The Wade ministry was the 33rd ministry of the
New South Wales Government
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, and was led by the 17th
Premier
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,
Charles Wade
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. 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 and Wade chose to keep the portfolio of
Attorney General
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he held in the
Carruthers ministry
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.
Wade was elected to the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
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in 1903, serving until 1917. Liberal Reform had won 45 seats at the 1904 election, 1 short of a majority. In 1907 it had negotiated a coalition agreement with the
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, however this was rejected by a vote of Progressive parliamentary members. The party leader
Thomas Waddell
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resigned and joined the Liberal Reform Party,
along with
John Perry and 3 others, giving Liberal Reform a majority in the Legislative Assembly.
Campaigning for the
1907 state election involved personal allegations against Carruthers concerning his law firm representing
William Willis in dubious transactions that were examined in the
Royal Commission by Justice
William Owen into the administration of the Lands Department.
Carruthers fought back strongly with attacks on the Federal government tariff on wire netting and a program of reform appealing to the parties temperance supporters. The election was held in September and saw Liberal Reform lose its recently gained majority, returning to 45 seats, with Labour and independents gaining seats from the collapse of the Progressive Party.
Carruthers was exhausted by the campaign and resigned as Premier at the end of September and was succeeded by Wade.
There was a re-shuffle in 1908 with Agriculture being separated from mines. At the end of 1909
John Garland was appointed
Solicitor General and
Minister of Justice
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to assist Wade in his portfolio of Attorney General.
The ministry covers the period from 2 October 1907 until 20 October 1910,
when Wade was defeated by
McGowen and the Labour Party.
Composition of ministry
The composition of the ministry was announced by Premier Wade on 2 October 1907 and covers the period until 20 October 1910
Ministers were members of the
Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.
See also
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References
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1907 establishments in Australia
1910 disestablishments in Australia