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'''Joseph Aloysius Lyons''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|CH}} (15 September 1879 – 7 April 1939) was an Australian politician who was the [[List of prime ministers of Australia by time in office|10th]] [[Prime Minister of Australia]], in office from 1932 until his death in 1939. He began his career in the [[Australian Labor Party]] (ALP), but became the founding leader of the [[United Australia Party]] (UAP) after the [[Australian Labor Party split of 1931]]. He had earlier been [[Premier of Tasmania]] from 1923 to 1928.