Billy Hughes

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Billy Hughes was an Australian politician who served as the country's seventh Prime Minister during World War I and is noted for his long and controversial parliamentary career.

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instanceOf Australian politician
Prime Minister of Australia
human
birthName William Morris Hughes
burialPlace Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium
countryOfBirth United Kingdom
countryOfCitizenship Australia
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1862-09-25
dateOfDeath 1952-10-28
givenName William
headOfGovernmentOf Australia
memberOf House of Representatives of Australia
Parliament of Australia
memberOfPoliticalParty Australian Labor Party
Australian Party
Liberal Party of Australia
National Labor Party
Nationalist Party of Australia
United Australia Party
monarchDuringTerm George V
nationality Australian
British
nickname Billy Hughes
notableFor leadership of Australia during World War I
long parliamentary career
support for conscription in World War I
occupation barrister
politician
officeEndTime 1923-02-09
officeStartTime 1915-10-27
parliamentaryServiceEndYear 1952
parliamentaryServiceStartYear 1901
participatedIn World War I
placeOfBirth London
linked to: London, England

United Kingdom
placeOfDeath Australia
New South Wales
Sydney
positionHeld Attorney-General of Australia
Leader of the Australian Labor Party
Leader of the Nationalist Party of Australia
Leader of the United Australia Party
Minister for Defence of Australia
linked to: Minister of Defence

Minister for External Affairs of Australia
Minister for Health of Australia
Prime Minister of Australia
precededBy Andrew Fisher
recordHeld one of the longest-serving Australian parliamentarians
religion Methodism
representedElectorate Bendigo
Bradfield
North Sydney
West Sydney
spouse Elizabeth Cutts
Mary Hughes
succeededBy Stanley Bruce

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