Hugh Mahon

The Honourable Hugh Mahon
Minister for External Affairs
In office 9 December 1914 – 14 November 1916
Prime Minister	Andrew Fisher Billy Hughes
Preceded by	John Arthur
Succeeded by	Portfolio abolished
Minister for Home Affairs
In office 13 November 1908 – 2 June 1909
Prime Minister	Andrew Fisher
Preceded by	John Keating
Succeeded by	George Fuller
Postmaster-General of Australia
In office 27 April 1904 – 17 August 1904
Prime Minister	Chris Watson
Preceded by	Philip Fysh
Succeeded by	Sydney Smith
Member of the Australian Parliament for Kalgoorlie
In office 13 December 1919 – 12 November 1920
Preceded by	Edward Heitmann
Succeeded by	George Foley
In office 22 December 1913 – 5 May 1917
Preceded by	Charlie Frazer
Succeeded by	Edward Heitmann
Member of the Australian Parliament for Coolgardie
In office 29 March 1901 – 31 May 1913
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	Division abolished
Personal details
Born	(1857-01-06)6 January 1857 Killurin, County Offaly, then King's County, Ireland
Died	28 August 1931(1931-08-28) (aged 74) Ringwood, Victoria, Australia
Political party	Labor
Spouse	Mary Alice L'Estrange
Occupation	Newspaper owner, politician, business man
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Hugh Mahon (6 January 1857 – 28 August 1931) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and held ministerial office in the party's earliest governments. He served terms as Postmaster-General (1904), Minister for Home Affairs (1908–1909), and Minister for External Affairs (1914–1916). However, Mahon is chiefly known as the only person to be expelled from the Parliament of Australia, for making "seditious and disloyal utterances" about the British Empire. He failed to win his seat back at the by-election.