Fifth Hughes ministry

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox government cabinet Template:Billy Hughes sidebar The Fifth Hughes ministry (Nationalist) was the 15th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 7th Prime Minister, Billy Hughes. The Fifth Hughes ministry succeeded the Fourth Hughes ministry, which dissolved on 3 February 1920 following the federal election that took place in December. The ministry was replaced by the First Bruce ministry on 9 February 1923 following the 1922 federal election and the subsequent resignation of Hughes as Prime Minister.

Stanley Bruce, who died in 1967, was the last surviving member of the Fifth Hughes ministry; Bruce was also the last surviving member of the First Bruce ministry and the Second Bruce ministry.

Ministry

Party		Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
Template:Australian party style|	Nationalist	Billy Hughes (1862–1952) Template:Post-nominals for Bendigo (1917–1922) Template:Post-nominals for North Sydney (1922–1949)	File:Hughes16-23.jpg	Prime Minister Leader of the Nationalist Party Attorney-General (to 21 December 1921) Minister for External Affairs (from 21 December 1921)
Template:Australian party style|		Sir Joseph Cook (1860–1947) Template:Post-nominals for Parramatta (1901–1921)	File:Sir Joseph Cook.jpg	Deputy Leader of the Nationalist Party (to 11 November 1921) Minister for the Navy (to 28 July 1920) Treasurer (from 28 July 1920 to 11 November 1921)
Template:Australian party style|		William Watt (1871–1946) Template:Post-nominals for Balaclava (1914–1929)	File:William Watt (cropped).jpg	Treasurer (to 15 June 1920)
Template:Australian party style|		Littleton Groom (1867–1936) Template:Post-nominals for Darling Downs (1901–1929)	File:Portrait of the Hon. L. E. Groom, M.H.R. (cropped).jpg	Minister for Works and Railways (to 21 December 1921) Attorney-General (from 21 December 1921)
Template:Australian party style|		Alexander Poynton (1853–1935) Template:Post-nominals for Grey (1903–1922)	File:Alexander Poynton - Broothorn Studios (cropped).jpg	Minister for Home and Territories (to 21 December 1921) Postmaster-General (from 21 December 1921)
Template:Australian party style|		Walter Massy-Greene (1874–1952) Template:Post-nominals for Richmond (1910–1922)	File:Walter Massy-Greene - Swiss Studios (cropped).jpg	Minister for Trade and Customs (to 21 December 1921) Minister for Health (from 10 February 1921) Minister for Defence (from 21 December 1921)
Template:Australian party style|		George Pearce (1870–1952) Senator for Western Australia (1901–1938)	File:George Pearce - Mills (cropped).jpg	Minister for Defence (to 21 December 1921) Minister for Home and Territories (from 21 December 1921)
Template:Australian party style|		Edward Millen (1860–1923) Senator for New South Wales (1901–1923)	File:Edward Davis Millen (cropped).jpg	Minister for Repatriation Leader of the Government in the Senate
Template:Australian party style|		George Wise (1853–1950) Template:Post-nominals for Gippsland (1914–1922)	File:George Wise - Alice Mills (cropped).jpg	Postmaster-General (to 21 December 1921)
Template:Australian party style|		Edward Russell (1878–1925) Senator for Victoria (1907–1925)	File:Edward John Russell.jpg	Vice-President of the Executive Council (to 21 December 1921)
Template:Australian party style|		William Laird Smith (1869–1942) Template:Post-nominals for Denison (1910–1922)	File:William Laird Smith - Humphrey (cropped).jpg	Honorary Minister (to 28 July 1920) Minister for the Navy (from 28 July 1920 to 21 December 1921)
Template:Australian party style|		Sir Granville Ryrie (1865–1937) Template:Post-nominals for North Sydney (1911–1922)	File:Granville Ryrie - Falk.jpg	Assistant Minister for Defence (to 21 December 1921)
Template:Australian party style|		Arthur Rodgers (1876–1936) Template:Post-nominals for Wannon (1913–1922) (in Ministry from 28 July 1920)	File:Portrait of Arthur S. Rodgers (cropped).jpg	Assistant Minister for Repatriation (from 28 July 1920 to 21 December 1921) Minister for Trade and Customs (from 21 December 1921)
Template:Australian party style|		Stanley Bruce (1883–1967) Template:Post-nominals for Flinders (1918–1929) (in Ministry from 21 December 1921)	File:Portrait of Rt. Hon. S.M. Bruce, P.C., M.C. (cropped).jpg	Treasurer (from 21 December 1921) Deputy Leader of the Nationalist Party (from 11 November 1921)
Template:Australian party style|		Richard Foster (1856–1932) Template:Post-nominals for Wakefield (1909–1928) (in Ministry from 21 December 1921)	File:Portrait of R. W. Foster (cropped).jpg	Minister for Works and Railways (from 21 December 1921)
Template:Australian party style|		John Earle (1865–1932) Senator for Tasmania (1917–1923) (in Ministry from 21 December 1921)	File:Senator John Earle (cropped).jpg	Vice-President of the Executive Council (from 21 December 1921)
Template:Australian party style|		Hector Lamond (1865–1947) Template:Post-nominals for Illawarra (1917–1922) (in Ministry from 21 December 1921)	File:Hector Lamond.jpg	Assistant Minister for Repatriation (from 21 December 1921)