Bavin ministry

Bavin ministry
Bavin ministry
; 44th Cabinet of the State of New South Wales
	Premier Thomas Bavin
Date formed	18 October 1927
Date dissolved	3 November 1930
People and organisations
Monarch	George V
Governor	Sir Dudley de Chair / Sir Phillip Game
Head of government	Thomas Bavin
No. of ministers	12
Member party	Nationalist
Status in legislature	Majority government
Opposition party	Labor
Opposition leader	Jack Lang
History
Election	1927 New South Wales election
Predecessor	Lang ministry (1927)
Successor	Lang ministry (1930-1932)

The Bavin ministry was the 44th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 24th Premier, Thomas Bavin, in a Nationalist coalition with the Country Party, led by Ernest Buttenshaw.

Bavin was first elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1917 and served continuously until 1935. Having served as a senior minister in the first and second Fuller ministries, in 1925 Bavin was elected leader of the Nationalist Party in New South Wales and became Leader of the Opposition. Buttenshaw was also first elected to the Assembly in 1917 and served continuously until 1938. Initially a member of the Nationalist Party, in 1922 he helped establish the Progressive Party and became a member of its successor, the Country Party, and elected as party leader in 1925.^[1]

Following an agreement by the Nationalist and Country parties not to stand candidates against each other, the coalition won the 1927 state election, defeating the Labor government led by Jack Lang. Bavin became Premier and Colonial Treasurer; and Buttenshaw, a senior minister.

This ministry covers the period from 18 October 1927 until 3 November 1930^[2] when the 1930 state election was held in the wake of the Great Depression resulting in the loss of the Coalition, with Lang regaining government as the third Lang ministry.

Composition of ministry

The composition of the ministry was announced by Premier Bavin on 18 October 1927 and covers the period up to 3 November 1930.

Portfolio	Minister		Term commence	Term end	Term of office
Premier	Thomas Bavin	Nationalist	18 October 1927	3 November 1930	3 years, 16 days
Treasurer	Thomas Bavin		18 October 1927	15 April 1929	1 year, 179 days
Treasurer	Bertram Stevens		16 April 1929	3 November 1930	1 year, 201 days
Assistant Treasurer	Bertram Stevens		18 October 1927	15 April 1929	1 year, 179 days
Secretary for Public Works	Ernest Buttenshaw	Country		3 November 1930	3 years, 16 days
Minister for Railways^[a]	Ernest Buttenshaw	Country		16 April 1929	1 year, 180 days
Attorney General Vice-president of the Executive Council Representative of the Government in Legislative Council	Francis Boyce, MLC	Nationalist		3 November 1930	3 years, 16 days
Chief Secretary	Albert Bruntnell ^[b]			31 January 1929	1 year, 105 days
	Thomas Bavin		1 February 1929	15 April 1929	73 days
	Frank Chaffey		16 April 1929	3 November 1930	1 year, 201 days
Minister for Lands	Richard Ball		18 October 1927		3 years, 16 days
Minister for Agriculture	Harold Thorby	Country
Minister for Education	David Drummond
Minister for Local Government	Michael Bruxner
Secretary for Mines Minister for Forests	Frank Chaffey	Nationalist		15 April 1929	1 year, 179 days
Secretary for Mines Minister for Forests	Reginald Weaver		16 April 1929	3 November 1930	1 year, 201 days
Minister of Justice	John Lee		18 October 1927		3 years, 16 days
Minister for Labour and Industry	Ernest Farrar, MLC
Minister for Public Health	Richard Arthur
Honorary Minister	James Ryan, MLC

Ministers are members of the Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.

^ Ernest Buttenshaw resigned the portfolio of Minister for Railways on 16 April 1929, but no other Minister was allotted that portfolio, the Railways being administered by the Colonial Treasurer, except in regard to Railway Construction, which remained with the Secretary for Public Works.
^ Died in office.

References

^ McCarthy, John. "Bavin, Sir Thomas Rainsford (Tom) (1874–1941)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
^ "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

Preceded by Lang ministry (1927)	Bavin ministry 1927–1930	Succeeded by Lang ministry (1930-1932)

[3] Ernest Buttenshaw resigned the portfolio of Minister for Railways on 16 April 1929, but no other Minister was allotted that portfolio, the Railways being administered by the Colonial Treasurer, except in regard to Railway Construction, which remained with the Secretary for Public Works.

[4] Died in office.

[adb-1] McCarthy, John. "Bavin, Sir Thomas Rainsford (Tom) (1874–1941)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 6 May 2019.

[2] "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

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v t e New South Wales ministries
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State government (1901–present)	See Waddell Carruthers Wade McGowen Holman (1) (2) Storey Dooley (1) Fuller (1) Dooley (2) Fuller (2) Lang (1) (2) Bavin Lang (3) Stevens (1) (2) (3) Mair McKell (1) (2) McGirr (1) (2) (3) Cahill (1) (2) (3) (4) Heffron (1) (2) Renshaw Askin (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Lewis (1) (2) Willis Wran (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) Unsworth Greiner (1) (2) Fahey (1) (2) (3) Carr (1) (2) (3) (4) Iemma (1) (2) Rees Keneally O'Farrell Baird (1) (2) Berejiklian (1) (2) Perrottet (1) (2) Minns

Composition of ministry

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