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The Carruthers ministry was the 32nd ministry of the 
New South Wales Government
The Government of New South Wales, also known as the NSW Government, is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of New South Wales. It is currently held by a coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party. The Governmen ...
, and was led by the 16th Premier
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A premier will normally be a head of governm ...
, Joseph Carruthers
Sir Joseph Hector McNeil Carruthers (21 December 185710 December 1932) was an Australian politician who served as Premier of New South Wales from 1904 to 1907.
Carruthers is perhaps best remembered for founding the Liberal and Reform Associa ...
. The title of Premier was widely used to refer to the Leader of Government, but was not a formal position in the government until 1920. Instead the Premier was appointed to another portfolio, usually Colonial Secretary. In this case, Carruthers chose the portfolio of Treasurer
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Government
The treasury o ...
.
Carruthers was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...
at the 1887 election, serving until 1908. As the Commonwealth Parliament
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was forming, many leading figures sought federal seats. Carruthers became leader of the New South Wales opposition Liberal and Reform Association, the successor to the Free Trade Party
The Free Trade Party which was officially known as the Australian Free Trade and Liberal Association, also referred to as the Revenue Tariff Party in some states, was an Australian political party, formally organised in 1887 in New South Wales, ...
, and led the Liberal-Reform alliance to government at the 1904 state election.
Under the constitution, ministers in the Legislative Assembly had their seats vacated on appointment and were required to regain them in an election. Such ministerial by-elections were usually uncontested and on this occasion by-elections were required in The Glebe
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(James Hogue
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Early life
Hogue was raised in a working-class family in Kansas City, Kansas, and graduated fro ...
) Bingara
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( Samuel Moore) and
Tenterfield
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( Charles Lee) and all were comfortably re-elected. The other four ministers were re-elected unopposed. This was the final occasion in which ministers had to contest by-elections as the constitution was amended in 1906.
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had negotiated a coalition agreement with the Liberal Reform Party however this was rejected by a vote of parliamentary members. The party leader Thomas Waddell
Thomas Waddell (1 January 1854 – 25 October 1940), an Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1887 to 1917, was briefly the premier of New South Wales during 1904, and was a member of the New Sou ...
resigned and joined the Liberal Reform Party, and a week later was appointed Chief Secretary in the ministry.
The ministry covers the period from 29 August 1904 until 1 October 1907, when Carruthers resigned in favour of Charles Wade
Sir Charles Gregory Wade KCMG, KC, JP (26 January 1863 – 26 September 1922) was Premier of New South Wales – 21 October 1910. According to Percival Serle, "Wade was a public-spirited man of high character. His ability, honesty and coura ...
in a new alliance between the Association and what remained of the Progressive Party.
Composition of ministry
Ministers were members of the Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.See also
* *References
{{Ministries of New South Wales New South Wales ministries 1907 disestablishments 1904 establishments in Australia