Personal profile
Born
25 September 1862, Pimlico, London, United Kingdom
Education
- Llandudno (Wales) primary school (around 1869 to 1874)
- part-time law studies (1903)
Employment
- teacher (1874 to1884)
- farm labourer
- barrister
- politician
Memberships
- Balmain and Sydney Mechanics School of Arts debating societies (from 1892)
- Waterside Workers Federation of Australia (1899 to 1916)
Marriage to Mary Hughes
26 June 1911, Christ Church, South Yarra, Victoria
Children with Elizabeth Cutts
- Ethel (1889)
- William (1891)
- Lily (1893)
- Dolly (1895)
- Ernest (1897)
- Charles (1899)
Children with Mary Hughes
- Helen (1915)
Died
28 October 1952, Lindfield, New South Wales
Buried
Northern Suburbs Cemetery, Sydney
Honours
- King's Counsel (KC; 1919)
- Privy Councillor (1916)
- Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (1941)
- Companion of Honour (CH; 1941)
Partner during office
Name
Mary Ethel Hughes
Previous name
Mary Ethel Campbell
Born
6 June 1874, Burrandong, New South Wales
Memberships
Australian Red Cross Society
Died
2 April 1958, Double Bay, New South Wales
Honours
Dame Grand Cross, Order of the British Empire (GBE; 1922)
Political profile
Term as Prime Minister
27 October 1915 to 9 February 1923
Terms as Member of Parliament
- New South Wales Legislative Assembly:
- 1894 to March 1901 (Lang)
- House of Representatives:
- 9 May 1901 to May 1917 (West Sydney)
- May 1917 to December 1922 (Bendigo)
- December 1922 to December 1949 (North Sydney)
- December 1949 to October 1952 (Bradfield)
- Advisory War Council:
- 29 October 1940 to 1944
Portfolios
- External Affairs: 27 April 1904 to 17 August 1904, 21 December 1921 to 9 February 1923, 29 November 1937 to 26 April 1939
- Attorney-General: 13 November 1908 to 2 June 1909, 29 April 1910 to 24 June 1913, 17 September 1914 to 21 December 1921, 20 March 1939 to 7 October 1941
Political memberships
- Socialist League (1892-)
- Balmain Electoral League (c.1891)
- Australian Labor Party (1901-17)
- federal parliamentary leader (1915-1916)
- Nationalist Party (1917-29)
- federal parliamentary leader (1917-23)
- United Australia Party (1931-45)
- federal parliamentary leader (October 1941-43)
- Liberal Party (1945-52)
After office
- Delegate to the League of Nations (1932)
