Andrew Fisher
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The Right Honourable Andrew Fisher |
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5th Prime Minister of Australia Elections: 1910, 1913, 1914 |
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In office 13 November 1908 – 2 June 1909 |
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| Monarch | Edward VII |
| Governor-General | The Earl of Dudley |
| Deputy | Gregor McGregor |
| Preceded by | Alfred Deakin |
| Succeeded by | Alfred Deakin |
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In office 29 April 1910 – 24 June 1913 |
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| Monarch | Edward VII George V |
| Governor-General | The Earl of Dudley Lord Denman |
| Deputy | Gregor McGregor |
| Preceded by | Alfred Deakin |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Cook |
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In office 17 September 1914 – 27 October 1915 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Governor-General | Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson |
| Deputy | Billy Hughes |
| Preceded by | Joseph Cook |
| Succeeded by | Billy Hughes |
| Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom | |
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In office 1 January 1916 – 1 January 1921 |
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| Prime Minister | Billy Hughes |
| Preceded by | Sir George Reid |
| Succeeded by | Sir Joseph Cook |
| Treasurer of Australia | |
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In office 17 September 1914 – 26 October 1915 |
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| Prime Minister | Andrew Fisher |
| Preceded by | Sir John Forrest |
| Succeeded by | William Higgs |
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In office 29 April 1910 – 23 June 1913 |
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| Prime Minister | Andrew Fisher |
| Preceded by | Sir John Forrest |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Forrest |
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In office 13 November 1908 – 1 June 1909 |
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| Prime Minister | Andrew Fisher |
| Preceded by | Sir William Lyne |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Forrest |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 8 July 1913 – 17 September 1914 |
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| Prime Minister | Joseph Cook |
| Deputy |
Gregor McGregor Billy Hughes |
| Preceded by | Joseph Cook |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Cook |
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In office 2 June 1909 – 29 April 1910 |
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| Prime Minister | Alfred Deakin |
| Deputy | Gregor McGregor |
| Preceded by | Alfred Deakin |
| Succeeded by | Alfred Deakin |
| Leader of the Labour Party | |
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In office 30 October 1907 – 27 October 1915 |
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| Deputy |
Gregor McGregor Billy Hughes |
| Preceded by | Chris Watson |
| Succeeded by | Billy Hughes |
| Minister for Trade and Customs | |
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In office 27 April 1904 – 17 August 1904 |
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| Prime Minister | Chris Watson |
| Preceded by | Sir William Lyne |
| Succeeded by | Allan McLean |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Wide Bay | |
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In office 30 March 1901 – 11 December 1915 |
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| Preceded by | Seat Created |
| Succeeded by | Edward Corser |
| Member of the Queensland Parliament for Gympie |
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In office 25 March 1899 – 9 May 1901 Serving with George Ryland |
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| Preceded by | Jacob Stumm |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Mulcahy |
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In office 25 May 1893 – 11 April 1896 Serving with William Smyth |
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| Preceded by | Matthew Mellor |
| Succeeded by | Jacob Stumm |
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29 August 1862 Crosshouse, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Died | 22 October 1928 (aged 66) West Hampstead, London, England |
| Resting place | Hampstead Cemetery, West Hampstead, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labor |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Fisher |
| Children | 6 |
| Religion | Presbyterianism |
Andrew Fisher (29 August 1862 – 22 October 1928) was an Australian politician who served as Prime Minister of Australia on three separate occasions between 1908 and 1915. Fisher's second government between 1910 and 1913 completed a vast legislative programme which made him, along with Protectionist Alfred Deakin, the founder of the statutory structure of the new nation. The Fisher government legacy of reforms and national development lasted beyond the divisions that would later occur with World War I and Billy Hughes' conscription push.
Fisher's second Prime Ministership resulting from the 1910 federal election represented a number of firsts: it was Australia's first elected federal majority government, Australia's first elected Senate majority and the world's first Labour Party majority government at a national level. After the minority governments of 1904 Chris Watson and his own in 1908-1909 it was the world's third Labour Party government at a national level. It was the first time a Labour Party had controlled any house of a legislature, and the first time the party controlled both houses of a bicameral legislature. At the time, it represented the culmination of Labour's involvement in politics. Passing 113 Acts, the 1910–13 government was a period of reform unmatched in the Commonwealth until the 1940s under John Curtin and Ben Chifley. Serving a collective total of four years and ten months, Fisher is second to Bob Hawke as Australia's longest serving Labor Prime Minister.
'Labour' was changed to 'Labor' during 1912 at the instigation of King O'Malley.
Fisher was born in Crosshouse, a mining village near Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire, Scotland. He was the second of eight children of Robert Fisher and Jane Garvin. Fisher's education consisted of some primary schooling, some night schooling, and the reading of books in the library of the cooperative his father had helped to establish. At the age of 10 he began work in a coal mine. He worked six days a week for 12 hours a day. He then had a 4 km trek to go to night school. At 17 he was elected secretary of the local branch of the Ayrshire Miners' Union, the first step on a road to politics. The union called a strike in 1881 to demand a 10 per cent increase to wages, but this was to prove ultimately unsuccessful and Fisher lost his job as a result. After finding employment at another mine, he once again led miners to strike for higher wages in 1885. This time, he was not only sacked but also blacklisted.
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