William Morris Hughes Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for William Morris Hughes, based on 9 World History Database records associated with Australia.

9 records1864–19408 events2 places

Chronological biography

1864

Birth of William Morris Hughes1864

Politics / United Australia Party · London

Birth of William Morris Hughes

1910

Attorney General1910

Government / Government of Australia · Attorney General

Appointed Attorney General

1915

Prime Minister of Australia27 October 1915

Government / Government of Australia · Prime Minister of Australia

Appointed Prime Minister of Australia, 1st term

1916

Coalition Government1916

Government / Government of Australia · Prime Minister of Australia · Canberra

Leaves the Labour Party & leads a coalition Government

Prime Minister of Australia1916

Government / Government of Australia · Prime Minister of Australia

Appointed Prime Minister of Australia, 2nd term

1922

New Guinea Mandate1922

Warfare / League of Nations · Prime Minister · Prime Minister of Australia · Canberra

Australia administers New Guinea under League mandate.

1931

UAP1931

Politics / United Australia Party · Party Leader of UAP

Plays leading role in founding the United Australia Party

1934

Minister of External Affairs1934

Government / Government of Australia · Minister of External Affairs

Appointed Minister of External Affairs

1940

Minister of Navy1940

Government / Government of Australia · Minister of Navy

Appointed Minister of the Navy

Titles and roles

Attorney General · Minister of External Affairs · Minister of Navy · Party Leader of UAP · Prime Minister of Australia · Prime Minister · Prime Minister of Australia

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.