7th Parliament of Australia

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The 7th Parliament of Australia was the federal legislature elected in 1917 that governed during World War I under Prime Minister Billy Hughes and oversaw major wartime and postwar measures.

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7th Parliament of Australia canonical 2
7th Australian Parliament 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of Australia ⓘ
category Australian parliaments ⓘ
context World War I home front in Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
election 1917 Australian federal election ⓘ
enacted defence-related legislation ⓘ
war-time finance legislation ⓘ
endDate 1919-11-03 ⓘ
followedBy 8th Parliament of Australia ⓘ
governmentParty Nationalist Party of Australia ⓘ
governorGeneralDuringTerm Ronald Munro Ferguson ⓘ
hasComponent House of Representatives ⓘ
Senate of Australia ⓘ
hasGovernmentMajorityParty Nationalist Party of Australia ⓘ
hasOppositionLeaderParty Australian Labor Party ⓘ
hasPrimeMinister Billy Hughes ⓘ
houseType bicameral legislature ⓘ
implemented Commonwealth electoral reforms ⓘ
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislativeBody Australian Parliament ⓘ
legislativePeriodOverlaps World War I ⓘ
legislatureOf Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
location Melbourne ⓘ
meetingPlace Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ
meetsIn Parliament of Australia ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm George V ⓘ
notableIssue Australian participation in World War I ⓘ
military conscription in Australia ⓘ
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
oppositionParty Australian Labor Party ⓘ
ordinalNumber 7 ⓘ
oversaw post-war reconstruction planning ⓘ
war-time economic measures ⓘ
parliamentNumber 7 ⓘ
precededBy 6th Parliament of Australia ⓘ
primeMinisterDuringTerm Billy Hughes ⓘ
significantPrimeMinister Billy Hughes ⓘ
startDate 1917-06-14 ⓘ
termBeganIn 1917 ⓘ
termEndedIn 1919 ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
typeOfElectionSystem preferential voting (House of Representatives, from 1918) ⓘ
warTimeParliament true ⓘ

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Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 → parliamentNumber → 7th Parliament of Australia ⓘ
1914 Australian federal election → followedBy → 7th Australian Parliament ⓘ
linked to: 7th Parliament of Australia
1917 Australian federal election → parliamentNumberElected → 7th Parliament of Australia ⓘ