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The Reid
Ministry was the fourth Australian Commonwealth ministry,
and ran from 18 August 1904 to 5 July 1905. It is
sometimes referred to as the Reid-McLean
Ministry.
| Portfolio |
Minister |
| Prime
Minister and Minister
for External Affairs |
Rt Hon George
Reid, KC MP |
| Minister
for Trade and Customs |
Hon Allan
McLean, MP |
| Attorney-General |
Senator Hon Sir Josiah
Symon, KCMG KC |
| Treasurer |
Rt Hon Sir George
Turner, KCMG |
| Minister
for Home Affairs |
Hon Dugald
Thomson, MP |
| Minister
for Defence |
Hon James
McCay, MP |
| Postmaster-General |
Hon Sydney
Smith, MP |
| Vice-President
of the Executive Council |
Senator Hon James
Drake |
Reid was the
leader of the Free
Trade Party. McLean, Turner, McCay and
Drake were conservative Protectionist
Party members. Their
acceptance of office in Reid's ministry, although
it had Alfred
Deakin's tacit approval, effectively
ended their connection with the Deakinite
organisation.
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