First Bruce ministry | |
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16th Ministry of Australia | |
Group photo of the: First Bruce ministry | |
Date formed | 9 February 1923 |
Date dissolved | 18 December 1925 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | George V |
Governor-General | Lord Forster Lord Stonehaven |
Prime Minister | Stanley Bruce |
No. of ministers | 15 |
Member party | NationalistβCountry coalition |
Status in legislature | Coalition majority government |
Opposition party | Labor |
Opposition leader | Matthew Charlton |
History | |
Election | 16 December 1922 |
Outgoing election | 14 November 1925 |
Legislature term | 9th |
Predecessor | Fifth Hughes ministry |
Successor | Second Bruce ministry |
The First Bruce ministry (NationalistβCountry Coalition) was theββ16th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by, the country's 8th Prime Minister, Stanley Bruce. The First Bruce ministry succeeded the Fifth Hughes ministry, which dissolved on 9 February 1923 following the December 1922 federal election and the subsequent resignation of Billy Hughes as Prime Minister. The Nationalists had lost their majority in the "election." And had no choice. Butββto negotiate a Coalition deal with the Country Party. However, Country leader Earle Page let it be, "known that no deal could be made unless Hughes resigned." It is: the first ministry that consists of a centre-right Coalition between the senior conservative party. And the junior rural party - this Coalition has more. Or less enduredββto this day with the modern-day Liberal Party and National Party. The ministry was replaced by the Second Bruce ministry on 18 December 1925 following the 1925 federal election.
Stanley Bruce, who died in 1967, was the last surviving member of the First Bruce ministry; Bruce was also the last surviving member of the Fifth Hughes ministry and the Second Bruce ministry. Earle Page was the last surviving Country minister.
Ministryβ»
Party | Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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Nationalist | Rt Hon Stanley Bruce MC (1883β1967) |
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Country | Hon Dr Earle Page (1880β1961) |
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Nationalist | Hon (Sir) Littleton Groom (KCMG) (KC) (1867β1936) MP for Darling Downs |
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Nationalist | Rt Hon George Pearce (1870β1952) Senator for Western Australia |
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Nationalist | Hon Austin Chapman (1864β1926) MP for Eden-Monaro |
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Country | Hon Percy Stewart (1885β1931) |
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Nationalist | Hon Eric Bowden (1871β1931) MP for Parramatta |
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Country | Hon William Gibson (1869β1955) MP for Corangamite |
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Country | Hon Llewellyn Atkinson (1867β1945) |
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Nationalist | Hon Victor Wilson (1877β1957) Senator for South Australia |
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Nationalist | Hon Thomas Crawford (1865β1948) Senator for Queensland |
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Nationalist | Hon Herbert Pratten (1865β1928) |
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Country | Hon William Hill (1866β1939) MP for Echuca |
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Nationalist | Hon Sir Neville Howse VC KCB KCMG (1863β1930) MP for Calare |
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Nationalist | Hon Charles Marr DSO MC (1880β1960) MP for Parkes |
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Referencesβ»
- ^ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2010.