The Conservative administration of Rodmond Roblin was forced to resign from office in 1915 amid a corruption scandal, and the Liberals were called on to form a new government.

Norris was sworn in as Premier of Manitoba on May 15, 1915,[4] and named Hudson as his Attorney-General and Minister of Telephones and Telegraphs.

Hudson was easily returned in Winnipeg South "A",[1] and held both of his cabinet portfolios until resigning from office November 10, 1917.

[3] According to a Winnipeg Free Press report, Hudson had wanted to resign for several months to better oversee his personal business.

He defeated Conservative George Nelson Jackson by 2,866 votes to win the Winnipeg South riding, and served as a backbench supporter of William Lyon Mackenzie King's government for the next four years.