Bowser ministry | |
|---|---|
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Flag_of_Victoria_(1901%E2%80%931952).svg){kind=small} 40th ministry of Victoria, Australia | |
| Date formed | 29 November 1917 |
| Date dissolved | 21 March 1918 |
| People and organisations | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Governor | Sir Arthur Stanley |
| Premier | John Bowser |
| No. of ministers | 12 |
| Member party | Nationalist |
| Status in legislature | Majority government 43 / 65 |
| Opposition party | Labor |
| Opposition leader | George Elmslie |
| History | |
| Election | 1917 state election |
| Predecessor | Second Peacock ministry |
| Successor | Lawson ministry |
The Bowser Ministry was the 40th ministry of the Government of Victoria. It was led by the premier of Victoria, John Bowser, and consisted of members of the Nationalist Party. The ministry was sworn in on 29 November 1917 following the party's victory in the 1917 state election. The Bowser government was defeated in 1918 and succeeded by the Lawson ministry in which Bowser held cabinet positions.[1]
- ^ Vines, Margaret. "Bowser, Sir John (1856–1936)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 15 November 2024.