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First Deakin ministry
Flag of Australia (1903–1908).svg
2nd Ministry of Australia
photograph of Deakin
Alfred Deakin
photograph of Lyne
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(s) 16 December 1903
Legislature term(s) 1st
2nd
Predecessor Barton ministry
Successor Watson ministry

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.

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

Party Minister Portrait Portfolio
  Protectionist Hon Alfred Deakin
(1856–1919)

MP for Ballaarat
(1901–1913)

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  Hon Sir William Lyne KCMG
(1844–1913)

MP for Hume
(1901–1913)

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  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
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