Fourth Hughes ministry
Fourth Hughes ministry | |
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Date formed | 8 January 1918 |
Date dissolved | 3 February 1920 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | George V |
Governor-General | Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson |
Prime Minister | Billy Hughes |
No. of ministers | 15 |
Member party | Nationalist |
Status in legislature | Majority government |
Opposition party | Labor |
Opposition leader | Frank Tudor |
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Outgoing election | 13 December 1919 |
Legislature term | 7th |
Predecessor | Third Hughes ministry |
Successor | Fifth Hughes ministry |
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Term of government (1915–1923)
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The Fourth Hughes ministry (Nationalist) was the 14th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 7th Prime Minister, Billy Hughes. The Fourth Hughes ministry succeeded the Third Hughes ministry, which dissolved on 8 January 1918 following the resignation of Hughes as Prime Minister after a vote of no-confidence within the Nationalist Party in the wake of a failed second referendum on conscription. However, due to a lack of alternative leaders, Hughes was immediately re-commissioned as Prime Minister by Governor-General Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson. The ministry was replaced by the Fifth Hughes ministry on 3 February 1920 following the 1919 federal election.[1]
Walter Massy-Greene, who died in 1952, was the last surviving member of the Fourth Hughes ministry.
Ministry
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Nationalist | Rt Hon Billy Hughes KC (1862–1952) |
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Rt Hon (Sir) Joseph Cook (GCMG) (1860–1947) MP for Parramatta |
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Rt Hon Sir John Forrest GCMG (1847–1918) |
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Hon Paddy Glynn KC (1855–1931) |
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Hon George Pearce (1870–1952) Senator for Western Australia |
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(Rt) Hon William Watt (1871–1946) |
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Hon Littleton Groom (1867–1936) MP for Darling Downs |
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Hon Jens Jensen (1865–1936) |
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Hon Edward Millen (1860–1923) Senator for New South Wales |
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Hon William Webster (1860–1936) |
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Hon Edward Russell (1878–1925) |
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Hon Walter Massy-Greene (1874–1952) MP for Richmond |
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Hon Alexander Poynton (1853–1935) |
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Hon George Wise (1853–1950) MP for Gippsland |
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Hon Richard Orchard (1871–1942) |
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References
- ^ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2010.