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he Second
Hollway Ministry was the
56th ministry of the Government of Victoria.
It was led by the Premier of Victoria, Thomas Hollway and Deputy PremierAlexander 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.
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.
Portfolios
| Office |
Minister |
|
Premier
Treasurer
Attorney-General
|
The Hon Thomas
Hollway, MLA |
|
Deputy
Premier
Chief Secretary
Minister of Forests
Minister for Conservation
Minister-in-Charge of Immigration
|
The Hon Alexander
Dennett, MLA |
|
Commissioner
of Public Works
Minister-in-Charge of Prices
|
The Hon Charles
Gartside, MLC |
|
Minister
of Education
Minister-in-Charge of Electrical
Undertakings
|
The Hon Raymond
Tovell, MLA |
|
Commissioner
of Crown Lands and Survey
President of the Board of Land and Works
Minister of Soldier Settlement
Minister of Water Supply
|
The Hon John
Hipworth, MLA |
|
Minister
for Transport
Minister of Labor
Vice-President of the Board of Land and
Works
|
The Hon John
Don, MBE, MLA |
|
Minister
of Health
Minister-in-Charge of Housing
Minister-in-Charge of Materials
Minister of Mines
|
The Hon William
Dawnay-Mould, MLA |
|
Minister
of Agriculture
Minister of State Development
Vice-President of the Board of Land and
Works
|
The Hon Hugh
MacLeod, MLC |
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