Third Deakin ministry
Third Deakin ministry | |
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7th Ministry of Australia | |
Joseph Cook and Alfred Deakin in 1909. | |
| Date formed | 2 June 1909 |
| Date dissolved | 29 April 1910 |
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| Monarch | Edward VII |
| Governor-General | Lord Dudley |
| Prime Minister | Alfred Deakin |
| No. of ministers | 10 |
| Member party | Commonwealth Liberal |
| Status in legislature | Majority government |
| Opposition party | Labour |
| Opposition leader | Andrew Fisher |
| History | |
| Outgoing election | 13 April 1910 |
| Legislature term | 3rd |
| Predecessor | First Fisher ministry |
| Successor | Second Fisher ministry |
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Personal
Member for Ballarat 2nd Prime Minister of Australia |
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The Third Deakin ministry (Liberal) was the 7th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 2nd Prime Minister, Alfred Deakin. The Fourth Deakin ministry succeeded the First Fisher ministry, which dissolved on 2 June 1909 after the Protectionist Party and the Anti-Socialist Party merged into the Liberal Party "fusion" and withdrew their support in order to form what became the first majority government in federal Australian history. The ministry was replaced by the Second Fisher ministry on 29 April 1910 following the federal election that took place on 13 April which saw the Labour Party defeat the Liberals.[1]
Joseph Cook, who died in 1947, was the last surviving member of the Third Deakin ministry.
This ministry, which was the last to be led by Deakin, was a mostly conservative one, with more than half of its members having previously been either conservative Protectionists or members of the Anti-Socialist Party. These included George Fuller,[2] Joseph Cook,[3] John Forrest,[4] Justin Foxton,[5] Edward Millen,[6] and Paddy Glynn.[7]
Ministry
| Party | Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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| Liberal | Alfred Deakin (1856–1919) |
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| Paddy Glynn (1855–1931) |
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| George Fuller (1861–1940) |
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| Littleton Groom (1867–1936) MP for Darling Downs |
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| Sir Robert Best (1856–1946) |
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| Sir John Forrest (1847–1918) |
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| Joseph Cook (1860–1947) MP for Parramatta |
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| Sir John Quick (1852–1932) |
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| Edward Millen (1860–1923) Senator for New South Wales |
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| Justin Foxton (1849–1916) |
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Notes
- ^ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
- ^ Sir William Rooke Creswell and the Foundation of the Australian Navy By Sheila Dwyer, Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014, P.40
- ^ The History of Australia The Twentieth Century, 1901-1975, by Russel Ward, Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books, 1978, P.68]
- ^ Becoming John Curtin and James Scullin Their Early Political Careers and the Making of the Modern Labor Party By Liam Byrne, Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing, 2020
- ^ Consuming Whiteness Australian Racism and the "white Sugar" Campaign By Stefanie Affeldt, Publisher: LIT Verlag, 2014, P.377
- ^ Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate Volume 1 By Ann Millar, Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing, 1996
- ^ Book Review Federation’s Man of Letters – Patrick McMahon Glynn, Reviewed by: Tony Abbott, P.228 – via Australian Catholic Historical Society
- ^ In this Ministry, the Prime Minister's formal portfolio title was Prime Minister (without portfolio). In all other ministries it has been simply Prime Minister. See Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia: Historical information on the Australian Parliament - Ministries and Cabinets - 7. Deakin Ministry. Archived 2015-10-16 at the Wayback Machine