Reid Ministry

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The Reid Ministry was the fourth Australian Commonwealth ministry, and ran from 18 August 1904 to 5 July 1905.

Free Trade Party

Portfolio	Minister
Prime Minister and Minister for External Affairs	Rt Hon George Reid, KC MP
Treasurer	Rt Hon Sir George Turner, KCMG
Attorney-General	Senator Hon Sir Josiah Symon, KCMG KC
Minister for Home Affairs	Hon Dugald Thomson, MP
Minister for Trade and Customs	Hon Allan McLean, MP
Minister for Defence	Hon James McCay, MP
Postmaster-General	Hon Sydney Smith, MP
Vice-President of the Executive Council	Senator Hon James Drake

McLean, Turner, McCay and Drake were conservative Protectionist Party members. Their acceptance of office in Reid's ministry, although it had Alfred Deakin's tacit approval, effectively ended their connection with the Deakinite organisation.

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