Hugh Mahon
Politician (1857-1931) · Australia · On the map · Politicians · Died at 74
Hugh Mahon 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).
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![Group photograph of all Federal Labour[3] Party MPs elected at the inaugural 1901 election, including Chris Watson, Andrew Fisher, Billy Hughes, Frank Tudor, and King O'Malley. Mahon is in the middle row standing fourth from left.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Labor_1901b.jpg/1280px-Labor_1901b.jpg)
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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.
