The First Fisher ministry (

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) was the 6th

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of the

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. It was led by the country's 5th

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. The First Fisher ministry succeeded the Second Deakin ministry, which dissolved on 13 November 1908 after Labour withdrew their support and

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was forced to resign. The ministry was replaced by the Third Deakin ministry on 2 June 1909 after the

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and the

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merged into the

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"fusion" and withdrew their support in order to form what became the first majority government in federal Australian history.

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, who died in 1952, was the last surviving member of the First Fisher ministry; Hughes was also the last surviving member of the

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, Second Hughes ministry and

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Ministry

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