Storey ministry

State of New South Wales (1915–1938)

The Storey ministry was the 37th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 20th Premier, the Honourable John Storey, MLA.

Storey was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1901, serving until his death while Premier in 1921, with a break between 1904 and 1907 following the abolition of his seat. Storey was elected Leader of the Australian Labor Party in New South Wales in 1917 and helped to reduce the scale of Labor's defeat in the 1917 election, following the defection of former Labor leader and Premier William Holman to the Nationalist Party of Australia.^[1] Storey led Labor to electoral victory at the 1920 state election, with a majority one seat.

The ministry covers the period from 12 April 1920 until 10 October 1821, five days after Storey's death, when the ministry was dissolved and Storey's deputy, James Dooley, was appointed as Premier.^[2][3][1]

This ministry marks the first ministry in which the portfolio of Premier was created.^[3]

Composition of ministry

The composition of the ministry was announced by Premier Storey on 12 April 1920 and covers the period up to 10 October 1821, five days after Storey's death, when the ministry was dissolved. Ministers are listed in order of seniority.

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Term commence	Term end	Term of office
Premier^a	Hon. John Storey, MLA^b		Labor	12 April 1920	5 October 1921	1 year, 176 days
	Hon. James Dooley, MLA^b			5 October 1921	10 October 1921	5 days
Colonial Secretary Minister for Housing				12 April 1920		1 year, 181 days
Colonial Treasurer	Hon. Jack Lang, MLA
Attorney-General	Hon. Edward McTiernan, MLA
Minister of Justice					21 December 1920	253 days
	Hon. William McKell, MLA			22 December 1920	10 October 1921	292 days
Minister without portfolio				12 April 1920	21 December 1920	253 days
Secretary for Lands Minister for Forests	Hon. Peter Loughlin, MLA				10 October 1921	1 year, 181 days
Secretary for Public Works Minister for Railways	Hon. John Estell, 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
Minister of Agriculture	Hon. Bill Dunn, MLA
Minister of Public Health and Motherhood	Hon. John McGirr, MLA
Solicitor-General	Hon. Robert Sproule, MLC			15 April 1920		1 year, 178 days
Vice-President of the Executive Council Representative of the Government in Legislative Council	Hon. Edward Kavanagh, MLC			21 April 1920		1 year, 172 days

^a First official use of the title 'Premier'.

^b Storey died in office on 5 October. Dooley was appointed Acting Premier, serving from Storey's death until the ministry was dissolved and reformed on 10 October, with Dooley as Premier.

See also

• John Storey - 20th Premier of New South Wales
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1920–1922

References

1. Nairn, Bede. "Storey, John (1869 - 1921)". 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. Retrieved 14 January 2012.