Hugh Mahon

Hugh Mahon
Minister for External Affairs
In office
9 December 1914 – 14 November 1916
Prime MinisterAndrew Fisher
Billy Hughes
Preceded byJohn Arthur
Succeeded byPortfolio abolished
Minister for Home Affairs
In office
13 November 1908 – 2 June 1909
Prime MinisterAndrew Fisher
Preceded byJohn Keating
Succeeded byGeorge Fuller
Postmaster-General of Australia
In office
27 April 1904 – 17 August 1904
Prime MinisterChris Watson
Preceded byPhilip Fysh
Succeeded bySydney Smith
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Kalgoorlie
In office
13 December 1919 – 12 November 1920
Preceded byEdward Heitmann
Succeeded byGeorge Foley
In office
22 December 1913 – 5 May 1917
Preceded byCharlie Frazer
Succeeded byEdward Heitmann
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Coolgardie
In office
29 March 1901 – 31 May 1913
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byDivision abolished
Personal details
Born(1857-01-06)6 January 1857
Killurin, County Offaly, then King's County, Ireland
Died28 August 1931(1931-08-28) (aged 74)
Ringwood, Victoria, Australia
Political partyLabor
SpouseMary Alice L'Estrange
OccupationNewspaper owner, politician, business man
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Hugh Mahon (6 January 1857 – 28 August 1931) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and held ministerial office in the party's earliest governments. He served terms as Postmaster-General (1904), Minister for Home Affairs (1908–1909), and Minister for External Affairs (1914–1916). However, Mahon is chiefly known as the only person to be expelled from the Parliament of Australia, for making "seditious and disloyal utterances" about the British Empire. He failed to win his seat back at the by-election.