Third Hughes ministry
13thMinistry 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
Personal Early life Mary Campbell (spouse) Prime Minister of Australia Ministries first second third fourth fifth 1916 Conscription plebiscite 1916 Labor Party split National Labor Party Nationalist Party 1917 Conscription plebiscite Egg-throwing incident Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 1919 Monopoly referendum Paris Peace Conference Opposition to racial equality German reparations Territory of Papua Electoral history 1917 1919 1922 Legacy 1952 Bradfield by-election Division of Hughes Hughes, Australian Capital Territory
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TheThird Hughes ministry (Nationalist) was the 13thministry of theGovernment of Australia. It was led by the country's 7thPrime Minister,Billy Hughes. The Third Hughes ministry succeeded theSecond Hughes ministry, which dissolved on 17 February 1917 after the governingNational Labor Party merged with theLiberal Party to form the Nationalist Party. The National Labor Party itself formed as a consequence of thesplit that took place within the then-governingLabor Party over the issue ofconscription. The ministry was replaced by theFourth 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 afailed second referendum on conscription. However, due to a lack of alternative leaders, Hughes was immediately re-commissioned as prime minister byGovernor-GeneralSir 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 theWatson ministry,First Fisher ministry,Third Fisher ministry andSecond Hughes ministry.

Party		Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
	Nationalist	Billy Hughes (1862–1952) MP forWest Sydney (1901–1917) MP forBendigo (1917–1922)		Prime Minister Leader of the Nationalist Party Attorney-General
		Joseph Cook (1860–1947) MP forParramatta (1901–1921)		Deputy Leader of the Nationalist Party Minister for the Navy
		SirJohn Forrest (1847–1918) MP forSwan (1901–1918)		Treasurer
		George Pearce (1870–1952) Senator forWestern Australia (1901–1938)		Minister for Defence
		Edward Millen (1860–1923) Senator forNew South Wales (1901–1923)		Vice-President of the Executive Council(to 16 November 1917) Minister for Repatriation(from 28 September 1917) Leader of the Government in the Senate
		William Watt (1871–1946) MP forBalaclava (1914–1929)		Minister for Works and Railways
		Paddy Glynn (1855–1931) MP forAngas (1903–1919)		Minister for Home andTerritories
		Jens Jensen (1865–1936) MP forBass (1910–1919)		Minister for Trade andCustoms
		William Webster (1860–1936) MP forGwydir (1903–1919)		Postmaster-General
		Littleton Groom (1867–1936) MP forDarling Downs (1901–1929)		Honorary Minister(to 16 November 1917) Vice-President of the Executive Council(from 16 November 1917)
		Edward Russell (1878–1925) Senator forVictoria (1907–1925)		Honorary Minister

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