Second Hughes Ministry

Second Hughes Ministry
12th Ministry of Australia
Group photo of the Second Hughes Ministry
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 (Commonwealth Liberal support)
Opposition party	Labor
Opposition leader	Frank Tudor
History
Legislature term(s)	6th
Predecessor	First Hughes Ministry
Successor	Third Hughes Ministry

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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 Commonwealth 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[]

	Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
	Rt Hon Billy Hughes KC (1862–1952) MP for West Sydney (1901–1917)		Prime Minister Leader of the National Labor Party Attorney-General
	Hon Alexander Poynton (1853–1935) MP for Grey (1903–1922)		Treasurer
	Hon Fred Bamford (1849–1934) MP for Herbert (1901–1925)		Minister for Home and Territories
	Hon George Pearce (1870–1952) Senator for Western Australia (1901–1938)		Deputy Leader of the National Labor Party Minister for Defence Leader of the Government in the Senate
	Hon Jens Jensen (1865–1936) MP for Bass (1910–1919)		Minister for the Navy
	Hon Patrick Lynch (1867–1944) Senator for Western Australia (1907–1938)		Minister for Works and Railways
	Hon William Archibald (1850–1926) MP for Hindmarsh (1910–1919)		Minister for Trade and Customs
	Hon William Webster (1860–1936) MP for Gwydir (1903–1919)		Postmaster-General
	Hon William Spence (1846–1926) MP for Darling (1901–1917)		Vice-President of the Executive Council
	Hon Edward Russell (1878–1925) Senator for Victoria (1907–1925)		Assistant Minister
	Hon William Laird Smith (1869–1942) MP for Denison (1910–1922)		Assistant Minister

See also[]

• First Hughes Ministry
• Third Hughes Ministry
• Fourth Hughes Ministry
• Fifth Hughes Ministry

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