7th Parliament of Australia

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The 7th Parliament of Australia was the federal legislature elected in 1917 that governed during World War I under Prime Minister Billy Hughes and oversaw major wartime and postwar measures.

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instanceOf Parliament of Australia
category Australian parliaments
context World War I home front in Australia NERFINISHED
country Australia
election 1917 Australian federal election NERFINISHED
enacted defence-related legislation
war-time finance legislation
endDate 1919-11-03
followedBy 8th Parliament of Australia NERFINISHED
governmentParty Nationalist Party of Australia NERFINISHED
governorGeneralDuringTerm Ronald Munro Ferguson NERFINISHED
hasComponent House of Representatives NERFINISHED
Senate of Australia NERFINISHED
hasGovernmentMajorityParty Nationalist Party of Australia NERFINISHED
hasOppositionLeaderParty Australian Labor Party NERFINISHED
hasPrimeMinister Billy Hughes NERFINISHED
houseType bicameral legislature
implemented Commonwealth electoral reforms
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
legislativeBody Australian Parliament NERFINISHED
legislativePeriodOverlaps World War I NERFINISHED
legislatureOf Commonwealth of Australia NERFINISHED
location Melbourne NERFINISHED
meetingPlace Parliament House, Melbourne NERFINISHED
meetsIn Parliament of Australia NERFINISHED
monarchDuringTerm George V NERFINISHED
notableIssue Australian participation in World War I
military conscription in Australia
numberOfHouses 2
oppositionParty Australian Labor Party NERFINISHED
ordinalNumber 7
oversaw post-war reconstruction planning
war-time economic measures
parliamentNumber 7
precededBy 6th Parliament of Australia NERFINISHED
primeMinisterDuringTerm Billy Hughes NERFINISHED
significantPrimeMinister Billy Hughes NERFINISHED
startDate 1917-06-14
termBeganIn 1917
termEndedIn 1919
timePeriod 20th century
typeOfElectionSystem preferential voting (House of Representatives, from 1918)
warTimeParliament true

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Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 parliamentNumber 7th Parliament of Australia