title: Lang ministry (1927)
text: # 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 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.
  
  ## Composition of ministry
  
  The composition of the ministry was announced by Premier Lang on 27 May 1927 and covers the period up to 18 October 1927.
  
  | Portfolio | Minister | Party | Term commence | Term end | Term of office |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Premier Treasurer | Jack Lang | Lang Labor | 27 May 1927 | 18 October 1927 | 144 days |
  | Chief Secretary | Mark Gosling | Lang Labor | 27 May 1927 | 18 October 1927 | 144 days |
  | Attorney General | Andrew Lysaght | Lang Labor | 27 May 1927 | 18 October 1927 | 144 days |
  | Minister of Justice | Andrew Lysaght | Lang Labor | 8 June 1927 | 18 October 1927 | 132 days |
  | Minister of Justice | William McKell | Lang Labor | 27 May 1927 | 7 June 1927 | 11 days |
  | Assistant Treasurer | William McKell | Lang Labor | 27 May 1927 | 7 June 1927 | 11 days |
  | Assistant Treasurer | Robert Cruickshank, MLC | Lang Labor | 19 September 1927 | 18 October 1927 | 29 days |
  | Minister without portfolio | Robert Cruickshank, MLC | Lang Labor | 27 May 1927 | 18 September 1927 | 114 days |
  | Minister of Public Instruction | Billy Davies | Lang Labor | 27 May 1927 | 18 October 1927 | 144 days |
  | Secretary for Public Works Minister for Railways | Bill Ratcliffe | Lang Labor | 27 May 1927 | 18 October 1927 | 144 days |
  | Secretary for Lands Minister for Forests | Edward Horsington | Lang Labor | 27 May 1927 | 18 October 1927 | 144 days |
  | Minister for Agriculture | Paddy Stokes | Lang Labor | 27 May 1927 | 18 October 1927 | 144 days |
  | Minister for Local Government | Tom Keegan | Lang Labor | 27 May 1927 | 18 October 1927 | 144 days |
  | Minister for Public Health | Robert Stuart-Robertson | Lang Labor | 27 May 1927 | 18 October 1927 | 144 days |
  | Vice-president of the Executive Council Representative of the Government in Legislative Council | Albert Willis, MLC | Lang Labor | 27 May 1927 | 18 October 1927 | 144 days |
  | Secretary for Mines Minister for Labour and Industry | Jack Baddeley | Lang Labor | 27 May 1927 | 18 October 1927 | 144 days |
  
  * 1 2 3 continued with these roles from the first Lang ministry.
  
  Ministers are members of the Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.
  
  