See also: Billy Hughes.
| Cabinet Name: | Third Hughes ministry |
| Cabinet Type: | Ministry |
| Cabinet Number: | 13th |
| Jurisdiction: | Australia |
| Flag: | Flag of Australia.svg |
| Flag Border: | true |
| Date Formed: | 17 February 1917 |
| Date Dissolved: | 8 January 1918 |
| Government Head: | Billy Hughes |
| State Head: | George V |
| Governor General: | Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson |
| Members Number: | 11 |
| Political Party: | Nationalist |
| Legislature Status: | Majority government |
| Opposition Party: | Labor |
| Opposition Leader: | Frank Tudor |
| Election: | 5 May 1917 |
| Legislature Term: | 6th 7th |
| Predecessor: | Second Hughes ministry |
| Successor: | Fourth Hughes ministry |
| State Head Title: | Monarch |
| Government Head Title: | Prime Minister |
The Third Hughes ministry (Nationalist) was the 13th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 7th Prime Minister, Billy Hughes. The Third Hughes ministry succeeded the Second Hughes ministry, which dissolved on 17 February 1917 after the governing National Labor Party merged with the Liberal Party to form the Nationalist Party. The National Labor Party itself formed as a consequence of the split that took place within the then-governing Labor Party over the issue of conscription. The ministry was replaced by the Fourth Hughes ministry on 8 January 1918 following the resignation of Hughes as Prime Minister after a vote of no-confidence within the Nationalist Party in the wake of a failed second referendum on conscription. However, due to a lack of alternative leaders, Hughes was immediately re-commissioned as Prime Minister by Governor-General Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson.[1]
Billy Hughes, who died in 1952, was the last surviving member of the Third Hughes ministry; Hughes was also the last surviving member of the Watson ministry, First Fisher ministry, Third Fisher ministry and Second Hughes ministry.
| Party | Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | ||
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| Nationalist | Rt Hon Billy Hughes for West Sydney for Bendigo | ||||
| Rt Hon Joseph Cook for Parramatta |
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| Rt Hon Sir John Forrest for Swan | |||||
| Hon George Pearce Senator for Western Australia | |||||
| Hon Edward Millen Senator for New South Wales |
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| Hon William Watt for Balaclava |
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| Hon Paddy Glynn for Angas | |||||
| Hon Jens Jensen for Bass |
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| Hon William Webster for Gwydir | |||||
| Hon Littleton Groom for Darling Downs |
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| Hon Edward Russell Senator for Victoria |
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