Lang ministry (1927)
The Lang ministry (1927) or Second Lang ministry or Lang Reconstruction ministry was the 43rd ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 23rd Premier, Jack Lang. This ministry was the second of three ministries where Lang was Premier.
Lang ministry | |
|---|---|
| 43rd Cabinet of the State of New South Wales | |
Premier Jack Lang | |
| Date formed | 27 May 1927 |
| Date dissolved | 18 October 1927 |
| People and organisations | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Governor | Sir Dudley de Chair |
| Head of government | Jack Lang |
| No. of ministers | 16 |
| Member party | Labor |
| Status in legislature | Majority government |
| Opposition party | Nationalist |
| Opposition leader | Thomas Bavin |
| History | |
| Outgoing election | 1925 New South Wales election |
| Predecessor | Lang ministry (1925–1927) |
| Successor | Bavin ministry |
Lang was first elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1913 and served continuously until 1946. In 1923 Lang was elected NSW Parliamentary Leader of the Labor Party by Labor caucus, and became Opposition Leader. At the 1925 state election, Lang led Labor to victory, defeating the Nationalist Party led by Sir George Fuller.
Lang's initial ministry was confronted with extended cabinet strife, centred on Albert Willis. Lang resigned his commission on 26 May 1927. As there was no viable alternative government, Governor Sir Dudley de Chair recommissioned Lang to form a caretaker government on the condition that he would recommend a dissolution of the Legislative Assembly and call an early election, which was held in October 1927.
This reconstructed ministry covers the Lang Labor period from 27 May 1927 until 18 October 1927 when Lang was defeated by a Nationalist/Country coalition led by Thomas Bavin and Ernest Buttenshaw.