Fourth Hughes ministry

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox government cabinet Template:Billy Hughes sidebar 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.

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

Ministry

Party		Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
Template:Australian party style|	Nationalist	Billy Hughes (1862–1952) Template:Post-nominals for Bendigo (1917–1922)	File:Billy Hughes 1919.jpg	Prime Minister Leader of the Nationalist Party Attorney-General
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 Minister for the Navy
Template:Australian party style|		Sir John Forrest (1847–1918) Template:Post-nominals for Swan (1901–1918)	File:Portrait of John Forrest (cropped).jpg	Treasurer (to 27 March 1918)
Template:Australian party style|		Paddy Glynn (1855–1931) Template:Post-nominals for Angas (1903–1919)	File:Paddy Glynn 1903.jpg	Minister for Home and Territories
Template:Australian party style|		George Pearce (1870–1952) Senator for Western Australia (1901–1938)	File:George Pearce - Mills (cropped).jpg	Minister for Defence
Template:Australian party style|		William Watt (1871–1946) Template:Post-nominals for Balaclava (1914–1929)	File:William Watt (cropped).jpg	Minister for Works and Railways (to 27 March 1918) Treasurer (from 27 March 1918) Minister for Trade and Customs (from 13 December 1918 to 17 January 1919) Acting Prime Minister in Mr. Hughes' absence (from April 1918 to August 1919)
Template:Australian party style|		Littleton Groom (1867–1936) Template:Post-nominals for Darling Downs (1901–1929)	File:Littleton Groom.jpg	Vice-President of the Executive Council (to 27 March 1918) Minister for Works and Railways (from 27 March 1918)
Template:Australian party style|		Jens Jensen (1865–1936) Template:Post-nominals for Bass (1910–1919)	File:Jens Jensen 1912-02 (cropped).jpg	Minister for Trade and Customs (to 13 December 1918)
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|		William Webster (1860–1936) Template:Post-nominals for Gwydir (1903–1919)	File:William Webster 1908 (cropped).jpg	Postmaster-General
Template:Australian party style|		Edward Russell (1878–1925) Senator for Victoria (1907–1925)	File:Edward John Russell.jpg	Honorary Minister (to 17 January 1919) Vice-President of the Executive Council (from 27 March 1918)
Template:Australian party style|		Walter Massy-Greene (1874–1952) Template:Post-nominals for Richmond (1910–1922) (in Ministry from 27 March 1918)	File:Walter Massy-Greene - Talma & Co (cropped).jpg	Honorary Minister (from 27 March 1918 to 17 January 1919) Minister for Trade and Customs (from 17 January 1919)
Template:Australian party style|		Alexander Poynton (1853–1935) Template:Post-nominals for Grey (1903–1922) (in Ministry from 27 March 1918)	File:Alexander Poynton - Broothorn Studios (cropped).jpg	Honorary Minister (from 27 March 1918)
Template:Australian party style|		George Wise (1853–1950) Template:Post-nominals for Gippsland (1914–1922) (in Ministry from 27 March 1918)	File:George Wise - Alice Mills (cropped).jpg	Honorary Minister (from 27 March 1918)
Template:Australian party style|		Richard Orchard (1871–1942) Template:Post-nominals for Nepean (1913–1919) (in Ministry from 27 March 1918)	File:Richard Orchard.jpg	Honorary Minister (from 27 March 1918 to 31 January 1919)