Hugh Mahon | |
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| Minister for External Affairs | |
| In office 9 December 1914 – 14 November 1916 | |
| Prime Minister | Andrew Fisher Billy Hughes |
| Preceded by | John Arthur |
| Succeeded by | Portfolio abolished |
| Minister for Home Affairs | |
| In office 13 November 1908 – 2 June 1909 | |
| Prime Minister | Andrew Fisher |
| Preceded by | John Keating |
| Succeeded by | George Fuller |
| Postmaster-General of Australia | |
| In office 27 April 1904 – 17 August 1904 | |
| Prime Minister | Chris Watson |
| Preceded by | Philip Fysh |
| Succeeded by | Sydney Smith |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Kalgoorlie | |
| In office 13 December 1919 – 12 November 1920 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Heitmann |
| Succeeded by | George Foley |
| In office 22 December 1913 – 5 May 1917 | |
| Preceded by | Charlie Frazer |
| Succeeded by | Edward Heitmann |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Coolgardie | |
| In office 29 March 1901 – 31 May 1913 | |
| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Division abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 January 1857 Killurin, County Offaly, then King's County, Ireland |
| Died | 28 August 1931 (aged 74) Ringwood, Victoria, Australia |
| Political party | Labor |
| Spouse | Mary Alice L'Estrange |
| Occupation | Newspaper 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.