Second Hughes ministry
Second Hughes ministry | |
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![]() 12th Ministry of Australia | |
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Date formed | 14 November 1916 |
Date dissolved | 17 February 1917 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | George V |
Governor-General | Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson |
Prime Minister | Billy Hughes |
No. of ministers | 11 |
Member party | National Labor |
Status in legislature | Minority government (Liberal support) |
Opposition party | Labor |
Opposition leader | Frank Tudor |
History | |
Legislature term | 6th |
Predecessor | First Hughes ministry |
Successor | Third Hughes ministry |
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Term of government (1915–1923)
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The Second Hughes ministry (National Labor) was the 12th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 7th Prime Minister, Billy Hughes. The Second Hughes ministry succeeded the First Hughes ministry, which dissolved on 14 November 1916 following the split that took place within the governing Labor Party over the issue of conscription. This led to Hughes and his supporters leaving the party to form the National Labor Party, which swiftly received parliamentary support from Joseph Cook and the Liberal Party. The ministry was replaced by the Third Hughes ministry on 17 February 1917 after National Labor and Commonwealth Liberal merged into the Nationalist Party.[1]
Billy Hughes, who died in 1952, was the last surviving member of the Second Hughes ministry; Hughes was also the last surviving member of the Watson ministry, First Fisher ministry, Third Fisher ministry and Third Hughes ministry.
Ministry
Party | Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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National Labor | Rt Hon Billy Hughes KC (1862–1952) MP for West Sydney | ![]() | ||
Hon Alexander Poynton (1853–1935) | ![]() | |||
Hon Fred Bamford (1849–1934) | ![]() |
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Hon George Pearce (1870–1952) Senator for Western Australia | ![]() |
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Hon Jens Jensen (1865–1936) | ![]() |
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Hon Patrick Lynch (1867–1944) Senator for Western Australia | ![]() | |||
Hon William Archibald (1850–1926) | ![]() |
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Hon William Webster (1860–1936) | ![]() |
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Hon William Spence (1846–1926) | ![]() | |||
Hon Edward Russell (1878–1925) Senator for Victoria | ![]() |
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Hon William Laird Smith (1869–1942) | ![]() |
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References
- ^ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2010.