First Deakin ministry | |
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Alfred Deakin William Lyne | |
Date formed | 24 September 1903 |
Date dissolved | 27 April 1904 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | Edward VII |
Governor-General | Lord Hopetoun Lord Northcote |
Prime Minister | Alfred Deakin |
No. of ministers | 8 |
Member party | Protectionist |
Status in legislature | Minority government (Labour support) |
Opposition party | Free Trade |
Opposition leader | George Reid |
History | |
Election | 16 December 1903 |
Legislature terms | 1st 2nd |
Predecessor | Barton ministry |
Successor | Watson ministry |
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The First Deakin ministry (Protectionist) was the 2nd ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 2nd Prime Minister, Alfred Deakin. The First Deakin ministry succeeded the Barton ministry, which dissolved on 24 September 1903 following Sir Edmund Barton's retirement from Parliament to enter the inaugural High Court. The ministry was replaced by the Watson ministry on 27 April 1904 after the Labour Party withdrew their support over the Conciliation and Arbitration Bill.[1]
James Drake, who died in 1941, was the last surviving member of the First Deakin ministry; Drake was also the last surviving minister of the Barton government and the Reid government.