Lang ministry (1927)
Lang ministry | |
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43rd Cabinet of the State of New South Wales | |
Date formed | 27 May 1927 |
Date dissolved | 18 October 1927 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | George V |
Governor | Sir Dudley de Chair |
Head of government | Jack Lang |
No. of ministers | 16 |
Member party | Labor |
Status in legislature | Majority government |
Opposition party | Nationalist |
Opposition leader | Thomas Bavin |
History | |
Outgoing election | 1925 New South Wales election |
Predecessor | Lang ministry (1925–1927) |
Successor | Bavin ministry |
The Lang ministry (1927) or Second Lang ministry or Lang Reconstruction ministry was the 43rd ministry of the
. This ministry was the second of three ministries where Lang was Premier.Lang was first elected to the
Lang's initial ministry was confronted with extended cabinet strife, centred on Albert Willis. Lang resigned his commission on 26 May 1927.[1] As there was no viable alternative government, Governor Sir Dudley de Chair recommissioned Lang to form a caretaker government on the condition that he would recommend a dissolution of the Legislative Assembly and call an early election,[2] which was held in October 1927.[3]
This reconstructed ministry covers the
Composition of ministry
The composition of the ministry was announced by Premier Lang on 27 May 1927 and covers the period up to 18 October 1927.
Portfolio | Minister | Party | Term commence | Term end | Term of office | |
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Treasurer
|
Jack Lang [a] | Lang Labor | 27 May 1927 | 18 October 1927 | 144 days | |
Chief Secretary
|
Mark Gosling | |||||
Attorney General | Andrew Lysaght | |||||
Minister of Justice
|
8 June 1927 | 132 days | ||||
William McKell [a] | 27 May 1927 | 7 June 1927 | 11 days | |||
Assistant Treasurer
| ||||||
Robert Cruickshank, MLC | 19 September 1927 | 18 October 1927 | 29 days | |||
Minister without portfolio | 27 May 1927 | 18 September 1927 | 114 days | |||
Minister of Public Instruction
|
Billy Davies | 18 October 1927 | 144 days | |||
Minister for Railways
|
Bill Ratcliffe | |||||
Secretary for Lands
Minister for Forests |
Edward Horsington
| |||||
Minister for Agriculture | Paddy Stokes | |||||
Minister for Local Government | Tom Keegan | |||||
Minister for Public Health
|
Robert Stuart-Robertson | |||||
Representative of the Government in Legislative Council
|
Albert Willis, MLC [a] | |||||
Minister for Labour and Industry
|
Jack Baddeley |
- ^ a b c continued with these roles from the first Lang ministry.
Ministers are members of the Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.
See also
- First Lang ministry
- Third Lang ministry
- Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1925-1927
References
- ^ "Resignation of the Honourable John Thomas Lang, Premier (71)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 27 May 1927. p. 2637. Retrieved 15 November 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ "An election at last". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 May 1927. p. 10. Retrieved 15 November 2021 – via Trove.
- ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.