Editing 1931 (section)

===December===
{{Main|December 1931}}
* [[December 5]] – The original [[Cathedral of Christ the Saviour]] in [[Moscow]] ([[1883]]) is dynamited, by order of [[Joseph Stalin]].
* [[December 8]] – [[Carl Friedrich Goerdeler]] is appointed Reich Price Commissioner, in Germany to enforce the deflationary policies of the Brüning government.
* [[December 9]] – The Spanish [[Constituent Cortes]] approves the [[Spanish Constitution of 1931]], effectively establishing the [[Second Spanish Republic]].
* [[December 10]] – [[Niceto Alcalá-Zamora]] is elected president of the Spanish Republic.
* [[December 11]] – The [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] enacts the [[Statute of Westminster 1931|Statute of Westminster]], which establishes a status of legislative equality between the self-governing dominions of the [[Commonwealth of Australia]], [[Canada]], the [[Irish Free State]], [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]], the [[Dominion of New Zealand]] and the [[Union of South Africa]].
* [[December 13]] – [[Wakatsuki Reijirō]] resigns as [[Prime Minister of Japan]].
* [[December 19]] – The [[United Australia Party|UAP]]/[[National Party of Australia|Country]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]], led by [[Joseph Lyons]], defeats the Australian [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] [[Scullin Ministry|Government]], led by [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[James Scullin]]. Coming in the aftermath of two [[Australian Labor Party split of 1931|splits]] in the Labor Party, the election comes about due to the defeat of the Scullin government on the floor of the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] – to date, it is the last federal election where a one-term government was defeated. Lyons will be sworn in [[January 6]]th the following year, but not before disbanding the Coalition, after the UAP wins enough seats to form a government in its own right.