COMMONWEALTH MINISTRIES
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Ministers appear in the order given in successive editions of the Commonwealth 
Parliamentary Handbook. Later appointments appear in chronological order.

Deakin Ministry II (5 July 1905 to 13 November 1908)
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Protectionist

Hon Alfred Deakin MP: Prime Minister, Minister for External Affairs
Hon Isaac Isaacs MP: Attorney-General to 12 December 1906
Hon Sir William Lyne MP: Minister for Trade and Customs to 30 July 1907. Treasurer from 
  30 July 1907
Rt Hon Sir John Forrest MP: Treasurer to 30 July 1907
Hon Austin Chapman MP: Postmaster-General to 30 July 1907. Minister for Trade and 
  Customs from 30 July 1907
Senator Hon Thomas Playford: Minister for Defence to 24 January 1907
Hon Littleton Groom MP: Minister for Home Affairs to 12 December 1906. Attorney-
  General from 12 December 1906
Hon Thomas Ewing MP: Vice-President of the Executive Council to 12 December 1906. 
  Minister for Home Affairs 12 December 1906 to 24 January 1907. Minister for Defence 
  from 24 January 1907
Senator Hon John Keating: Minister without Portfolio to 12 December 1906. Vice-
  President of the Executive Council 12 December 1906 to 20 February 1907. Minister for 
  Home Affairs from 24 January 1907 
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Senator Robert Best: Vice-President of the Executive Council from 20 February 1907
Hon Samuel Mauger MP: Minister without Portfolio 12 December 1906 to 39 July 1907. 
  Postmaster-General from 30 July 1907
Hon James Hume-Cook MP: Minister without Portfolio from 28 January 1908