Fisher III government

Fisher III government

The Fisher III government was the tenth government of Australia . She served from September 17, 1914 to October 27, 1915. All members of the government belonged to the Labor Party .

The previous government of the Commonwealth Liberal Party under Prime Minister Joseph Cook suffered a significant defeat in the general election on September 5, 1914, which Cook provoked . The Labor Party received a clear majority with 42 out of 75 seats in the House of Representatives and expanded its majority in the Senate to 31 out of 36 seats. It was followed by the third Labor administration under Andrew Fisher . On October 27, 1915, Fisher, suffering from health problems, resigned and became the United Kingdom High Commissioner . He was succeeded as Prime Minister by the previous Attorney General Billy Hughes, who also became chairman of the Labor Party.

List of ministers

In the Fisher III government there were Assistant Ministers for the first time (comparable to the Parliamentary State Secretaries of a German federal government).

Office	minister	Term of office	image
Prime Minister and Treasury Minister	Andrew Fisher	September 17, 1914 - October 27, 1915
Attorney General	Billy Hughes	September 17, 1914 - October 27, 1915
Defense Minister	George Pearce	September 17, 1914 - October 27, 1915
Minister for Trade and Customs	Frank Tudor	September 17, 1914 - October 27, 1915
Foreign minister	John Arthur	September 17, 1914 - December 9, 1914
	Hugh Mahon	December 14, 1914 - October 27, 1915
Interior minister	William Archibald	September 17, 1914 - October 27, 1915
Postmaster General	William Spence	September 17, 1914 - October 27, 1915
Vice President of the Executive Council	Albert Gardiner	September 17, 1914 - October 27, 1915
Naval Minister	Jens Jensen	July 12, 1915 - October 27, 1915
Assistant Minister	Edward Russell	September 17, 1914 - October 27, 1915
	Hugh Mahon	September 17, 1914 - December 14, 1914
	Jens Jensen	September 17, 1914 - July 12, 1915

Changes

Secretary of State John Arthur died on December 9, 1914. He was succeeded by Assistant Minister Hugh Mahon.

On July 12, 1915, the previous Assistant Minister Jens Jensen took over the newly created Ministry of the Navy.

Web links

• Parliamentary Handbook for the 45th Parliament. (PDF; 13.4 MB) Part 6: Historical information on the Australian Parliament - Ministries and Cabinets. Parliament of Australia, p. 522 , accessed April 21, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FK Crowley: Cook, Sir Joseph (1860-1947) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 8. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1981, ISBN 0-522-84219-4 (English).
2. ↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 5 f, 22, 139 , accessed on April 21, 2019 .  
3. ↑ DJ Murphy: Fisher, Andrew (1862-1928) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 8. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1981, ISBN 0-522-84219-4 (English).
4. ^ LF Fitzhardinge: Hughes, William Morris (Billy) (1862-1952) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 9. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1983, ISBN 0-522-84273-9 (English).
5. ↑ John R. Thompson: Arthur, John Andrew (1875-1914) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 7. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1979, ISBN 0-522-84108-2 (English).
6. ↑ Quentin Beresford: Jensen, Jens August (1865-1936) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 9. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1983, ISBN 0-522-84273-9 (English).