First Hughes Ministry

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

First Hughes Ministry
Flag of Australia.svg
11th Ministry of Australia
First Hughes Ministry.jpg
Photo of the First Hughes Ministry
Date formed27 October 1915
Date dissolved14 November 1916
People and organisations
MonarchGeorge V
Governor-GeneralSir Ronald Munro Ferguson
Prime MinisterBilly Hughes
No. of ministers10
Member partyLabor
Status in legislatureMajority government
Opposition partyCommonwealth Liberal
Opposition leaderJoseph Cook
History
Legislature term(s)6th
PredecessorThird Fisher Ministry
SuccessorSecond Hughes Ministry

The First Hughes Ministry (Labor) was the 12th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 7th Prime Minister, Billy Hughes. The First Hughes Ministry succeeded the Third Fisher Ministry, which dissolved on 27 October 1915 following Andrew Fisher's retirement from Parliament to become the next High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. The ministry was replaced by the Second Hughes Ministry on 14 November 1916 following the split that took place within Labor over the issue of conscription. This led to Hughes and his supporters leaving the party to form the National Labor Party.[1]

King O'Malley, who died in 1953, was the last surviving member of the First Hughes Ministry; O'Malley was also the last surviving member of the Second Fisher Ministry.

Ministry[]

Minister Portrait Portfolio
  (Rt) Hon Billy Hughes KC
(1862–1952)

MP for West Sydney
(1901–1917)

Billy Hughes 1915.jpg
  Hon William Higgs KC
(1862–1951)

MP for Capricornia
(1910–1922)

William Higgs.jpg
  Hon King O'Malley
(1858–1953)

MP for Darwin
(1903–1917)

King O'Malley (b&w).jpg
  Hon Hugh Mahon
(1857–1931)

MP for Kalgoorlie
(1913–1917)

Portrait of Hugh Mahon (cropped).jpg
  • Minister for External Affairs
  Hon Frank Tudor
(1866–1922)

MP for Yarra
(1901–1922)

FrankTudorPEO.jpg
  • Minister for Trade and Customs (to 14 September 1916)
  Hon George Pearce
(1870–1952)

Senator for Western Australia
(1901–1938)

George Pearce - Mills (cropped).jpg
  Hon Jens Jensen
(1865–1936)

MP for Bass
(1910–1919)

Jens Jensen 1912-02 (cropped).jpg
  • Minister for the Navy
  Hon William Webster
(1860–1936)

MP for Gwydir
(1903–1919)

William Webster 1908 (cropped).jpg
  • Postmaster-General
  Hon Albert Gardiner
(1867–1952)

Senator for New South Wales
(1910–1926)

Albert Gardiner.jpg
  Hon Edward Russell
(1878–1925)

Senator for Victoria
(1907–1925)

Edward John Russell.jpg
  • Assistant Minister (to 27 October 1916)

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
Retrieved from ""