Hughes IV government

The Hughes IV government was the thirteenth government in Australia . She served from January 10, 1918 to February 9, 1923. All members of the government belonged to the Nationalist Party of Australia .

The previous government was also provided by the Nationalist Party, which emerged in February 1917 from the union of the National Labor Party and the Commonwealth Liberal Party . On December 20, 1917, as in October 1916, another referendum took place on the introduction of conscription. The majority against conscription was even larger than in the first vote. Prime Minister Billy Hughes resigned on January 8, as promised prior to the vote if lost, but remained chairman of the Nationalist Party. Governor-General Ronald Munro-Ferguson then instructed Hughes again to form a government. In the parliamentary elections in 1919 , the Nationalist Party lost a lot of votes and only had a narrow majority in the House of Representatives with 37 out of 75 seats. In the following parliamentary election on December 16, 1922 , the Nationalist Party lost again votes and was only the second largest party with 26 seats and was dependent on the Country Party for the formation of a coalition government. When Country Party leader Earle Page rejected a Hughes-led government, Treasury Secretary Stanley Bruce became the new Prime Minister.

List of ministers

Office	minister	Term of office	image
prime minister	Billy Hughes	January 10, 1918 - February 9, 1923
Attorney General	Billy Hughes	January 10, 1918 - December 21, 1921
	Littleton Groom	December 21, 1921 - February 9, 1923
Foreign minister	Billy Hughes	December 21, 1921 - February 9, 1923
Naval Minister	Joseph Cook	January 10, 1918 - July 28, 1920
	William Laird Smith	July 28, 1920 - December 21, 1921
Treasury minister	John Forrest	January 10, 1918 - March 27, 1918
	William Watt	March 27, 1918 - June 15, 1920
	Joseph Cook	July 28, 1920 - November 11, 1921
	Stanley Bruce	December 21, 1921 - February 9, 1923
Defense Minister	George Pearce	January 10, 1918 - December 21, 1921
	Walter Massy-Greene	December 21, 1921 - February 9, 1923
Minister for Repatriation	Edward Millen	January 10, 1918 - February 9, 1923
Minister for Labor and Railways	William Watt	January 10, 1918 - March 27, 1918
	Littleton Groom	March 27, 1918 - December 21, 1921
	Richard Foster	December 21, 1921 - February 9, 1923
Minister of the Interior and Territories	Patrick Glynn	January 10, 1918 - February 3, 1920
	Alexander Poynton	February 4, 1920 - December 21, 1921
	George Pearce	December 21, 1921 - February 9, 1923
Minister for Trade and Customs	Jens Jensen	January 10, 1918 - December 13, 1918
	William Watt	December 13, 1918 - January 17, 1919
	Walter Massy-Greene	January 17, 1919 - December 21, 1921
	Arthur Rodgers	December 21, 1921 - February 5, 1923
Postmaster General	William Webster	January 10, 1918 - February 3, 1920
	George Wise	February 4, 1920 - December 21, 1921
	Alexander Poynton	December 21, 1921 - February 5, 1923
Minister of Health	Walter Massy-Greene	March 10, 1921 - February 5, 1923
Vice President of the Executive Council	Littleton Groom	January 10, 1918 - March 27, 1918
	Edward Russell	March 27, 1918 - December 21, 1921
	John Earle	December 21, 1921 - February 5, 1923
Honorary Minister	Edward Russell	January 10, 1918 - January 17, 1919
	Alexander Poynton	March 27, 1918 - February 4, 1920
	William Laird Smith	February 3, 1920 - December 21, 1921
Assistant Minister for Pricing	Walter Massy-Greene	March 27, 1918 - January 17, 1919
Assistant Minister for Recruiting	Richard Orchard	March 27, 1918 - January 17, 1919
Assistant Minister of Defense	George Wise	March 27, 1918 - December 21, 1921
	Granville Ryrie	February 4, 1920 - February 9, 1923
Assistant Minister for Repatriation	Arthur Rodgers	July 28, 1920 - December 21, 1921
	Hector Lamond	December 21, 1921 - February 9, 1923

Web links

• Parliamentary Handbook for the 45th Parliament. (PDF; 13.4 MB) Part 6: Historical information on the Australian Parliament - Ministries and Cabinets. Parliament of Australia, p. 523 f. , accessed on April 28, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ LF Fitzhardinge: Hughes, William Morris (Billy) (1862-1952) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 9. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1983, ISBN 0-522-84273-9 (English).
2. ^ Johannes H. Voigt : History of Australia. Alfred Kröner, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-520-48801-9 , pp. 210-214.
3. ↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 6, 24 , accessed on April 28, 2019 .  
4. ↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 6, 25 , accessed on April 28, 2019 .  
5. ↑ Heather Radi: Bruce, Stanley Melbourne (1883-1967) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 7. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1979, ISBN 0-522-84108-2 (English).
6. ↑ Carl Bridge: Page, Sir Earle Christmas (1880-1961) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 11. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1988, ISBN 0-522-84380-8 (English).