Second Hughes ministry

Second Hughes ministry

12th Ministry of Australia
Group photo of the Second Hughes ministry
Date formed14 November 1916
Date dissolved17 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 (Liberal support)
Opposition party
Labor
Opposition leader
Frank Tudor
History
Legislature term6th
PredecessorFirst Hughes ministry
SuccessorThird Hughes ministry

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 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.

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

Party Minister Portrait Portfolio
 National Labor Billy Hughes
(1862–1952)

MP for West Sydney
(1901–1917)
  Alexander Poynton
(1853–1935)

MP for Grey
(1903–1922)
  Fred Bamford
(1849–1934)

MP for Herbert
(1901–1925)
  George Pearce
(1870–1952)

Senator for Western Australia
(1901–1938)
  Jens Jensen
(1865–1936)

MP for Bass
(1910–1919)
  Patrick Lynch
(1867–1944)

Senator for Western Australia
(1907–1938)
  William Archibald
(1850–1926)

MP for Hindmarsh
(1910–1919)
  William Webster
(1860–1936)

MP for Gwydir
(1903–1919)
  William Spence
(1846–1926)

MP for Darling
(1901–1917)
  Edward Russell
(1878–1925)

Senator for Victoria
(1907–1925)
  • Assistant Minister
  William Laird Smith
(1869–1942)

MP for Denison
(1910–1922)
  • Assistant Minister

Notes

  1. ↑ Joseph Cook, the leader of the Liberals, officially remained opposition leader because his party stayed on the opposition benches until merging with Hughes’s party.

References

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