2nd Parliament
Elected 16 December 1903 · first met 2 March 1904 · dissolved 5 November 1906
The changes below took effect from its election on 16 December 1903 to 11 December 1906, the day before the next election, so they count the work of the government it produced.
- Alfred Deakin (Protectionist)
- Chris Watson (Labor)
- George Reid (Free Trade)
- Alfred Deakin (Protectionist)
Changes
4
1 renamed from3 split from
Departments of State
0 / 0
created / abolished
Other bodies
16 / 8
created / ended
Administrative Arrangements Orders
0
on the Federal Register, which holds few orders before 2001
The biggest reshuffle took effect on 12 January 1905, when 2 changes landed on one day.
Other bodies created (16)
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- Royal Commission on the Butter Industry 1904–1905
- Patent Office 1904–1992
- Royal Commission on the Navigation Bill 1904–1906
- Royal Commission on the Affray at Goaribari Island, British New Guinea, on the 6th of March, 1904 1904
- Royal Commission on Customs and Excise Tariffs 1904–1907
- Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration 1904–1956
- Military Board 1905–1976
- Naval Board 1905–1911
- Royal Commission on Old-Age Pensions 1905–1906
- Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics 1905–1974
- Royal Commission on the Tobacco Monopoly 1905–1906
- Trade Marks Office 1906–1933
- Royal Commission on Ocean Shipping Service 1906
- Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Present Conditions, Including the Method of Government, of the Territory of Papua, and the Best Means of Their Improvement 1906–1907
- Administration of the Territory of Papua 1906–1942
- Royal Commission on Secret Drugs, Cures, and Foods 1906–1907
Other bodies ended (8)
- British New Guinea Administration 1902–1906
- Royal Commission on the Bonuses for Manufactures Bill 1903–1904
- Royal Commission on the Butter Industry 1904–1905
- Royal Commission on the Navigation Bill 1904–1906
- Royal Commission on the Affray at Goaribari Island, British New Guinea, on the 6th of March, 1904 1904
- Royal Commission on Old-Age Pensions 1905–1906
- Royal Commission on the Tobacco Monopoly 1905–1906
- Royal Commission on Ocean Shipping Service 1906
Every change (4)
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8 December 1905
- Department of Home Affairs part split off to form Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics
12 January 1905
- Department of Defence part split off to form Military Board
- Department of Defence part split off to form Naval Board