Third Hughes ministry
Third Hughes ministry | |
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![]() 13th Ministry of Australia | |
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Date formed | 17 February 1917 |
Date dissolved | 8 January 1918 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | George V |
Governor-General | Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson |
Prime Minister | Billy Hughes |
No. of ministers | 11 |
Member party | Nationalist |
Status in legislature | Majority government |
Opposition party | Labor |
Opposition leader | Frank Tudor |
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Election | 5 May 1917 |
Legislature terms | 6th 7th |
Predecessor | Second Hughes ministry |
Successor | Fourth Hughes ministry |
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Term of government (1915–1923)
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The Third Hughes ministry (Nationalist) was the 13th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 7th Prime Minister, Billy Hughes. The Third Hughes ministry succeeded the Second Hughes ministry, which dissolved on 17 February 1917 after the governing National Labor Party merged with the Liberal Party to form the Nationalist Party. The National Labor Party itself formed as a consequence of the split that took place within the then-governing Labor Party over the issue of conscription. The ministry was replaced by the Fourth Hughes ministry 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.[1]
Billy Hughes, who died in 1952, was the last surviving member of the Third Hughes ministry; Hughes was also the last surviving member of the Watson ministry, First Fisher ministry, Third Fisher ministry and Second Hughes ministry.
Ministry
Party | Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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Nationalist | Rt Hon Billy Hughes KC (1862–1952) MP for West Sydney | ![]() |
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Rt Hon Joseph Cook (1860–1947) MP for Parramatta | ![]() |
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Rt Hon Sir John Forrest GCMG (1847–1918) | ![]() | |||
Hon George Pearce (1870–1952) Senator for Western Australia | ![]() |
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Hon Edward Millen (1860–1923) Senator for New South Wales | ![]() |
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Hon William Watt (1871–1946) | ![]() | |||
Hon Paddy Glynn KC (1855–1931) MP for Angas | ![]() |
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Hon Jens Jensen (1865–1936) | ![]() |
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Hon William Webster (1860–1936) | ![]() |
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Hon Littleton Groom (1867–1936) MP for Darling Downs | ![]() |
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Hon Edward Russell (1878–1925) Senator for Victoria | ![]() |
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References
- ^ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2010.