Fourth Hughes ministry

Fourth Hughes ministry
14th Ministry of Australia
Group photo of the Hughes ministry
Date formed	8 January 1918
Date dissolved	3 February 1920
People and organisations
Monarch	George V
Governor-General	Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson
Prime Minister	Billy Hughes
No. of ministers	15
Member party	Nationalist
Status in legislature	Majority government
Opposition party	Labor
Opposition leader	Frank Tudor
History
Outgoing election	13 December 1919
Legislature term	7th
Predecessor	Third Hughes ministry
Successor	Fifth Hughes ministry

This article is part of a series about Billy Hughes
Member for Sydney-Lang (1894–1901) Member for West Sydney (1901–1917) Member for Bendigo (1917–1922) Member for North Sydney (1922–1949) Member for Bradfield (1949–1952) Prime Minister of Australia Electoral history Term of government (1915–1923) 1916 Conscription plebiscite Labor Party split of 1916 National Labor Party Nationalist Party formation 1917 Conscription plebiscite Egg-throwing incident Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 1919 Monopoly nationalisation referendum Paris Peace Conference Opposition to racial equality German reparations Territory of Papua Ministries First Second Third Fourth Fifth Elections 1917 1919 1922
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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.^[1]

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