{{Short description|14th Ministry of the Government of Western Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2016}} The '''Colebatch Ministry''' was the 14th Ministry of the Government of Western Australia and was led by Nationalist Premier Hal Colebatch. It succeeded the Lefroy Ministry on 17 April 1919 after Sir Henry Lefroy's resignation as premier. Colebatch, a member of the Legislative Council and the first (and so far only) from that chamber to ever be asked to form a ministry, had the problem of finding a conveniently-located country seat which was not held by the Country Party. Before he could consolidate his leadership, his handling of the "Battle of the Barricades" on the waterfront severely damaged his standing and he stood aside. On 17 May 1919, the First Mitchell Ministry was formed by the Minister for Lands, James Mitchell.
The following ministers served for the duration of the Ministry:
{| |- | align=center width=70% | {| class="wikitable" |- ! Office ! Minister |- | Premier<br/> Colonial Treasurer<br/> Minister for Education<br/> Minister for Railways<br/> | style="background:#CCDDFF" | Hal Colebatch, MLC |- | Minister for Lands<br/> | style="background:#CCDDFF" | James Mitchell, MLA |- | Colonial Secretary<br/> | style="background:#FFCCCC" | Charles Hudson, MLA |- | Minister for Works<br/> Minister for Water Supply<br/> | style="background:#CCDDFF" | William George, MLA |- | Attorney-General<br/> Minister for Mines<br/> Minister for Forests<br/> Minister for Industries | style="background:#CCDDFF" | Robert Robinson, MLA |- | Minister for Agriculture<br/> | style="background:#CCFFCC" | Charles Baxter, MLC |- | Minister without portfolio | style="background:#CCFFCC" | Francis Willmott, MLA |} | align=center width=30% |
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{| class="wikitable" | style="background:#CCDDFF" | Nationalist Party |- | style="background:#CCFFCC" | Country Party |- | style="background:#FFCCCC" | National Labor Party |} |}
==References== *{{Black and Bolton Biographical Register|volume=One}} *{{cite book|author=Black, David|chapter=Factionalism and Stability: 1911-1947|year=1991|title=The House on the Hill: A History of the Parliament of Western Australia 1832–1990|editor=Black, David|editor-link=David Black (historian)|location=Perth, Western Australia|publisher=Parliament of Western Australia|isbn=0-7309-3983-9}} * {{cite book|last=Bolton|first=Geoffrey|author-link=Geoffrey Bolton|author2=Mozley, Ann|title=The Western Australian Legislature, 1870-1930|publisher=Australian National University|location=Canberra|year=1961}} (no ISBN)
{{start box}} {{succession box | before=Lefroy Ministry | title=Colebatch Ministry | years=1919 | after=First Mitchell Ministry}} {{end box}}
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Category:Western Australian ministries Category:Ministries of George V