Lang ministry (1927)

Lang ministry
43rd Cabinet of the State of New South Wales
Premier Jack Lang
Date formed	27 May 1927 (1927-05-27)
Date dissolved	18 October 1927 (1927-10-18)
People and organisations
Monarch	George V
Governor	Sir Dudley de Chair
Head of government	Jack Lang
No. of ministers	16
Member party	Labor
Status in legislature	Majority government
Opposition party	Nationalist
Opposition leader	Thomas Bavin
History
Outgoing election	1925 New South Wales election
Predecessor	Lang ministry (1925–1927)
Successor	Bavin ministry

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, Jack Lang. This ministry was the second of three ministries 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 Albert Willis. Lang resigned his commission on 26 May 1927.^[1] As there was no viable alternative government, Governor Sir Dudley de Chair recommissioned Lang to form a caretaker government on the condition that he would recommend a dissolution of the Legislative Assembly and call an early election,^[2] which was held in October 1927.^[3]

This reconstructed ministry covers the Lang Labor period from 27 May 1927 until 18 October 1927^[4] 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.

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Term commence	Term end	Term of office
Premier Treasurer	Jack Lang [a]		Lang Labor	27 May 1927	18 October 1927	144 days
Chief Secretary	Mark Gosling
Attorney General	Andrew Lysaght
Minister of Justice				8 June 1927		132 days
	William McKell [a]			27 May 1927	7 June 1927	11 days
Assistant Treasurer
	Robert Cruickshank, MLC			19 September 1927	18 October 1927	29 days
Minister without portfolio				27 May 1927	18 September 1927	114 days
Minister of Public Instruction	Billy Davies				18 October 1927	144 days
Secretary for Public Works Minister for Railways	Bill Ratcliffe
Secretary for Lands Minister for Forests	Edward Horsington
Minister for Agriculture	Paddy Stokes
Minister for Local Government	Tom Keegan
Minister for Public Health	Robert Stuart-Robertson
Vice-president of the Executive Council Representative of the Government in Legislative Council	Albert Willis, MLC [a]
Secretary for Mines Minister for Labour and Industry	Jack Baddeley

1. continued with these roles from the first Lang ministry.

  Ministers are members of the Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.

See also

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

References

1. "Resignation of the Honourable John Thomas Lang, Premier (71)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 27 May 1927. p. 2637. Retrieved 15 November 2021 – via Trove.
2. "An election at last". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 May 1927. p. 10. Retrieved 15 November 2021 – via Trove.
3. Nairn, Bede. "Lang, John Thomas (Jack) (1876–1975)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
4. "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

 

Preceded by Lang ministry (1925–1927)

Lang ministry 1927

Succeeded by Bavin ministry