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Andrew Fisher (29 August 1862 - 22 October 1928), Australian politician and fifth Prime Minister of Australia, was born in Crosshouse, a mining village near Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland. He had almost no formal education and worked in the coal-mines from childhood. In 1885 he and his brother migrated to Queensland, where Fisher worked as a miner, first in Burrum and then in Gympie, where he married Margaret Irvine, his landlady's daughter. He was active in the Amalgamated Miners Union and was part owner of a labour newspaper, the Gympie Truth. Andrew Fisher This image is in the public domain in the United States and possibly other jurisdictions. ... Judicial High Court Lower Courts Constitution State and territory governments Executive Governors and Administrators Premiers and Chief Ministers Legislative Parliaments and Assemblies State electoral systems ACT - NSW - NT - Qld. ... 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In 1893 Fisher was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as Labor MP for Gympie. He lost his seat in 1896, but won it back in 1899. In that year he was Secretary for Railways and Public Works in the seven-day government of Anderson Dawson, the first parliamentary socialist government in the world. Like most Labor men, he was lukewarm towards federation, but when the first federal Parliament was elected in 1901, he was elected Labor MP for Wide Bay. The Legislative Assembly. ... Andrew Dawson (usually known as Anderson Dawson) (1863-1910), was Premier of Australia for one week in 1899, this was the first Labor Party government anywhere in the world. ... The federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia formed a federation. ... The Division of Wide Bay is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. ...

Fisher was Minister for Trade and Customs in the Watson government in 1904, and established himself as one of Labor's most prominent leaders, with a reputation for financial knowledge and "soundness." When Watson retired in 1907, Fisher was his natural successor as Labor leader, although Billy Hughes also wanted the position. Hon Chris Watson John Christian Watson (April 9, 1867 (exact date uncertain) - November 18, 1941), Australian Labor politician and third Prime Minister of Australia, usually known as Chris Watson, was born in Valparaiso, Chile, probably on April 9, 1867. ... William Morris Billy Hughes, (September 25, 1862â€“October 28, 1952), Australian politician, was the seventh Prime Minister of Australia, the longest-serving member of the Australian Parliament, and one of the most colourful figures in Australian political history. ...

When Alfred Deakin's Protectionist government resigned in 1908, Fisher formed his first, minority, government. In 1909 the Protectionists and Freetraders combined into a "Fusion" to oust Fisher, who was voted out after eight months in office, but his tenure of office heightened his reputation. At the April 1910 elections, Labor won control of both Houses and formed Australia's (and the world's) first majority Labor government. Alfred William Deakin (3 August 1856â€“7 October 1919), Australian politician, was a leader of the movement for Australian federation and later second Prime Minister of Australia. ... The Protectionist Party was a political party in Australia from the 1880s until 1909. ... The Commonwealth Liberal Party, usually called The Fusion, was a political movement active in Australia shortly after federation. ...

Fisher's 1910-13 ministry carried out many reforms, such as establishing old-age pensions, forming the Royal Australian Navy and issuing Australia's first paper currency. But his two attempts, in 1911 and 1913, to carry constitutional referendums to give the government power to regulate monopolies and industrial conditions were rejected by the voters, and at the 1913 elections Labor was narrowly defeated by the Liberals, led by Joseph Cook. The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. ... Ballots of the Argentine plebiscite of 1984 on the border treaty with Chile A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita, originally a decree of the Concilium Plebis) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ... Sir Joseph Cook GCMG PC (7 December 1860 â€“ 30 July 1947), Australian politician and sixth Prime Minister of Australia, was born in Silverdale, a small mining town near Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. ...

Labor retained control of the Senate, however, and in 1914 Cook, frustrated by the Labor controlled Senate's blocking of his legislation, engineered a double dissolution election in an attempt to gain control of both Houses. The First World War broke out in the middle of the election campaign, and Fisher campaigned on Labor's record of support for an independent Australian defence force. He pledged that Australia would "stand beside the mother country to help and defend her to the last man and the last shilling." Labor won the election and Fisher formed his third government. Australian Senate chamber Entrance to the Senate The Senate is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia. ... A how-to-vote card from the Australian federal election of 2004, showing voters how to fill in the squares on the ballot paper if they wish to vote for the Liberal Party of Australia. ... Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Franz...

But Fisher found the strain of leadership in wartime taxing, and faced increasing pressure from the ambitious Hughes, who wanted to introduce conscription, which Fisher opposed. By 1915 his health was suffering, and in October he resigned and was succeeded by Hughes. The Cabinet then appointed him High Commissioner in London, where he served as a popular representative of Australia until 1921. He continued to live in London in retirement, despite calls by some Labor supporters in Australia for him to return and re-enter politics. He died in London in 1928. The federal electorate of Fisher is named after him. A High Commissioner is a person serving in a special executive capacity. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Division of Fisher is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. ...

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The First Fisher Ministry was the seventh Australian Commonwealth ministry, and ran from 13th November 1908 to 2nd June 1909. ... The Second Fisher Ministry was the ninth Australian Commonwealth ministry, and ran from 29 April 1910 to 24 June 1913. ... The Third Fisher Ministry was the eleventh Australian Commonwealth ministry, and ran from 17th September 1914 to 27th October 1915. ...

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