Second Hollway ministry

Second Hollway ministry

56th ministry of Victoria, Australia
Date formed28 October 1952
Date dissolved31 October 1952
People and organisations
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorSir Dallas Brooks
PremierThomas Hollway
Deputy premierAlexander Dennett
No. of ministers8
Member party  Electoral Reform League
Status in legislatureMinority government
6 / 65
Opposition party  Labor
Opposition leaderJohn Cain
History
PredecessorFirst McDonald ministry
SuccessorSecond McDonald ministry

The Second Hollway Ministry was the 56th ministry of the Government of Victoria. It was led by the Premier of Victoria, Thomas Hollway and Deputy Premier Alexander Dennett. Hollway and the rest of the ministry were not aligned to a political party at the time, although they would later form the Electoral Reform League to contest the December 1952 election, and had been recently expelled from the parliamentary Liberal and Country Party. With the help of two Hollway supporters in the Victorian Legislative Council, the Labor Party blocked supply to John McDonald's Country Party government, and indicated that they would support Hollway as Premier.[1]

The ministry was the shortest-lived ministry in Victoria's political history, lasting only seventy hours. The cabinet was sworn in at noon on 28 October 1952, but was ordered to resign on the morning of 31 October after Hollway's request to the Governor of Victoria for a dissolution of parliament was refused. John McDonald was asked to re-form a government, and an election was called for 6 December.[2]

Portfolios

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Minister Portfolios[3]
Thomas Hollway, MLA
Alexander Dennett, MLA
Charles Gartside, MLC
Raymond Tovell, MLA
John Hipworth, MLA
John Don, MLA
William Dawnay-Mould, MLA
Hugh MacLeod, MLC

References

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  1. ^ "Will today see end of the McDonald Government?". The Argus. Melbourne. 21 October 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 23 February 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Hollway Govt Falls After 70-hr Office". The Morning Bulletin. Rockhampton, Qld. 1 November 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 23 February 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Victoria Government Gazette No. 839, Government of Victoria, 28 October 1952.
Parliament of Victoria
Preceded by Second Hollway Ministry
1952
Succeeded by