Lee Batchelor | |
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| Minister for External Affairs | |
| In office 29 April 1910 – 8 October 1911 | |
| Prime Minister | Andrew Fisher |
| Preceded by | Littleton Groom |
| Succeeded by | Josiah Thomas |
| In office 13 November 1908 – 2 June 1909 | |
| Prime Minister | Andrew Fisher |
| Preceded by | Alfred Deakin |
| Succeeded by | Littleton Groom |
| Minister for Home Affairs | |
| In office 27 April 1904 – 17 August 1904 | |
| Prime Minister | Chris Watson |
| Preceded by | John Forrest |
| Succeeded by | Dugald Thomson |
| Leader of the United Labor Party | |
| In office 13 December 1897 – 12 December 1899 | |
| Preceded by | John McPherson |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Price |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Boothby | |
| In office 16 December 1903 – 8 October 1911 | |
| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | David Gordon |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for South Australia | |
| In office 30 March 1901 – 16 December 1903 | |
| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Leader of the United Labor Party | |
| In office 4 April 1898 – 12 December 1899 | |
| Preceded by | John McPherson |
| Succeeded by | Tom Price |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Egerton Lee Batchelor 10 April 1865 Adelaide, South Australia |
| Died | 8 October 1911 (aged 46) Mount Donna Buang, Victoria, Australia |
| Political party | Labor |
| Occupation | Trade 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.