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Watson ministry

3rd Ministry of Australia
Group photo of the Watson ministry with Governor-General Lord Northcote.
Date formed27 April 1904
Date dissolved17 August 1904
People and organisations
Monarch
Edward VII
Governor-General
Lord Northcote
Prime Minister
Chris Watson
No. of ministers
8
Member party
Labour
Status in legislature
Minority government (Protectionist support)
Opposition party
Free Trade
Opposition leader
George Reid
History
Legislature term2nd
PredecessorFirst Deakin ministry
SuccessorReid ministry

The Watson ministry (Labour) was the 3rd ministry of the Government of Australia, and the first national Labour government formed in the world. It was led by the country's 3rd Prime Minister, Chris Watson. The Watson ministry succeeded the First Deakin ministry, which dissolved on 27 April 1904 after Labour withdrew their support and Alfred Deakin was forced to resign. The ministry was replaced by the Reid ministry on 17 August 1904 after the Protectionist Party withdrew their support over the Conciliation and Arbitration Bill.[1]

Billy Hughes, who died in 1952, was the last surviving member of the Watson ministry; Hughes was also the last surviving member of the First Fisher ministry, Third Fisher ministry, Second Hughes ministry and Third Hughes ministry.

Ministry

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Party Minister Portrait Portfolio
 Labor Chris Watson
(1867–1941)

MP for Bland
(1901–1906)
  Billy Hughes
(1862–1952)

MP for West Sydney
(1901–1917)
 Protectionist H. B. Higgins
(1851–1929)

MP for Northern Melbourne
(1901–1906)[a]
 Labor Lee Batchelor
(1865–1911)

MP for Boothby
(1903–1911)
  Andrew Fisher
(1862–1928)

MP for Wide Bay
(1901–1915)
  Anderson Dawson
(1863–1910)

Senator for Queensland
(1901–1906)
  Hugh Mahon
(1857–1931)

MP for Coolgardie
(1901–1913)
  Gregor McGregor
(1848–1914)

Senator for South Australia
(1901–1914)

Notes

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  1. ↑ The Protectionist Party member Higgins accepted office (with Alfred Deakin's permission) as Attorney-General since the Labour Party did not have a lawyer in its parliamentary ranks with the exception of Billy Hughes, who had recently admitted as a barrister but who was already serving in another portfolio and was not viewed as qualified for the post. It was the only time a non-member of the Labour Party has served in a Labour ministry.

References

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  1. ↑ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
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