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Second Fisher ministry
Flag of Australia.svg
8th Ministry of Australia
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Photo of the Second Fisher ministry
Date formed 29 April 1910
Date dissolved 24 June 1913
People and organisations
Monarch Edward VII
George V
Governor-General Lord Dudley
Lord Denman
Prime Minister Andrew Fisher
No. of ministers 11
Member party Labor
Status in legislature Majority government
Opposition party Liberal
Opposition leader Alfred Deakin
Joseph Cook
History
Election(s) 13 April 1910
Outgoing election 31 May 1913
Legislature term(s) 4th
Predecessor Third Deakin ministry
Successor Cook ministry

The Second Fisher ministry (Australian Labor Party) was the 8th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 5th Prime Minister, Andrew Fisher. The Second Fisher ministry succeeded the Third Deakin ministry, which dissolved on 29 April 1910 following the federal election that took place on 13 April which saw Labor defeat the Alfred Deakin's Liberal Party. It is the first federal government in Australian history to be elected with a majority in the House of Representatives, as well as the first majority national Labor government in the world. The ministry was replaced by the Cook ministry on 24 June 1913 following the federal election that took place in May which saw the Liberals defeat Labor.

King O'Malley, who died in 1953, was the last surviving member of the Second Fisher ministry; O'Malley was also the last surviving member of the First Hughes ministry.

Ministry

Party Minister Portrait Portfolio
  Labor (Rt) Hon Andrew Fisher
(1862–1928)

MP for Wide Bay
(1901–1915)

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  Hon Billy Hughes KC
(1862–1952)

MP for West Sydney
(1901–1917)

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  • Attorney-General
  Hon King O'Malley
(1858–1953)

MP for Darwin
(1903–1917)

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  • Minister for Home Affairs
  Hon Lee Batchelor
(1865–1911)

MP for Boothby
(1903–1911)

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  • Minister for External Affairs (to 8 October 1911)
  Hon George Pearce
(1870–1952)

Senator for Western Australia
(1901–1938)

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  • Minister for Defence
  Hon Frank Tudor
(1866–1922)

MP for Yarra
(1901–1922)

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  • Minister for Trade and Customs
  Hon Josiah Thomas
(1863–1933)

MP for Barrier
(1901–1917)

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  • Postmaster-General (to 14 October 1911)
  • Minister for External Affairs (from 14 October 1911)
  Hon Gregor McGregor
(1848–1914)

Senator for South Australia
(1901–1914)

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  • Deputy Leader of the Labor Party
  • Vice-President of the Executive Council
  • Leader of the Government in the Senate
  Hon Edward Findley
(1864–1947)

Senator for Victoria
(1904–1917)

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  • Minister without Portfolio
  Hon Charlie Frazer
(1880–1913)

MP for Kalgoorlie
(1903–1913)

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  • Minister without Portfolio (to 14 October 1911)
  • Postmaster-General (from 14 October 1911)
  Hon Ernest Roberts
(1868–1913)

MP for Adelaide
(1908–1913) (in Ministry from 23 October 1911)

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  • Minister without Portfolio (from 23 October 1911)
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