{{Short description|37th New South Wales ministry, led by John Storey}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Use Australian English| date= October 2021}} {{Infobox government cabinet | cabinet_name = Storey ministry | cabinet_number = 37th | jurisdiction = the State of New South Wales | flag = Flag of New South Wales.svg | flag_border = true | incumbent = | image = John Storey cropped.jpg | image_size = 200px | image2 = | image_size2 = | caption = Premier John Storey | date_formed = {{start date|1920|04|12|df=y}} | date_dissolved = {{end date|1921|10|10|df=y}} | government_head = John Storey | government_head_history = | deputy_government_head = | state_head = George V | state_head_title = Monarch | governor = {{nowrap|Sir Walter Davidson}} | members_number = 11 | former_members_number = | total_number = | political_party = {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}} | legislature_status = Minority government | opposition_cabinet = | opposition_party = {{Australian politics/name|Nationalist}} | opposition_leader = George Fuller | election = 1920 New South Wales election | last_election = | legislature_term = | budget = | advice_and_consent1 = | advice_and_consent2 = | incoming_formation = | outgoing_formation = | previous = Holman Labor ministry | successor = Dooley ministry }} The '''Storey ministry''' was the 37th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 20th Premier, John Storey.
Storey was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1901, serving until his death while Premier in 1921, with a break between 1904 and 1907 following the abolition of his seat. In November 1916 Labor split over conscription, when Premier William Holman, and twenty of his supporters were expelled from the party for defying party policy and supporting conscription.<ref name="expelled 7 Nov 1916">{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15681060 |title=PLL expulsions |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=7 November 1916 |access-date=7 May 2020 |page=7 |via=Trove}}</ref> Holman and his supporters joined a grand coalition with the members of the various conservative parties,<ref name="Censure motion">{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15680629 |title=Proceedings in the Assembly: censure motion defeated |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=11 November 1916 |access-date=7 May 2020 |page=13 |via=Trove}}<br>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15675529 |title=No state crisis |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=13 November 1916 |access-date=7 May 2020 |page=6 |via=Trove}}</ref> which by 1917, this had coalesced into the Nationalist Party of Australia. Storey was elected leader of the Labor party in 1917 and helped to reduce the scale of Labor's defeat in the 1917 election.<ref name=adb>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |first=Bede |last=Nairn |title =Storey, John (1869–1921) |id2=storey-john-8686 |access-date=2021-10-10}}</ref>
Storey led Labor to a resurgent result at the 1920 state election, picking up 10 seats with Storey calling the result "half a mandate".<ref name=adb/><ref name="Green 1920">{{cite NSW election |title=1920 election totals |district=Totals |year=1920 |access-date=2021-10-10}}</ref> Holman had been defeated for his seat and George Fuller became leader of the Nationalist Party. The assembly was evenly divided, with Labor having 43 seats and the support of Percy Brookfield ({{Australian politics/name|Socialist Labor}}) and Arthur Gardiner (Independent Labor), while the Nationalists had 28 seats and the support of 15 seats of the Progressive Party and 2 independent Nationalists. The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly did not vote unless there was a tie which meant whichever side provided the speaker was unable to command a majority. Nationalist Daniel Levy controversially accepted re-election as speaker, giving Labor an effective majority.<ref name="Levy ADB">{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |id2=levy-sir-daniel-7181 |title=Levy, Sir Daniel (1872–1937) |first=L E |last=Fredman |access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite hansard |title=Election of speaker |url=https://api.parliament.nsw.gov.au/api/hansard/search/daily/searchablepdf/HANSARD-290296563-4027 |format=PDF |jurisdiction=New South Wales |house=Legislative Assembly |date=27 April 1920 |page_start=18 |page_end=33 |speaker=Fitzpatrick, John |speaker-link=John Fitzpatrick (New South Wales politician) |access-date=2021-11-02}}</ref> Storey died in office on 5 October 1921.<ref name=adb/>
The ministry covers the period from 12 April 1920,<ref>{{Gazette NSW |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224641489 |title=Ministerial appointments |issue=73 |date=12 April 1920 |access-date=10 October 2021 |page=2286 |via=Trove}}</ref> until 10 October 1821, when the ministry was dissolved and Storey's deputy, James Dooley, was appointed as Premier.{{refn|name=Record pt 6|{{NSW Parliamentary Record |part=6 |access-date=4 March 2020}}}} This ministry was the first time in which the role of Premier was a separate ministerial portfolio.{{refn|name=PFO-30|{{cite web |title= PFO-30 Premier |url=https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1ebnd1l/PORTFOLIO26 |publisher=NSW State Records & Archives |access-date=2021-10-10}}<!--
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==Composition of ministry== The composition of the ministry was announced by Premier Storey on 12 April 1920 and covers the period up to 10 October 1821, five days after Storey's death, when the ministry was dissolved. {| class="wikitable sortable" !Portfolio !Minister !colspan="2" |Party !Term start !Term end !Term length |- | rowspan="2" | Premier | {{sortname|John|Storey|dab=politician}}{{hsp}}{{efn|name=b}} | rowspan="16" {{Australian party style| Labor}}| | rowspan="16" | {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}} | align="center" | 12 April 1920 | align="center" | 5 October 1921 | align="right" | {{ayd|1920|04|12|1921|10|05}} |- | rowspan="2" | {{sortname|James|Dooley|dab=New South Wales politician}}{{hsp}}{{efn|name=b}} | align="center" | 5 October 1921 | rowspan="4" align="center" | 10 October 1921 | align="right" | {{ayd|1921|10|05|1921|10|10}} |- | Chief Secretary<br />Minister for Housing | rowspan="4" align="center" | 12 April 1920 | rowspan="3" align="right" | {{ayd|1920|04|12|1921|10|10}} |- | Treasurer | {{sortname|Jack|Lang|dab=Australian politician}} |- | Attorney-General | rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Edward|McTiernan}}{{hsp}}{{efn|name=Justice}} |- | rowspan="2" | Minister of Justice | align="center" | 21 December 1920 | align="right" | {{ayd|1920|04|12|1920|12|21}} |- | rowspan="2" | {{sortname|William|McKell}}{{hsp}}{{efn|name=Justice}} | align="center" | 22 December 1920 | align="center" | 10 October 1921 | align="right" | {{ayd|1920|12|22|1921|10|10}} |- | Minister without portfolio {{nowrap|(Assistant Minister of Justice)}} | rowspan="7" align="center" | 12 April 1920 | align="center" | 21 December 1920 | align="right" | {{ayd|1920|04|12|1920|12|21}} |- | Secretary for Lands<br />Minister for Forests | {{sortname|Peter|Loughlin}} | rowspan="8" align="center" | 10 October 1921 | rowspan="6" align="right" | {{ayd|1920|04|12|1921|10|10}} |- | Secretary for Public Works<br />Minister for Railways | {{sortname|John|Estell}} |- | Minister of Public Instruction<br />Minister for Local Government | {{sortname|Thomas|Mutch}} |- | Secretary for Mines<br />Minister for Labour and Industry | {{sortname|George|Cann}} |- | Minister for Agriculture | {{sortname|Bill|Dunn|dab=Australian politician}} |- | Minister for Public Health and Motherhood | {{sortname|Greg|McGirr}} |- | Solicitor General | {{sortname|Robert|Sproule}} MLC | align="center" | 15 April 1920 | align="right" | {{ayd|1920|04|15|1921|10|10}} |- | Vice-President of the Executive Council<br />Representative of the Government in Legislative Council | {{sortname|Edward|Kavanagh|dab=Australian politician}} MLC | align="center" | 21 April 1920 | align="right" | {{ayd|1920|04|21|1921|10|10}} |} Ministers are members of the Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted. {{Notelist}}
==See also== {{stack| {{portal| New South Wales| Politics}}}} *Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1920–1922 *Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1920–1922
==References== {{Reflist}} {{notelist-lr}} {{s-start}} {{succession box | before=Holman ministry (1916 – 1920) | title=Storey ministry | years=1920{{spaced ndash}}1921 | after=Dooley ministry (1921) }} {{s-end}}
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