Bowser ministry (Victoria)

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Bowser ministry
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40th ministry of Victoria, Australia
Date formed29 November 1917
Date dissolved21 March 1918
People and organisations
Monarch George V
GovernorSir Arthur Stanley
Premier John Bowser
No. of ministers12
Member party  Nationalist
Status in legislature Majority government
Opposition party  Labor
Opposition leader George Elmslie
History
Election 1917 state election
Predecessor Second Peacock ministry
Successor Lawson ministry

The Bowser Ministry was the 40th ministry of the Government of Victoria. It was led by the premier of Victoria, John Bowser, and consisted of members of the Nationalist Party. The ministry was sworn in on 29 November 1917 following the party's victory in the 1917 state election. The Bowser government was defeated in 1918 and succeeded by the Lawson ministry in which Bowser held cabinet positions. [1]

Composition

MinisterPortfolio [2]
John Bowser, MLA
Agar Wynne, MLA
William McPherson, MLA
Alfred Downward, MLA
Frank Clarke, MLC
Matthew Baird, MLA
John McWhae, MLC
David Oman, MLA
William Kendell, MLC
  • Minister without office
Horace Richardson, MLC
Henry Angus, MLA
John Carlisle, MLA

References

  1. ↑ Vines, Margaret. "Bowser, Sir John (1856–1936)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN   978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN   1833-7538. OCLC   70677943 . Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  2. ↑ Carr, Adam. "VICTORIAN MINISTIRES - Bowser Ministry". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
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