McCormack Ministry
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The McCormack Ministry was a ministry of the Government of Queensland
Government of Queensland
The Government of Queensland is commonly known as the "Queensland Government".The form of the Government of Queensland is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1859, although it has been amended many times since then...

 and was led by Labor
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

 Premier William McCormack
William McCormack
William McCormack , was Premier of Queensland, Australia, from 1925 to 1929.He was born in Purnam, Queensland and died in Brisbane on 21 November 1947....

. It succeeded the Gillies Ministry
Gillies Ministry
The Gillies Ministry was the 29th ministry of the Government of Queensland and was led by Premier William Gillies of the Australian Labor Party. It succeeded the Theodore Ministry on 26 February 1925 following Ted Theodore's resignation, and was in turn succeeded by the McCormack Ministry on 22...

 on 22 October 1925. The ministry was followed by the Moore Ministry
Moore Ministry (Queensland)
The Moore Ministry was a ministry of the Government of Queensland and was led by Country and Progressive National Party Premier Arthur Edward Moore. It succeeded the McCormack Ministry on 21 May 1929, ten days after William McCormack's Labor government was defeated at the 1929 state election...

 on 21 May 1929 after the government were defeated by the Country and Progressive National Party
Country and Progressive National Party
The Country and Progressive National Party was a short-lived conservative political party in the Australian state of Queensland.-History:It was created in 1925 as the result of a merger between the state's two conservative parties, the United Party and the Country Party, in an attempt to end...

 at the 1929 state election
Queensland state election, 1929
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 11 May 1929 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.The Labor government was seeking its sixth continuous term in office since the 1915 election; it would be Premier William McCormack's second election. His main...

 ten days earlier.

On 22 October 1925, the Lieutenant-Governor designated 10 principal executive offices of the Government, and appointed the following Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Queensland Legislative Assembly
The Queensland Legislative Assembly is the unicameral chamber of the Parliament of Queensland. Elections are held approximately once every three years. Voting is by the Optional Preferential Voting form of the Alternative Vote system...

 to the Ministry as follows:
Office Minister

Premier

Chief Secretary

Treasurer
Treasurer of Queensland
The Treasurer of Queensland is the title held by the Cabinet minister who is responsible for the financial management of Queensland’s budget sector.-List of Queensland Treasurers:...

William McCormack
William McCormack
William McCormack , was Premier of Queensland, Australia, from 1925 to 1929.He was born in Purnam, Queensland and died in Brisbane on 21 November 1947....


Deputy Premier
Deputy Premier of Queensland
The Deputy Premier of Queensland is a role in the Government of Queensland assigned to a responsible Minister in the Australian state of Queensland. It has second ranking behind the Premier of Queensland in Cabinet, and its holder serves as Acting Premier during absence or incapacity of the Premier...



Secretary for Agriculture and Stock
William Forgan Smith
William Forgan Smith
William Forgan Smith , generally known as Forgan Smith, was Premier of the Australian state of Queensland from 1932 to 1942. He came to dominate politics in the state during the 1930s, and his populism, firm leadership, defence of states' rights and interest in state development make him something...

Secretary for Mines Alfred Jones
Attorney-General
Attorney-General of Queensland
The Attorney-General of Queensland is a ministry of the Government of Queensland with responsibility for the state's legal and justice system.The current Attorney-General of Queensland is Paul Lucas.-List of Attorneys-General of Queensland:-References:...

John Mullan
John Mullan (Australian politician)
John Mullan was an Irish-born Australian politician. Born in Dublin, where he was educated, he migrated to Australia in 1889, becoming a clerk, railway worker and miner. He was an organiser of the Charters Towers Miners' Union and the Australian Workers' Union...

Secretary for Railways James Larcombe
James Larcombe
James Larcombe was a labor politician from Queensland, Australia.-Biography:James Larcombe was born in Rockhampton, Queensland on 25 April 1884. His father, also named James Larcombe, was a butcher, and his mother was Mary Lee. As a young man, he worked as a butcher with his father and was...

Home Secretary James Stopford
Secretary for Public Works Mick Kirwan
Secretary for Public Instruction
Thomas Wilson
Secretary for Public Lands Thomas Dunstan
Secretary for Labour and Industry David Gledson

Gledson was a minister without portfolio until 6 September 1926. The position of Secretary of Labour and Industry remained unfilled until Gledson's accession to it.
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