The Second Leake Ministry was the fifth

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of the

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and was led by

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George Leake George Leake (3 December 1856 – 24 June 1902) was the third Premier of Western Australia, serving from May to November 1901 and then again from December 1901 to his death. Leake was born in Perth, into a prominent local family. Studying l ...

, who had hitherto been the Leader of the Opposition. It succeeded the Morgans Ministry on 23 December 1901 after a series of ministerial by-elections to confirm that ministry resulted in half of the ministry being defeated by Opposition and Labour candidates. On 24 June 1902, Leake died unexpectedly at age 45, and a week later,

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was chosen to replace him and the James Ministry was sworn in on 1 July 1902. Western Australian Coat of Arms

The members of the Second Leake Ministry were: : Leake died in office on 24 June 1902.

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