Third Deakin Ministry

Third Deakin Ministry
Third Deakin Ministry
	; 6th Ministry of Australia
Date formed	24 January 1907
Date dissolved	13 November 1908
People and organisations
Monarch	Edward VII
Governor-General	Lord Northcote; Lord Dudley
Prime Minister	Alfred Deakin
No. of ministers	10
Member party	Protectionist
Status in legislature	Minority government (Labour support)
Opposition party	Anti-Socialist
Opposition leader	George Reid
History
Legislature term(s)	3rd
Predecessor	Second Deakin Ministry
Successor	First Fisher Ministry

The Third Deakin Ministry (Protectionist) was the 6th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 2nd Prime Minister, Alfred Deakin. The Third Deakin Ministry succeeded the Second Deakin Ministry, which dissolved on 24 January 1907 following the federal election that took place in December 1906. The ministry was replaced by the First Fisher Ministry on 13 November 1908 after the Labour Party withdrew their support and formed their own minority government.[1]

Ministry

	Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
	Hon Alfred Deakin MP		Prime Minister Leader of the Protectionist Party Minister for External Affairs
	Rt Hon Sir John Forrest GCMG MP		Treasurer (to 29 July 1907)
	Hon Littleton Groom MP		Attorney-General
	Hon Senator John Keating		Vice-President of the Executive Council (to 20 February 1907) Minister for Home Affairs
	Hon Sir William Lyne KCMG MP		Deputy Leader of the Protectionist Party Minister for Trade and Customs (to 30 July 1907) Treasurer (from 30 July 1907)
	Hon Thomas Ewing MP		Minister for Defence
	Hon Austin Chapman MP		Postmaster-General (to 30 July 1907) Minister for Trade and Customs (from 30 July 1907)
	Hon Samuel Mauger MP		Minister without Portfolio (to 30 July 1907) Postmaster-General (from 30 July 1907)
	Hon Senator Robert Best (in Ministry from 20 February 1907)		Vice-President of the Executive Council (from 20 February 1907) Leader of the Government in the Senate (from 20 February 1907)
	Hon James Hume Cook MP (in Ministry from 28 January 1908)		Chief Government Whip in the House Minister without Portfolio (from 28 January 1908)

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

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