Reid ministry (New South Wales)

Reid ministry
People and organizations
28th Cabinet of the Colony of New South Wales
Premier George Reid and the Colony of New South Wales (1863–1900)
Date formed	3 August 1894 (1894-08-03)
Date dissolved	13 September 1899 (1899-09-13)
Head of government	George Reid
Head of state	Queen Victoria (represented by The Earl Beauchamp)
Number of ministers	10
Member party	Free Trade Party
Status in legislature	Majority Free Trade Government
Opposition party	Protectionist Party
Opposition leader	Sir William Lyne
History
Previous	Third Dibbs ministry
Successor	Lyne ministry

The Reid ministry (New South Wales) was the 28th ministry of the Colony of New South Wales, and was led by the 12th Premier, the Right Honourable George Reid, PC, QC, LL.D, MLA.

Reid was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1880, serving until 1884. Reid was re-elected to the Assembly in 1891 and assumed leadership of the Free Trade Party following the retirement of Henry Parkes. The ministry covers the period from 3 August 1894 until 13 September 1899^[1]^[2] when Reid resigned in order to focus on ensuring adequate provisions were made for New South Wales in the federation of the Australian colonies into a Commonwealth.^[3]

Composition of ministry

First arrangement

The composition of the ministry was announced by Premier Reid of 3 August 1894 and covers the period up to 15 August 1898, unless the Minister retains the portfolio for the full term. Ministers are listed in order of seniority.

Portfolio	Minister		Term commence	Term end	Term of office
Premier	Right Hon. George Reid, PC, QC, LL.D, MLA	Free Trade	3 August 1894	13 September 1899	5 yearExpression error: Unexpected < operator, Expression error: Unexpected number. dayExpression error: Unexpected < operator
Solicitor-General			21 December 1894	5 March 1895	Expression error: Unexpected number. days
			18 December 1895	20 April 1896	Expression error: Unexpected number. days
			22 December 1896	9 February 1897	Expression error: Unexpected number. days
			27 April 1898	7 October 1898	Expression error: Unexpected number. days
Colonial Treasurer Collector of Internal Revenue			3 August 1894	3 July 1899	4 yearExpression error: Unexpected < operator, Expression error: Unexpected number. dayExpression error: Unexpected < operator
Colonial Secretary Registrar of Records	Hon. James Brunker MLA	Free Trade	3 August 1894	13 September 1899	5 yearExpression error: Unexpected < operator, Expression error: Unexpected number. dayExpression error: Unexpected < operator
Attorney-General	Hon. George Simpson QC, MLC	Free Trade	3 August 1894	1 December 1894	Expression error: Unexpected number. days
	Hon. John Want MLC	Free Trade	18 December 1894	4 April 1898	3 yearExpression error: Unexpected < operator, Expression error: Unexpected number. dayExpression error: Unexpected < operator
	Right Hon. George Reid, PC, QC, LL.D, MLA	Free Trade	19 April 1899	13 September 1899	Expression error: Unexpected number. days
Secretary for Lands	Hon. Joseph Carruthers MLA	Free Trade	3 August 1894	3 July 1899	4 yearExpression error: Unexpected < operator, Expression error: Unexpected number. dayExpression error: Unexpected < operator
Secretary for Public Works	Hon. James Young MLA	Free Trade		3 July 1899
Minister of Justice	Hon. Albert Gould MLC	Free Trade		15 August 1898	4 yearExpression error: Unexpected < operator, Expression error: Unexpected number. dayExpression error: Unexpected < operator
Minister of Public Instruction	Hon. Jacob Garrard MLA	Free Trade
Minister for Labour and Industry	Hon. Jacob Garrard MLA	Free Trade	11 March 1895		3 yearExpression error: Unexpected < operator, Expression error: Unexpected number. dayExpression error: Unexpected < operator
Secretary for Mines and Agriculture	Hon. Sydney Smith MLA	Free Trade	3 August 1894	15 August 1898	4 yearExpression error: Unexpected < operator, Expression error: Unexpected number. dayExpression error: Unexpected < operator
Postmaster-General	Hon. Joseph Cook MLA	Free Trade	3 August 1894	27 August 1898	4 yearExpression error: Unexpected < operator, Expression error: Unexpected number. dayExpression error: Unexpected < operator
Vice-President of the Executive Council Representative of the Government in Legislative Council	Hon. William Suttor, Jnr MLC	Free Trade	7 August 1894	15 March 1895	Expression error: Unexpected number. days
	Hon. Andrew Garran MLC	Free Trade	19 March 1895	18 November 1898	3 yearExpression error: Unexpected < operator, Expression error: Unexpected number. dayExpression error: Unexpected < operator

Second arrangement

This arrangement covers the period from 15 August 1898 until a ministerial reshuffle on 3 July 1899 until a subsequent reshuffle on 3 July 1899, unless the Minister retains the portfolio for the full term. Only changes in portfolios are shown below.

Portfolio	Minister		Term commence	Term end	Term of office
Solicitor-General	Right Hon. George Reid, PC, QC, LL.D, MLA	Free Trade	3 January 1899	1 May 1899	Expression error: Unexpected number. days
Minister of Justice	Hon. Charles Lee MLA	Free Trade	15 August 1898	3 July 1899	Expression error: Unexpected number. days
Minister of Public Instruction Minister for Labour and Industry	Hon. James Hogue MLA	Free Trade	27 August 1898	13 September 1899	1 yearExpression error: Unexpected < operator, Expression error: Unexpected number. dayExpression error: Unexpected < operator
Secretary for Mines and Agriculture	Hon. Joseph Cook MLA	Free Trade
Postmaster-General	Hon. Varney Parkes MLA	Free Trade

Third arrangement

This arrangement covers the period from a ministerial reshuffle on 3 July 1899 until 13 September 1899, when the parliament was dissolved. Only changes in portfolios are shown below.

Portfolio	Minister		Term commence	Term end	Term of office
Colonial Treasurer Collector of Internal Revenue	Hon. Joseph Carruthers MLA	Free Trade	3 July 1899	13 September 1899	Expression error: Unexpected number. days
Secretary for Lands	Hon. James Young MLA	Free Trade
Secretary for Public Works	Hon. Charles Lee MLA	Free Trade
Minister of Justice	Hon. John Hughes MLC	Free Trade
Vice-President of the Executive Council Representative of the Government in Legislative Council	Hon. John Hughes MLC	Free Trade	22 November 1898		Expression error: Unexpected number. days

References

↑ "Former Members - Chronological List of Ministries 1856 to 2009 (requires download)" (EXCEL SPREADSHEET). Project for the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
↑ Wah, Malvyne Jong; Page, Jeffrey E. (November 2007). "New South Wales Parliamentary Record 1824 – 2007" (PDF) VIII. Parliament of New South Wales. pp. 259–260. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
↑ McMinn, W. G. (2006), "Reid, Sir George Houstoun (1845 - 1918)", Australian Dictionary of Biography (Online ed.), Australian National University, retrieved 9 April 2009

Preceded by Dibbs ministry (1891-1894)	Reid ministry (New South Wales) 1894-1899	Succeeded by Lyne ministry

New South Wales ministries

Colonial government (1856–1900)	Donaldson Cowper (1) Parker Cowper (2) Forster Robertson (1) Cowper (3) Martin (1) Cowper (4) Martin (2) Robertson (2) Cowper (5) Martin (3) Parkes (1) Robertson (3) Parkes (2) Robertson (4) Farnell Parkes (3) Stuart Dibbs (1) Robertson (5) Jennings Parkes (4) Dibbs (2) Parkes (5) Dibbs (3) Reid Lyne

State government (1901–present)	See Waddell Carruthers Wade McGowen Holman (1) (2) Storey Dooley (1) Fuller (1) Dooley (2) Fuller (2) Lang (1) (2) Bavin Lang (3) Stevens (1) (2) (3) Mair McKell (1) (2) McGirr (1) (2) (3) Cahill (1) (2) (3) (4) Heffron (1) (2) Renshaw Askin (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Lewis (1) (2) Willis Wran (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) Unsworth Greiner (1) (2) Fahey (1) (2) (3) Carr (1) (2) (3) (4) Iemma (1) (2) Rees Keneally O'Farrell Baird (1) (2)