Hopetoun Blunder: Australia's First Governor-General Picks the Wrong PM
Australia's first Governor-General committed what became known as the Hopetoun Blunder by appointing Sir William Lyne as prime minister designate, only for Lyne to fail to assemble a cabinet. The embarrassing miscalculation forced the Governor-General to turn to Edmund Barton, who successfully formed Australia's first federal government within days.
December 19, 1900
126 years ago
Key Figures & Places
New South Wales
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Governor-General of Australia
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John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow
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Hopetoun Blunder
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William Lyne
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New South Wales
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Governor-General of Australia
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John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun
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William Lyne
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Hopetoun Blunder
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