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First Hollway Ministry

54th ministry of Victoria, Australia
Date formed20 November 1947
Date dissolved27 June 1950
People and organisations
MonarchGeorge VI
GovernorSir Winston Dugan (until 20 February 1949)
Sir Dallas Brooks (from 18 October 1949)[a]
PremierThomas Hollway
Deputy premierJohn McDonald (until 3 December 1948)
Wilfrid Kent Hughes (3 December 1948 to 28 October 1949)
Trevor Oldham (from 28 October 1949)
No. of ministers15
Member party    LiberalCountry Coalition (until 3 December 1948)
  Liberal and Country (from 3 December 1948)
Status in legislatureMinority government
27 / 65
Opposition party  Labor (until 7 December 1948)
  Country (from 7 December 1948)
Opposition leadersJohn Cain (until 7 December 1948)
John McDonald (from 7 December 1948)
History
Elections1947 state election
1950 state election
PredecessorSecond Cain ministry
SuccessorFirst McDonald ministry

The First Hollway Ministry was the 54th ministry of the Government of Victoria. It was led by the Premier of Victoria, Thomas Hollway, and consisted of members of the Liberal and Country parties.[1] Hollway led a Liberal-Country coalition until the Country Party ministers resigned on 3 December 1948.[2] He then led an interim Liberal ministry until 8 December, when he formed a full Liberal ministry.[2] The ministry were sworn in on 20 November 1947, 3 December 1948, and 8 December 1948.[2][3]

1st Hollway Ministry I (20 November 1947 to 3 December 1948)

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Party Minister Portfolio
Liberal Thomas Hollway, MLA
Country John McDonald, MLA
Liberal Wilfrid Kent Hughes, MLA
Country Keith Dodgshun, MLA
Liberal Trevor Oldham, MLA
Country Albert Dunstan, MLA
Liberal Alexander Dennett, MLA
Liberal James Kennedy, MLC
Country John Lienhop, MLC
Country Herbert Hyland, MLA
  • Minister in Charge of State Development*
Liberal Arthur Warner, MLC
  • Minister in Charge of Materials
  • Minister in Charge of Housing*
Country Percy Byrnes, MLC
  • Minister without portfolio

* Honorary positions

1st Hollway Ministry II (3 December 1948 to 8 December 1948)

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Minister Portfolio
Thomas Hollway, MLA
Wilfrid Kent Hughes, MLA
Trevor Oldham, MLA
Alexander Dennett, MLA
  • Minister of Agriculture
James Kennedy, MLC
Arthur Warner, MLC
  • Minister in Charge of Materials*
  • Minister in Charge of Housing *

*Honorary positions

1st Hollway Ministry III (8 December 1948 to 27 June 1950)

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Minister Portfolio
Thomas Hollway, MLA
Wilfrid Kent Hughes, MLA
Trevor Oldham, MLA
Alexander Dennett, MLA
Sir[b] James Kennedy, MLC
  • Commissioner of Public Works
Arthur Warner, MLC
  • Minister in Charge of Housing (until 19 June 1950)
  • Minister in Charge of Materials (until 19 June 1950)
  • Minister of in Charge of State Development (until 15 December 1949)
  • Minister in charge of Electrical Undertakings (15 December 1949 to 19 June 1950)
William W Leggatt, MLA
Raymond W Tovell, MLA
  • Minister of Public Instruction
Rutherford Guthrie, MLA (until 19 June 1950)
Henry Bolte, MLA
Charles P Gartside, MLC
Allan McDonald, MLC
Edward Guye, MLA
John Hipworth, MLA
Sir Thomas Maltby, MLA
  • Minister in charge of Electrical Undertakings (from 19 June 1950)
  • Minister of Mines (from 19 June 1950)
John Don, MLA
  • Minister without Portfolio (from 19 June 1950)
Leslie G Norman, MLA

* Honorary positions

Notes

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  1. ^ During the time between the end of Sir Dugan's Governorship and the appointment of Sir Brooks, the Governor was Lieutenant-Governor Sir Edmund Herring
  2. ^ Kennedy was knighted in January 1950, during this ministry

References

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  1. ^ Jones, Barry O., "Hollway, Thomas Tuke (Tom) (1906–1971)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 4 January 2023
  2. ^ a b c Paul Strangio and Brian Costar (eds.), The Premiers of Victoria: 1856–2006 (Federation Press, Sydney, 2006).
  3. ^ http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/ministries/hollway1.txt [bare URL]
Parliament of Victoria
Preceded by First Hollway Ministry
1947-1950
Succeeded by