{"slug": "billy-hughes", "label": "Billy Hughes", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Hughes", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q152666", "qid": "Q152666", "description": "Australian politician (1862–1952), 7th Prime Minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [1862, 1952], "span_label": ["1862 CE", "1952 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "prime-minister-of-australia", "label": "Prime Minister of Australia", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "national-party-of-australia", "label": "National Party of Australia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "robert-menzies", "label": "Robert Menzies", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "united-australia-party", "label": "United Australia Party", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "australian-labor-party", "label": "Australian Labor Party", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "coalition-australia", "label": "Coalition (Australia)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "stanley-bruce", "label": "Stanley Bruce", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1862, "year_label": "1862 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "September 25", "text": "September 25 – Billy Hughes, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1952)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358615004#July–September", "title": "1862", "revid": 1358615004, "section": "Births › July–September"}}, {"year": 1915, "year_label": "1915 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 27", "text": "October 27 – William Morris \"Billy\" Hughes becomes the 7th prime minister of Australia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373518749#October", "title": "1915", "revid": 1373518749, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1916, "year_label": "1916 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 13", "text": "November 13 – Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373519106#November", "title": "1916", "revid": 1373519106, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1923, "year_label": "1923 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 9", "text": "February 9 – Billy Hughes, having resigned as Prime Minister of Australia, after the Country Party refuses to govern in coalition with him as the leader of the Nationalist Party, is succeeded by Stanley Bruce. A Liberal–National Coalition will persist in the politics of Australia for at least 100 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367772921#January–February", "title": "1923", "revid": 1367772921, "section": "Events › January–February"}}, {"year": 1939, "year_label": "1939 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 18", "text": "April 18 – Robert Menzies is elected leader of the United Australia Party, and consequently becomes the 12th Prime Minister of Australia, defeating former Prime Minister Billy Hughes. However, he will not be sworn in until April 26, because of the refusal of Earle Page and his Country Party to serve under him.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372426050#April", "title": "1939", "revid": 1372426050, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1941, "year_label": "1941 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 29", "text": "August 29 – Robert Menzies resigns as Prime Minister of Australia, after losing the support of his party. He will not return to the Prime Ministership until 1949. Arthur Fadden, leader of the Country Party, consequently becomes Prime Minister, while former Prime Minister Billy Hughes replaces Menzies as UAP leader.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372706275#August", "title": "1941", "revid": 1372706275, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1952, "year_label": "1952 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 28", "text": "October 28 – Billy Hughes, Australian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373187098#October", "title": "1952", "revid": 1373187098, "section": "Deaths › October"}}]}