Third Hughes ministry

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]

See also: Billy Hughes
Third Hughes ministry

13th Ministry of Australia
Group photo of the Third Hughes ministry
Date formed17 February 1917
Date dissolved8 January 1918
People and organisations
MonarchGeorge V
Governor-GeneralSir Ronald Munro Ferguson
Prime MinisterBilly Hughes
No. of ministers11
Member partyNationalist
Status in legislatureMajority government
Opposition partyLabor
Opposition leaderFrank Tudor
History
Election(s)5 May 1917
Legislature term(s)6th
7th
PredecessorSecond Hughes ministry
SuccessorFourth Hughes ministry
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      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
       Nationalist Rt Hon Billy Hughes KC
      (1862–1952)

      MP for West Sydney
      (1901–1917)

      MP for Bendigo
      (1917–1922)
        Rt Hon Joseph Cook
      (1860–1947)

      MP for Parramatta
      (1901–1921)
        Rt Hon Sir John Forrest GCMG
      (1847–1918)

      MP for Swan
      (1901–1918)
        Hon George Pearce
      (1870–1952)

      Senator for Western Australia
      (1901–1938)
        Hon Edward Millen
      (1860–1923)

      Senator for New South Wales
      (1901–1923)
        Hon William Watt
      (1871–1946)

      MP for Balaclava
      (1914–1929)
        Hon Paddy Glynn KC
      (1855–1931)

      MP for Angas
      (1903–1919)
        Hon Jens Jensen
      (1865–1936)

      MP for Bass
      (1910–1919)
        Hon William Webster
      (1860–1936)

      MP for Gwydir
      (1903–1919)
        Hon Littleton Groom
      (1867–1936)

      MP for Darling Downs
      (1901–1929)
        Hon Edward Russell
      (1878–1925)

      Senator for Victoria
      (1907–1925)
      • Honorary Minister

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