Lang ministry (1927)

State of New South Wales (1915–1938)

The Lang ministry (1927) or Second Lang ministry or Lang Reconstruction ministry was the 43rd ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 23rd Premier, the Honourable Jack Lang, MLA. This ministry was the second of three occasions where Lang was Premier.

Lang was first elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1913 and served continuously until 1946. In 1923 Lang was elected NSW Parliamentary Leader of the Labor Party by Labor caucus, and became Opposition Leader. At the 1925 state election, Lang led Labor to victory, defeating the Nationalist Party led by Sir George Fuller.

Lang's initial ministry was confronted with extended cabinet strife, centred on the Hon. Albert Willis, MLC. Lang gained the approval of the Governor to reconstruct the ministry subject to an early election, held in October 1927.^[1]

This reconstructed ministry covers the Lang Labor period from 27 May 1927 until 18 October 1927^[2][3] when Lang was defeated by a Nationalist/Country coalition led by Thomas Bavin and Ernest Buttenshaw.

Composition of ministry

The composition of the ministry was announced by Premier Lang on 27 May 1927 and covers the period up to 18 October 1927, unless the Minister retains the portfolio for the full term. Ministers are listed in order of seniority.

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Term commence	Term end	Term of office
Premier Colonial Treasurer	Hon. Jack Lang, MLA		Lang Labor	27 May 1927	18 October 1927	144 days
Colonial Secretary	Hon. Mark Gosling, MLA
Attorney General	Hon. Andrew Lysaght, MLA
Minister of Justice				8 June 1927		132 days
	Hon. William McKell, MLA			27 May 1927	7 June 1927	11 days
Assistant Colonial Treasurer
	Hon. Robert Cruickshank, MLC			19 September 1927	18 October 1927	29 days
Honorary Minister				27 May 1927	18 September 1927	114 days
Minister of Public Instruction	Hon. Billy Davies, MLA				18 October 1927	144 days
Secretary for Public Works Minister for Railways	Hon. William Ratcliffe, MLA
Secretary for Lands Minister for Forests	Hon. Edward Horsington MLA
Minister for Agriculture	Hon. Patrick Stokes, MLA
Minister for Local Government	Hon. Thomas Keegan, MLA
Minister for Public Health	Hon. Robert Stuart-Robertson, MLA
Vice-President of the Executive Council Representative of the Government in Legislative Council	Hon. Albert Willis, MLC
Secretary for Mines Minister for Labour and Industry	Hon. Jack Baddeley, MLA

See also

• Jack Lang - 23rd Premier of New South Wales
• First Lang ministry
• Third Lang ministry
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1925-1927

References

1. Nairn, Bede. "Lang, John Thomas (Jack) (1876–1975)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
2. "Former Members - Chronological List of Ministries 1856 to 2009 (requires download)" (Excel spreadsheet). Project for the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
3. Wah, Malvyne Jong; Page, Jeffrey E. (November 2007). "New South Wales Parliamentary Record 1824 – 2007" (PDF). VIII. Parliament of New South Wales: 270. Retrieved 12 March 2012.