# Fourth Hughes ministry

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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 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 Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson. The ministry was replaced by the Fifth Hughes ministry on 3 February 1920 following the 1919 federal election.
Walter Massy-Greene, who died in 1952, was the last surviving member of the Fourth Hughes ministry.

## Ministry

| Party | Minister | Portfolio |
| Nationalist | Rt Hon Billy Hughes KC (1862–1952) MP for Bendigo (1917–1922) | Prime Minister Leader of the Nationalist Party Attorney-General |
| Nationalist | Rt Hon (Sir) Joseph Cook (GCMG) (1860–1947) MP for Parramatta (1901–1921) | Deputy Leader of the Nationalist Party Minister for the Navy |
| Nationalist | Rt Hon Sir John Forrest GCMG (1847–1918) MP for Swan (1901–1918) | Treasurer (to 27 March 1918) |
| Nationalist | Hon Paddy Glynn KC (1855–1931) MP for Angas (1903–1919) | Minister for Home and Territories |
| Nationalist | Hon George Pearce (1870–1952) Senator for Western Australia (1901–1938) | Minister for Defence |
| Nationalist | (Rt) Hon William Watt (1871–1946) MP for Balaclava (1914–1929) | Minister for Works and Railways (to 27 March 1918) Treasurer (from 27 March 1918) Minister for Trade and Customs (from 13 December 1918 to 17 January 1919) Acting Prime Minister in Mr. Hughes' absence (from April 1918 to August 1919) |
| Nationalist | Hon Littleton Groom (1867–1936) MP for Darling Downs (1901–1929) | Vice-President of the Executive Council (to 27 March 1918) Minister for Works and Railways (from 27 March 1918) |
| Nationalist | Hon Jens Jensen (1865–1936) MP for Bass (1910–1919) | Minister for Trade and Customs (to 13 December 1918) |
| Nationalist | Hon Edward Millen (1860–1923) Senator for New South Wales (1901–1923) | Minister for Repatriation Leader of the Government in the Senate |
| Nationalist | Hon William Webster (1860–1936) MP for Gwydir (1903–1919) | Postmaster-General |
| Nationalist | Hon Edward Russell (1878–1925) Senator for Victoria (1907–1925) | Honorary Minister (to 17 January 1919) Vice-President of the Executive Council (from 27 March 1918) |
| Nationalist | Hon Walter Massy-Greene (1874–1952) MP for Richmond (1910–1922) (in Ministry from 27 March 1918) | Honorary Minister (from 27 March 1918 to 17 January 1919) Minister for Trade and Customs (from 17 January 1919) |
| Nationalist | Hon Alexander Poynton (1853–1935) MP for Grey (1903–1922) (in Ministry from 27 March 1918) | Honorary Minister (from 27 March 1918) |
| Nationalist | Hon George Wise (1853–1950) MP for Gippsland (1914–1922) (in Ministry from 27 March 1918) | Honorary Minister (from 27 March 1918) |
| Nationalist | Hon Richard Orchard (1871–1942) MP for Nepean (1913–1919) (in Ministry from 27 March 1918) | Honorary Minister (from 27 March 1918 to 31 January 1919) |