1932 New South Wales constitutional crisis

1932 New South Wales constitutional crisis
Date13 May 1932
LocationGovernment House, Sydney, Parliament House, Sydney
ParticipantsSir Philip Game, Jack Lang, Sir Bertram Stevens
OutcomeGame dismissed Lang, commissioned Stevens who called a state election which Lang resoundingly lost

The 1932 New South Wales constitutional crisis culminated in the dismissal of Jack Lang, the incumbent premier of New South Wales, by state governor Philip Game. Lang remains the only Australian state premier to be removed from office by a governor, using the reserve powers of the Crown. Had Lang not been dismissed, it is strongly suspected that the proto-fascist New Guard planned to depose him in a coup.

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