Dooley ministry (1921)

State of New South Wales (1915–1938)

The Dooley ministry (1921) or the First Dooley ministry was the 38th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 21st Premier, the Honourable James Dooley, MLA. It was the first of two occasions that Dooley was Premier.

Dooley was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1907, serving until 1927, when he fell out with the Labor leadership, lost Labor preselection, and stood unsuccessfully as an Independent Labor candidate for the Senate in the 1931 federal election. Dooley served as Deputy Labor leader to Ernest Durack and then John Storey, when Labor came to power at the 1920 state election, with a majority of one. On Storey's death in 1921, Dooley became Leader and Premier, reconstituting the ministry.^[1]

The ministry covers the period from 10 October 1921, five days after Storey's death, until 20 December 1921 when his government was defeated on the floor of the House, but new Premier George Fuller, lost a vote within seven hours of his appointment, and Dooley regained power^[2][3][1] as the second Dooley ministry.

Composition of ministry

The composition of the ministry was announced by Premier Dooley on 10 October 1821 and covers the period up to 20 December 1921, when the ministry was dissolved. Ministers are listed in order of seniority.

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Term commence	Term end	Term of office
Premier Colonial Secretary	Hon. James Dooley, MLA		Labor	10 October 1921	20 December 1921	71 days
Colonial Treasurer	Hon. Jack Lang, MLA
Attorney-General	Hon. Edward McTiernan, MLA
Secretary for Lands Minister for Forests	Hon. Peter Loughlin, MLA
Secretary for Public Works Minister for Railways	Hon. John Estell, MLA
Minister of Justice	Hon. William McKell, MLA
Minister of Public Instruction Minister for Local Government	Hon. Thomas Mutch, MLA
Secretary for Mines Minister for Labour and Industry	Hon. George Cann, MLA
Solicitor-General	Hon. Robert Sproule, MLC
Minister of Agriculture	Hon. Bill Dunn, MLA
Minister for Labour^a Minister of Public Health and Motherhood	Hon. John McGirr, MLA
Minister for State Industrial Enterprises^a	Hon. Carlo Lazzarini, MLA
Vice-President of the Executive Council Representative of the Government in Legislative Council	Hon. Edward Kavanagh, MLC

^a Portfolio of Minister for State Industrial Enterprises created and Minister for Labour and Industry altered to Minister for Labour.

See also

• James Dooley - 21st Premier of New South Wales
• Second Dooley ministry
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1920–1922

References

1. Cunneen, Chris. "Dooley, James Thomas (1877 - 1950)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 14 January 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 14 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: 267–268. Retrieved 14 January 2012.