First Deakin ministry

First Deakin ministry
2nd Ministry of Australia
Alfred Deakin 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	16 December 1903
Legislature terms	1st 2nd
Predecessor	Barton ministry
Successor	Watson ministry

This article is part of a series about Alfred Deakin
Early life Victorian (state) politics Member for Ballarat (1901–1913) 1901 election Attorney-General Prime Minister of Australia First term of government, 1903–1904 Conciliation and Arbitration Bill Second term of government, 1905–1908 Senate elections referendum Third term of government, 1909–1910 Separate Australian Coinage State debts referendum Surplus revenue referendum Ministries First Ministry Second Ministry Second Ministry Elections 1903 1906 1910
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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.^[1]

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.