Fifth Hughes ministry

Fifth Hughes ministry
15th Ministry of Australia
Group photo of the Hughes ministry
Date formed	3 February 1920
Date dissolved	9 February 1923
People and organisations
Monarch	George V
Governor-General	Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson Lord Forster
Prime Minister	Billy Hughes
No. of ministers	17
Member party	Nationalist
Status in legislature	Minority government
Opposition party	Labor
Opposition leader	Frank Tudor Matthew Charlton
History
Election	13 December 1919
Outgoing election	16 December 1922
Legislature term	8th
Predecessor	Fourth Hughes ministry
Successor	First Bruce 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 Fifth Hughes ministry (Nationalist) was the 15th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 7th Prime Minister, Billy Hughes. The Fifth Hughes ministry succeeded the Fourth Hughes ministry, which dissolved on 3 February 1920 following the federal election that took place in December. The ministry was replaced by the First Bruce ministry on 9 February 1923 following the 1922 federal election and the subsequent resignation of Hughes as Prime Minister.^[1]

Stanley Bruce, who died in 1967, was the last surviving member of the Fifth Hughes ministry; Bruce was also the last surviving member of the First Bruce ministry and the Second Bruce ministry.