The Lang ministry (1927) or Second Lang ministry or Lang Reconstruction ministry was the 43rd ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 23rd Premier, Jack Lang. This ministry was the second of three ministries where Lang was Premier.
Lang ministry | |
|---|---|
 43rd Cabinet of the State of New South Wales | |
.jpg) Premier Jack Lang | |
| 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 |
Lang was first elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1913 and served continuously until 1946. In 1923 Lang was elected NSW Parliamentary Leader of the Labor Party by Labor caucus, and became Opposition Leader. At the 1925 state election, Lang led Labor to victory, defeating the Nationalist Party led by Sir George Fuller.
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 Lang Labor period from 27 May 1927 until 18 October 1927[4] when Lang was defeated by a Nationalist/Country coalition led by Thomas Bavin and Ernest Buttenshaw.
Composition of ministry
editThe 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier 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 | |||
| Secretary for Public Works 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 | |||||
| Vice-president of the Executive Council Representative of the Government in Legislative Council |
Albert Willis, MLC [a] | |||||
| Secretary for Mines 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
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References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ Nairn, Bede. "Lang, John Thomas (Jack) (1876–1975)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.