First Deakin ministry

2nd ministry of the government of Australia

See also: Deakin government (1903–1904)

First Deakin ministry

2nd Ministry of Australia

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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* Early life
* Victorian (state) politics

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* Member for Ballarat (1901–1913)

* 1901 election
* Attorney-General

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Prime Minister of Australia

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First term of government, 1903–1904

* Conciliation and Arbitration Bill

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Second term of government, 1905–1908

* Senate elections referendum

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Third term of government, 1909–1910

* Separate Australian Coinage
* State debts referendum
* Surplus revenue referendum

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Ministries

* First Ministry
* Second Ministry
* Second Ministry

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Elections

* 1903
* 1906
* 1910

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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.

## Ministry

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Party  | Minister  | Portrait  | Portfolio

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| Protectionist | Hon Alfred Deakin
(1856–1919)

MP for Ballaarat
(1901–1913)

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* Prime Minister
* Leader of the Protectionist Party
* Minister for External Affairs

| Hon Sir William Lyne KCMG
(1844–1913)

MP for Hume
(1901–1913)

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* Deputy Leader of the Protectionist Party
* Minister for Trade and Customs

| Rt Hon Sir George Turner KCMG
(1851–1916)

MP for Balaclava
(1901–1906)

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* Treasurer

| Rt Hon Sir John Forrest GCMG
(1847–1918)

MP for Swan
(1901–1918)

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* Minister for Home Affairs

| Hon James Drake
(1850–1941)

Senator for Queensland
(1901–1906)

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* Attorney-General

| Hon Sir Philip Fysh KCMG
(1835–1919)

MP for Denison
(1903–1910)

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* Postmaster-General

| Hon Austin Chapman
(1864–1926)

MP for Eden-Monaro
(1901–1926)

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* Minister for Defence

| Hon Thomas Playford II
(1837–1915)

Senator for South Australia
(1901–1906)

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* Vice-President of the Executive Council
* Leader of the Government in the Senate

## References

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1. ^ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2010.

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First Deakin Cabinet (1903–04)

Prime Minister: Alfred Deakin

* Austin Chapman
* James Drake
* John Forrest
* Philip Fysh
* William Lyne
* Thomas Playford II
* George Turner

Alfred Deakin

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Ministries of the Commonwealth of Australia

20th century|

* Barton
* Deakin 1
* Watson
* Reid
* Deakin 2
* Fisher 1
* Deakin 3
* Fisher 2
* Cook
* Fisher 3
* Hughes 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* Bruce 1
* 2
* 3
* Scullin
* Lyons 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* Page
* Menzies 1
* 2
* 3
* Fadden
* Curtin 1
* 2
* Forde
* Chifley 1
* 2
* Menzies 4
* 5
* 6
* 7
* 8
* 9
* 10
* Holt 1
* 2
* McEwen
* Gorton 1
* 2
* McMahon
* Whitlam 1
* 2
* 3
* Fraser 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* Hawke 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* Keating 1
* 2
* Howard 1
* 2

21st century|

* Howard 3
* 4
* Rudd 1
* Gillard 1
* 2
* Rudd 2
* Abbott
* Turnbull 1
* 2
* Morrison 1
* 2
* Albanese

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