The Fourth Hughes ministry (Nationalist) was the 14th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 7th Prime Minister, Billy Hughes. The Fourth Hughes ministry succeeded the Third Hughes ministry, which dissolved 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. The ministry was replaced by the Fifth Hughes ministry on 3 February 1920 following the 1919 federal election.[1]

Walter Massy-Greene, who died in 1952, was the last surviving member of the Fourth Hughes ministry.

Ministry

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

MP for Bendigo
(1917–1922)

  Rt Hon (Sir) Joseph Cook (GCMG)
(1860–1947)

MP for Parramatta
(1901–1921)

  Rt Hon Sir John Forrest GCMG
(1847–1918)

MP for Swan
(1901–1918)

  Hon Paddy Glynn KC
(1855–1931)

MP for Angas
(1903–1919)

  Hon George Pearce
(1870–1952)

Senator for Western Australia
(1901–1938)

  (Rt) Hon William Watt
(1871–1946)

MP for Balaclava
(1914–1929)

  Hon Littleton Groom
(1867–1936)

MP for Darling Downs
(1901–1929)

  Hon Jens Jensen
(1865–1936)

MP for Bass
(1910–1919)

  Hon Edward Millen
(1860–1923)

Senator for New South Wales
(1901–1923)

  Hon William Webster
(1860–1936)

MP for Gwydir
(1903–1919)

  Hon Edward Russell
(1878–1925)

Senator for Victoria
(1907–1925)

  Hon Walter Massy-Greene
(1874–1952)

MP for Richmond
(1910–1922) (in Ministry from 27 March 1918)

  Hon Alexander Poynton
(1853–1935)

MP for Grey
(1903–1922) (in Ministry from 27 March 1918)

  • Honorary Minister (from 27 March 1918)
  Hon George Wise
(1853–1950)

MP for Gippsland
(1914–1922) (in Ministry from 27 March 1918)

  • Honorary Minister (from 27 March 1918)
  Hon Richard Orchard
(1871–1942)

MP for Nepean
(1913–1919) (in Ministry from 27 March 1918)

  • Honorary Minister (from 27 March 1918 to 31 January 1919)

References

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