In 1922 , Howse resigned his army commission to enter politics , as regulations at the time forbade political campaigning by members of the regular army . He was elected to the House of Representatives , standing for the Nationalist Party in the Division of Calare . He subsequently represented Australia at the League of Nations Assembly in 1923 . In January 1925 , Howse was elevated to cabinet by Prime Minister Stanley Bruce as Minister for Defence and Minister for Health . In the defence portfolio his primary responsibility was for repatriation . He was a member of the Australian delegation to the 1926 Imperial Conference in London , but was taken ill and had to resign his portfolios in April 1927 . He was kept on in the ministry as an honorary minister without portfolio
1926 Imperial Conference
1926 Imperial Conference
Neville Howse