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Third Deakin ministry
Flag of Australia.svg
7th Ministry of Australia
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Date formed 2 June 1909
Date dissolved 29 April 1910
People and organisations
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(s) 3rd
Predecessor First Fisher ministry
Successor Second Fisher ministry

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.

Joseph Cook, who died in 1947, was the last surviving member of the Third Deakin ministry.

Ministry

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

MP for Ballaarat
(1901–1913)

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  Hon Paddy Glynn
(1855–1931)

MP for Angas
(1903–1919)

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  Hon George Fuller
(1861–1940)

MP for Illawarra
(1901–1913)

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  Hon Littleton Groom
(1867–1936)

MP for Darling Downs
(1901–1929)

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  Hon Sir Robert Best KCMG
(1856–1946)

Senator for Victoria
(1901–1910)

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  • Minister for Trade and Customs
  Rt Hon Sir John Forrest GCMG
(1847–1918)

MP for Swan
(1901–1918)

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  • Treasurer
  Hon Joseph Cook
(1860–1947)

MP for Parramatta
(1901–1921)

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  Hon Sir John Quick
(1852–1932)

MP for Bendigo
(1901–1913)

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  • Postmaster-General
  Hon Edward Millen
(1860–1923)

Senator for New South Wales
(1901–1923)

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  • Vice-President of the Executive Council
  • Leader of the Government in the Senate
  Hon Justin Foxton CMG
(1849–1916)

MP for Brisbane
(1906–1910)

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  • Minister without Portfolio
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