Fifth Hughes Ministry
Fifth Hughes Ministry | |
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15th Ministry of Australia | |
Date formed | 3 February 1920 |
Date dissolved | 9 February 1923 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | George V |
Governor-General | Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson Lord Forster |
Prime Minister | Billy Hughes |
No. of ministers | 17 |
Member party | Nationalist |
Status in legislature | Majority government |
Opposition party | Labor |
Opposition leader | Frank Tudor Matthew Charlton |
History | |
Election(s) | 13 December 1919 |
Outgoing election | 16 December 1922 |
Legislature term(s) | 8th |
Predecessor | Fourth Hughes Ministry |
Successor | First Bruce Ministry |
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Term of Government (1915-1923)
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The Fifth Hughes Ministry (Nationalist) was the 15th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 7th Prime Minister, Billy Hughes. The Fourth Hughes Ministry succeeded the Fourth Hughes Ministry, which dissolved on 3 February 1920 following the federal election that took place in December. The ministry was replaced by the First Bruce Ministry on 9 February 1923 following the 1922 federal election and the subsequent resignation of Hughes as Prime Minister.[1]
Stanley Bruce, who died in 1967, was the last surviving member of the Fifth Hughes Ministry; Bruce was also the last surviving member of the First Bruce Ministry and the Second Bruce Ministry.
Ministry[]
Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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Rt Hon Billy Hughes KC (1862–1952) MP for Bendigo MP for North Sydney |
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Rt Hon Sir Joseph Cook GCMG (1860–1947) MP for Parramatta |
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Rt Hon William Watt (1871–1946) MP for Balaclava |
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Hon Littleton Groom (1867–1936) MP for Darling Downs |
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Hon Alexander Poynton (OBE) (1853–1935) MP for Grey |
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Hon Walter Massy-Greene (1874–1952) MP for Richmond |
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(Rt) 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 George Wise (1853–1950) MP for Gippsland |
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Hon Edward Russell (1878–1925) |
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Hon William Laird Smith (1869–1942) MP for Denison |
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Hon Sir Granville Ryrie KCMG CB VD (1865–1937) MP for North Sydney |
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Hon Arthur Rodgers (1876–1936) MP for Wannon |
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Hon Stanley Bruce MC (1883–1967) MP for Flinders |
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Hon Richard Foster (1856–1932) MP for Wakefield |
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Hon John Earle (1865–1932) Senator for Tasmania |
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Hon Hector Lamond (1865–1947) MP for Illawarra |
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See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
- Ministries of George V
- Australian Commonwealth ministries
- 1920 establishments in Australia
- 1923 disestablishments in Australia
- Australian Labor Party ministries
- Cabinets established in 1920
- Cabinets disestablished in 1923