatly set at 90 years from one another. The Wall Street Crash took place in October 1929. The first reports of the coronavirus now known as COVID-19 came in January 2020. This page compares the fate of Australian governments in January 1930 with those in January 2020.

Australian Governments – as of January 1, 1930
	LAST ELECTION	GOVT ELECTED	PM/ PREMIER	NEXT ELECTION	FATE OF GOVT	NEW GOVT	PM/ PREMIER	FATE OF NEW GOVT
SA	26.05.1927	Lib Fed (first term)	Butler	05.04.1930	Defeated	ALP	Hill	Defeated 1933
WA	26.03.1927	ALP (second term)	Collier	12.04.1930	Defeated	NAT/CP	Mitchell	Defeated 1933
NSW	08.10.1927	NAT/CP (first term)	Bavin	25.10.1930	Defeated	ALP	Lang	Defeated 1932
TAS	30.05.1928	NAT (first term)	McPhee	09.05.1931	RE-ELECTED	NAT	McPhee	Defeated 1934
FEDERAL	12.10.1929	ALP (first term)	Scullin	19.12.1931	Defeated	UAP	Lyons	Re-elected 1934
VIC	30.05.1929	ALP (first term)	Hogan	14.05.1932	Defeated	UAP	Argyle	Defeated 1935
QLD	11.05.1929	CPNP (first term)	Moore	11.06.1932	Defeated	ALP	Forgan Smith	Re-elected 1934

Australian Governments – as of January 1, 2020
	LAST ELECTION	GOVT ELECTED	PM/ PREMIER	NEXT ELECTION	FATE OF GOVT	NEW GOVT	PM/ PREMIER
NT	27.08.2016	ALP (first term)	Gunner	22.08.2020
ACT	15.10.2016	ALP/GREENS (fifth term)	Barr	17.10.2020
QLD	25.11.2017	ALP (second term)	Palaszczuk	31.10.2020
WA	11.03.2017	ALP (first term)	McGowan	13.03.2021
FEDERAL	18.05.2019	LIB/NP (third term)	Morrison	Aug 2021-May 2022
TAS	03.03.2018	LIB (second term)	Gutwein	Mar-May 2022
SA	17.03.2018	Lib (first term)	Marshall	19.03.2022
VIC	24.11.2018	ALP (second term)	Andrews	26.11.2022
NSW	23.03.2019	LIB/NP (third term)	Berejiklian	25.03.2023