After Baldwin's National Government won a landslide, Halifax was appointed Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords, but Baldwin's Government was plunged into crisis weeks later.

鲍德温的国民政府获得压倒性胜利后，哈利法克斯被任命为枢密院勋爵和上议院领袖，但几周后鲍德温政府陷入危机。