Billy Hughes

Biography

William Morris Hughes (25 September 1862 – 28 October 1952) was an Australian politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923. He led the nation during World War I, and his influence on national politics spanned several decades. He was a member of the federal parliament from the Federation of Australia in 1901 until his death in 1952, and is the only person to have served as a parliamentarian for more than 50 years. He represented six political parties during his career, leading five, outlasting four, and being expelled from three. Hughes was born in London to Welsh parents. He emigrated to Australia at the age of 22, and became involved in the fledgling Australian labour movement. He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1894, as a member of the New South Wales Labor Party, and then transferred to the new federal parliament in 1901. Hughes combined his early political career with part-time legal studies, and was called to the bar in 1903. He first entered cabinet in 1904, in the short-lived Watson government, and was later the attorney-general of Australia in each of Andrew Fisher's governments. He was elected deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party in 1914. Hughes became prime minister in October 1915, when Fisher retired due to ill health. The war was the dominant issue of the time, and his support for sending conscripted troops overseas caused a split within Labor ranks. Hughes and his supporters were expelled from the party in November 1916, but he was able to remain in power at the head of the new National Labor Party, which after a few months merged with the Liberals to form the Nationalist Party. His conservative governments were re-elected with large majorities at the 1917 and 1919 elections. Hughes established the forerunners of the Australian Federal Police and the CSIRO during the war, and also created a number of new state-owned enterprises to aid the post-war economy. He made a significant imp

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Merry Christmas From Brenda Lee

  1964

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  For Better, Or Worse

  2016

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  Country Classics

  1983

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  Country Christmas

  1966

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  Country Songs I Love To Sing

  1963

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  Some People's Lives

  1990

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  Red Foley's Greatest Hits

  1968

Credited work

251 releases · 58 albums · active 1951–2023

• Performance · 258
• Other credits · 6

Studios: Warner Bros. Recording Studios · Buck Owens Studio · Country Music Foundation · Castle Studio

Frequent collaborators

• Ernest Tubb
• Various
• Pat Boone
• Red Foley
• Ace Cannon
• Ella Mae Morse
• Hank Williams
• Ernest Tubb And His Texas Troubadours

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