Third Hughes ministry

Third Hughes ministry
13th Ministry of Australia
Group photo of the Third Hughes ministry
Date formed	17 February 1917
Date dissolved	8 January 1918
People and organisations
Monarch	George V
Governor-General	Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson
Prime Minister	Billy Hughes
No. of ministers	11
Member party	Nationalist
Status in legislature	Majority government
Opposition party	Labor
Opposition leader	Frank Tudor
History
Election	5 May 1917
Legislature terms	6th 7th
Predecessor	Second Hughes ministry
Successor	Fourth 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 Third Hughes ministry (Nationalist) was the 13th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 7th Prime Minister, Billy Hughes. The Third Hughes ministry succeeded the Second Hughes ministry, which dissolved on 17 February 1917 after the governing National Labor Party merged with the Liberal Party to form the Nationalist Party. The National Labor Party itself formed as a consequence of the split that took place within the then-governing Labor Party over the issue of conscription. The ministry was replaced by the Fourth Hughes ministry 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.^[1]

Billy Hughes, who died in 1952, was the last surviving member of the Third Hughes ministry; Hughes was also the last surviving member of the Watson ministry, First Fisher ministry, Third Fisher ministry and Second Hughes ministry.