The Third Hughes ministry (
Nationalist
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) was the 13th
ministry
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of the
Government of Australia
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. It was led by the country's 7th
Prime Minister
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,
Billy Hughes
William Morris Hughes (25 September 1862 – 28 October 1952) was an Australian politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Australia, in office from 1915 to 1923. He is best known for leading the country during World War I, but ...
. The Third Hughes ministry succeeded the
Second Hughes ministry
The Second Hughes ministry ( National Labor) was the 12th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 7th Prime Minister, Billy Hughes. The Second Hughes ministry succeeded the First Hughes ministry, which dissolved o ...
, which dissolved on 17 February 1917 after the governing
National Labor Party
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merged with the
Liberal Party
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to form the Nationalist Party. The National Labor Party itself formed as a consequence of the
split
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that took place within the then-governing
Labor Party over the issue of
conscription
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. The ministry was replaced by the
Fourth Hughes ministry
The Fourth Hughes ministry (Nationalist) was the 14th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 7th Prime Minister, Billy Hughes. The Fourth Hughes ministry succeeded the Third Hughes ministry, which dissolved on 8 J ...
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 a
failed second referendum on conscription. However, due to a lack of alternative leaders, Hughes was immediately re-commissioned as Prime Minister by
Governor-General
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Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson.
Billy Hughes
William Morris Hughes (25 September 1862 – 28 October 1952) was an Australian politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Australia, in office from 1915 to 1923. He is best known for leading the country during World War I, but ...
, who died in 1952, was the last surviving member of the Third Hughes ministry; Hughes was also the last surviving member of the
Watson ministry
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,
First Fisher ministry
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,
Third Fisher ministry
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and
Second Hughes ministry
The Second Hughes ministry ( National Labor) was the 12th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 7th Prime Minister, Billy Hughes. The Second Hughes ministry succeeded the First Hughes ministry, which dissolved o ...
.
Ministry
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