Percy was involved in the defeat of the James Scullin government in 1931 and, with fellow South Australian Archie Cameron, negotiated the formation of the Liberal and Country League in South Australia.
McGrath held a number of positions (including Deputy Speaker) in the Scullin Government, but in the wake of the Great Depression became drawn to Sir Otto Niemeyer's solution to the nation's financial situation.
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He helped found the Ballarat branch of the Labor Party in 1902 and was its secretary from 1905 to 1906; he was involved in James Scullin's ultimately unsuccessful attempt to unseat Alfred Deakin at the 1906 federal election.
Lang opposed the Premiers' Plan to combat the Great Depression agreed to by the federal Labor government of James Scullin and the other state Premiers, who called for even more stringent cuts to government spending to balance the budget.