Conservative government of Bonar Law

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The Conservative government of Bonar Law was the short-lived British administration led by Prime Minister Andrew Bonar Law from 1922 to 1923, marking a post-World War I shift from Liberal to Conservative dominance in UK politics.

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instanceOf British government
Conservative government
UK administration
airSecretary Sir Samuel Hoare
appointedBy George V
cabinetCollectiveResponsibility Yes
cameToPowerAfter 1922 United Kingdom general election
capital London
linked to: London, England
chancellorOfTheExchequer Stanley Baldwin
chiefWhip Leslie Wilson
coalitionStatus Single-party government
colonialSecretary The Duke of Devonshire
country United Kingdom
domesticPolicyFocus Industrial relations
Postwar economic adjustment
durationInOffice about 7 months
endTime 1923-05-20
firstLordOfTheAdmiralty Leo Amery
followedBy First Baldwin ministry
foreignPolicyContext Aftermath of the Treaty of Versailles
foreignSecretary Lord Curzon of Kedleston
governmentHeadTitle Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
governmentType Constitutional monarchy
headOfGovernment Andrew Bonar Law
historicalContext Post-World War I Britain
historicalPeriod Interwar period
homeSecretary William Bridgeman
ideology Conservatism
legislature Parliament of the United Kingdom
linked to: British Parliament
legislatureStatus Majority government
legislatureTerm 32nd Parliament of the United Kingdom
lordChancellor Lord Cave
lordPresidentOfTheCouncil Lord Balfour
lordPrivySeal The Marquess of Salisbury
monarch George V
parliamentaryMajority Conservative majority after 1922 election
parliamentarySystem Westminster system
politicalOrientation Centre-right
politicalPartyInPower Conservative Party (UK)
precededBy Coalition government of David Lloyd George
primeMinister Andrew Bonar Law
reasonForEnd Resignation of Andrew Bonar Law due to ill health
shortLived Yes
significance Marked shift from Liberal to Conservative dominance in UK politics
startTime 1922-10-23
stateHeadTitle Monarch
warSecretary Sir Laming Worthington-Evans

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Liberal government of the United Kingdom followedBy Conservative government of Bonar Law
David Lloyd George ministry followedBy First Bonar Law ministry
linked to: Conservative government of Bonar Law