Lee Batchelor

Lee Batchelor
Minister for External Affairs
In office
29 April 1910 – 8 October 1911
Prime MinisterAndrew Fisher
Preceded byLittleton Groom
Succeeded byJosiah Thomas
In office
13 November 1908 – 2 June 1909
Prime MinisterAndrew Fisher
Preceded byAlfred Deakin
Succeeded byLittleton Groom
Minister for Home Affairs
In office
27 April 1904 – 17 August 1904
Prime MinisterChris Watson
Preceded byJohn Forrest
Succeeded byDugald Thomson
Leader of the United Labor Party
In office
13 December 1897 – 12 December 1899
Preceded byJohn McPherson
Succeeded byThomas Price
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Boothby
In office
16 December 1903 – 8 October 1911
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byDavid Gordon
Member of the Australian Parliament
for South Australia
In office
30 March 1901 – 16 December 1903
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Leader of the United Labor Party
In office
4 April 1898 – 12 December 1899
Preceded byJohn McPherson
Succeeded byTom Price
Personal details
Born
Egerton Lee Batchelor

(1865-04-10)10 April 1865
Adelaide, South Australia
Died8 October 1911(1911-10-08) (aged 46)
Mount Donna Buang, Victoria, Australia
Political partyLabor
OccupationTrade unionist
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Egerton Lee Batchelor (10 April 1865 – 8 October 1911) was an Australian politician and trade unionist. He was a pioneer of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in South Australia, which at the time was known as the United Labor Party (ULP). He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly (1893–1901), leading the ULP from 1898 until his resignation in 1899 to accept a ministerial post in a non-Labor government, with the party's approval. Batchelor entered federal politics in 1901 and held cabinet posts in the first three ALP governments. He was Minister for Home Affairs (1904) under Chris Watson, and then served two terms as Minister for External Affairs (1908–1909, 1910–1911) under Andrew Fisher. He suffered a fatal heart attack at the age of 46 while climbing Mount Donna Buang.