Second Bruce Ministry

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Second Bruce Ministry
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17th Ministry of Australia
Date formed18 December 1925
Date dissolved29 November 1928
People and organisations
MonarchGeorge V
Governor-GeneralLord Stonehaven
Prime MinisterStanley Bruce
No. of ministers15
Member partyNationalist–Country coalition
Status in legislatureCoalition majority government
Opposition partyLabor
Opposition leaderMatthew Charlton
James Scullin
History
Election(s)14 November 1925
Outgoing election17 November 1928
Legislature term(s)10th
PredecessorFirst Bruce Ministry
SuccessorThird Bruce Ministry

The Second Bruce Ministry (Nationalist–Country Coalition) was the 17th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 8th Prime Minister, Stanley Bruce. The Second Bruce Ministry succeeded the First Bruce Ministry, which dissolved on 18 December 1925 following the federal election that took place in November. The ministry was replaced by the Third Bruce Ministry on 29 November 1928 following the 1928 federal election.[1]

Stanley Bruce, who died in 1967, was the last surviving member of the Second Bruce Ministry; Bruce was also the last surviving member of the Fifth Hughes Ministry and the First Bruce Ministry. Earle Page was the last surviving Country minister.

Ministry[]

Party Minister Portrait Portfolio
Nationalist Rt Hon Stanley Bruce (CH) MC
(1883–1967)

MP for Flinders
(1918–1929)

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Country Hon Dr Earle Page
(1880–1961)

MP for Cowper
(1919–1961)

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Nationalist Rt Hon (Sir) George Pearce (KCVO)
(1870–1952)

Senator for Western Australia
(1901–1938)

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Nationalist Hon John Latham CMG KC
(1877–1964)

MP for Kooyong
(1922–1934)

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Nationalist Hon Herbert Pratten
(1865–1928)

MP for Martin
(1922–1928)

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  • Minister for Trade and Customs (to 7 May 1928)
Nationalist Hon Sir Neville Howse VC KCB KCMG
(1863–1930)

MP for Calare
(1922–1929)

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Nationalist Hon (Sir) Victor Wilson (KBE)
(1877–1957)

Senator for South Australia
(1920–1926)

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  • Minister for Markets and Migration (to 18 June 1926)
Country Hon William Gibson
(1869–1955)

MP for Corangamite
(1918–1929)

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  • Deputy Leader of the Country Party
  • Postmaster-General
Country Hon William Hill
(1866–1939)

MP for Echuca
(1919–1934)

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  • Minister for Works and Railways
Country Hon Llewellyn Atkinson
(1867–1945)

MP for Wilmot
(1906–1929)

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Nationalist Hon Charles Marr DSO MC
(1880–1960)

MP for Parkes
(1919–1929)

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  • Chief Government Whip in the House (to 6 September 1927)
  • Honorary Minister (to 2 April 1927; from 24 February 1928)
  • Minister for Home and Territories (from 2 April 1927 to 24 February 1928)
Nationalist Hon Thomas Crawford
(1865–1948)

Senator for Queensland
(1917–1947)

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  • Honorary Minister
Nationalist Hon Sir William Glasgow KCB CMG DSO VD
(1876–1955)

Senator for Queensland
(1920–1932) (in Ministry from 18 June 1926)

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Country Hon Thomas Paterson
(1882–1952)

MP for Gippsland
(1922–1943) (in Ministry from 18 June 1926)

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  • Minister for Markets and Migration (from 18 June 1926 to 19 January 1928)
  • Minister for Markets (from 19 January 1928)
Nationalist Hon Alexander McLachlan
(1872–1956)

Senator for South Australia
(1926–1944) (in Ministry from 29 August 1926)

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  • Honorary Minister (from 29 August 1926)

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
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