Vaughan ministry


The Vaughan ministry was the 49th ministry of the Government of South Australia, led by Crawford Vaughan. It commenced on 3 April 1915, following the victory of Vaughan's [Australian Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch)|Labor Party (South Australian Branch)|Labor Party] at the 1915 state election. In February 1917, Vaughan, his entire ministry, and their backbench supporters, were expelled from the Labor Party in the 1917 Labor split and formed the National Labor Party; however, Vaughan continued in office leading a minority government with the support of the opposition conservative Liberal Federation. It was succeeded by the third Peake ministry on 14 July 1917, when the Liberal Federation withdrew its support and brought down the Vaughan government. In August, one month into the replacement ministry, the National Labor Party would subsequently join the Peake ministry as the junior coalition partner of the Liberal Federation, with three members of the Vaughan ministry serving under their former opponents.
OfficeMinister

Premier

Treasurer

Minister of Education
Crawford Vaughan MHA

Chief Secretary		Alfred William Styles MLC

Attorney-General
John Vaughan MLC

Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration

Minister of Agriculture
Clarence Goode MHA

Commissioner of Public Works
Harry Jackson MHA

Minister of Industry

Minister of Mines

Minister of Marine		Reginald Blundell MHA