Second Hollway Ministry

The Second Hollway Ministry was the 56th ministry of the Government of Victoria. It was led by the Premier of Victoria, Thomas Hollway and Deputy Premier Alexander 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Portfolios

Office[3]	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

References

1. "Will today see end of the McDonald Government?.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 21 October 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
2. "Hollway Govt Falls After 70-hr Office.". Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954). Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 1 November 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
3. Victoria Government Gazette No. 839, Government of Victoria, 28 October 1952.