The Scaddan Ministry was the 11th Ministry of the Government of Western Australia and was led by Labor Premier John Scaddan . It succeeded the First Wilson Ministry led by Ministerialist Frank Wilson on 7 October 1911 after the decisive result of the state election held four days earlier, which had produced the State's first majority Labor government.
15-647: The 1914 election produced a one-seat majority for the Labor government, but the disappearance of Joseph Gardiner and his replacement by a Liberal candidate in a by-election , as well as a Labor member becoming an Independent and refusing to support the Government, enabled Wilson to call for a vote of no confidence in the government. On 27 July 1916, the Scaddan Ministry resigned and the Second Wilson Ministry
30-632: A Senator from 1929 until 1942. His resignation from the Australian Labor Party in 1915 made possible the defeat of John Scaddan 's Labor government in Western Australia . Johnston was born in Geraldton, Western Australia on 11 January 1880, the son of Harry Johnston , Surveyor-General of Western Australia . He was educated at High School (now Hale School ) in Perth , and from 1895 to 1909
45-552: A conference of the Farmers and Settlers Association the previous year to fight for rural interests, and won eight seats at the election. The fragility of the Labor Party's majority was demonstrated when, a year later, Labor member Joseph Gardiner 's seat was declared vacant on account of his non-attendance and a Liberal was elected in his stead, and Labor became a minority government when on 18 December 1915, Bertie Johnston resigned from
60-458: A house of 50. Scaddan's minority government was permitted to continue for six months, but in July 1916 it was defeated. Despite the defeat of the Labor party, a Labor member, Michael Troy , remained Speaker , thus giving Frank Wilson 's government an extra vote. In February 1917, Labor moved a motion of censure against the government, and Johnston indicated his intention to move an amendment. Under
75-594: The state of Western Australia on 21 October 1914 to elect 50 members to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly . The Labor party, led by Premier John Scaddan , retained government against the opposition conservative Liberal Party led by Opposition Leader Frank Wilson , though with only the barest of majorities. The election also saw the emergence of the Western Australian Country Party , which had been formed at
90-820: The Governor, Major-General Sir Harry Barron , designated 6 principal executive offices of the Government under section 43(2) of the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899. The following ministers were then appointed to the positions, and served until the end of the Ministry on 27 July 1916. Premier Colonial Treasurer Minister for Railways Minister for Lands Minister for Agriculture Minister for Mines Minister for Water Supply Attorney-General Minister for Education 1914 Western Australian state election John Scaddan Labor John Scaddan Labor Elections were held in
105-622: The Labor Party and became an independent. On 27 July 1916, the Scaddan Ministry was defeated and Wilson became the new Premier. Western Australian state election, 21 October 1914 Legislative Assembly << 1911 – 1917 >> Notes: Bertie Johnston Edward Bertram Johnston (11 January 1880 – 6 September 1942), known as Bertie Johnston , was the Western Australian Legislative Assembly member for Williams-Narrogin from 1911 to 1928, and
120-491: The assumption that Johnston would support the censure as amended, Troy resigned as Speaker in order to give the Labor party sufficient numbers to defeat the government. However at the last minute Wilson and the leader of the Country Party Francis Willmott persuaded their followers to accept Johnston's nomination as Speaker. Johnston became Speaker on 13 February 1917, and the government were then able to defeat
135-399: The censure motion by a single vote. Greatly angered by what they saw as a betrayal, the Labor members refused to accept Johnston's authority. When during a heated argument Johnston commanded Labor member John Holman to leave the chamber, Holman refused and a policeman was called to eject him. A number of Labor members then physically prevented Holman's removal. Johnston was forced to suspend
150-415: The government by the promise of a leadership spill. They voted with the government, and the government won by a single vote. However, the caucus subsequently voted to confirm the existing ministry. In protest, Johnston resigned from the Labor party and from parliament on 18 December 1915. He then contested the resulting by-election as an independent, and won. This left the government with just 24 seats in
165-575: The government, and voted against it on a number of occasions. Johnston was the only Labor member for a farming seat after 1914, and he was greatly angered by Scaddan's failure to honour a promise to lower the price of crown land . Late in 1914, the Scaddan government faced a no-confidence vote over its handling of the Nevanas affair . Johnston and the government's other main backbench critics, Edward Heitmann and George Taylor , were convinced not to bring down
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#1732883648583180-532: The sitting, and the following day he resigned as Speaker, to be replaced by former leader of the Country party James Gardiner . Johnston won his seat as a Country Party candidate in the election of September 1917, and would hold it for the Country Party until 1928. From 1923 until 1928, he was Deputy Leader of the Country Party. Johnston resigned his Legislative Assembly seat on 3 October 1928, and on 17 November
195-605: Was elected to the Australian Senate for the federal Country Party . He took up his seat in the Senate on 1 July 1929, and remained a senator until his death in 1942. On 18 February 1931, Johnston married Hildelith Olymphe King-Lethbridge. He fathered three daughters, one of whom married David Wordsworth , a future member of the Western Australian Legislative Council . Johnston owned a number of hotels in
210-544: Was employed as a clerk in the Lands and Surveys Department. He later became a wheat and sheep farmer near Narrogin , and a substantial investor in hotels and real estate . Johnston joined the Australian Labor Party , and on 3 October 1911 was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Williams-Narrogin . In his first term he largely supported John Scaddan 's Labor government, but after being re-elected in 1914 he became an outspoken backbench critic of
225-582: Was sworn in. On 7 October 1911, the Governor, Rt Hon Baron Gerald Strickland , designated 6 principal executive offices of the Government under section 43(2) of the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899. The following ministers were then appointed to the positions, and served until the Ministry was reconstituted on 23 November 1914 following the 1914 election . Premier Colonial Treasurer Minister for Railways Minister for Mines Minister for Lands Minister for Agriculture Attorney-General Minister for Education On 23 November 1914,
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