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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