Denham Ministry
The Denham Ministry was the 26th ministry of the Government of Queensland and was led by Premier Digby Denham, who led the Ministerialist party consisting of a mixture of liberals and conservatives. It succeeded the Kidston Ministry on 7 February 1911. The ministry was followed by the Ryan Ministry on 1 June 1915 after the government was defeated by the Labor Party at the 1915 state election on 22 May, at which several of the ministers including Denham himself lost their seats.
On 7 February 1911, the Governor, Sir William MacGregor, designated eight principal executive offices of the Government, and appointed the following Members of the Parliament of Queensland to the Ministry as follows:
Office | Minister |
Premier Chief Secretary | Digby Denham |
Deputy Premier Attorney-General | Thomas O'Sullivan, MLC |
Treasurer Secretary for Public Works | Walter Barnes |
Home Secretary Secretary for Mines | John Appel |
Secretary for Railways | Walter Paget |
Secretary for Public Instruction | James Blair |
Secretary for Public Instruction Secretary for Agriculture and Stock Secretary for Public Lands | James Tolmie |
Secretary for Agriculture and Stock | John White |
Secretary for Railways | Colin Rankin |
Minister without portfolio | Andrew Henry Barlow Henry Douglas |