Howard cabinet

The Maltese Howard Cabinet was formed on October 26, 1921 by Prime Minister Joseph Howard of the Maltese Political Union (MPU). It was the first cabinet after the introduction of self-government and was in office until October 13, 1923.

history

The Amery-Milner Constitution , named after Leopold Stennett Amery and Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner , introduced Malta's guaranteed right to self-government in 1921.

As a result, the first elections were held on October 18 and 19, 1921, which provided for a transferable individual vote and was limited to male voters only. A 32-member legislative assembly and a 17-member Senate were elected. In the elections to the legislative assembly, the Maltese Political Union (MPU) under its chairman Joseph Howard won 7,999 votes (39.1 percent) and 14 seats. The Constitution Party (CON) by Gerald Strickland 5,183 votes obtained (25.3 percent) and 7 seats. The Labor Party (LP) under William Savona got 4,742 votes (23.2 percent) and also had 7 MPs. Finally, Enrico “Nerik” Mizzi’s Democratic Nationalist Party (DNP) , which received 2,465 votes (12 percent), was able to enter the legislative assembly with 4 members.

Howard then formed a government from his MPU on October 26, 1921, before entering into a coalition with the Savonas Labor Party in April 1922 . However, this coalition ended again in January 1923 after the two Labor Ministers Savona and Dundon resigned from their offices. On October 13, 1923, Howard resigned from the office of Prime Minister and was replaced by the previous Minister of Justice, Francesco Buhagiar , who then formed the Buhagiar cabinet .

minister

Office	Surname	Political party	Remarks
Prime Minister and Finance Minister	Joseph Howard	Maltese Political Union
Minister of Justice	Alfredo Caruana Gatto Francesco Buhagiar	Maltese Political Union Maltese Political Union	Caruana Gatto: term of office October 1921 to October 1922 Buhagiar: term of office October 13, 1922
Minister of Education	Monsignor Francesco Ferris, Monsignor Enrico Dandria	Maltese Political Union Maltese Political Union	Ferris: term of office October 1921 to July 1923 Dandria: term of office July to October 1923
Minister for Public Works	Antonio Dalli Giovanni Adami	Maltese Political Union Maltese Political Union	Dalli: term of office October 1921 to October 1923, also from January to October 1923 Minister for Fisheries and Agriculture Adami: term of office October 1923
Minister for Industry and Trade	Ugo Pasquale Mifsud	Maltese Political Union	since January 1923 also Minister of Post
Minister for Post, Fisheries and Agriculture	Ugo Pasquale Mifsud William Savona Antonio Dalli	Maltese Political Union Labor Party Maltese Political Union	Mifsud: term of office October 1921 to April 1922 Savona: term of office April 1922 to January 1923 Dalli: term of office January 1923, at the same time Minister for Public Works
Minister of Health	Carm Mifsud Michael Dundon Carm Mifsud	Maltese Political Union Labor Party Maltese Political Union	Mifsud: term of office October 1921 to April 1922 Dundon: term of office April 1922 to January 1923 Mifsud: term of office January 1923

Web links

• Ministerial Cabinets since 1921 in Maltese History & Hertítage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Ministry of Post was also taken over in January 1923 by the Minister for Industry and Trade Ugo Pasquale Mifsud