COMMONWEALTH MINISTRIES ======================================================================================== Ministers appear in the order given in successive editions of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Handbook. Later appointments appear in chronological order. Deakin Ministry III (2 June 1909 to 29 April 1910) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commonwealth Liberal Hon Alfred Deakin MP: Prime Minister Hon Joseph Cook MP: Minister for Defence Rt Hon Sir John Forrest MP: Treasurer Senator Robert Best: Minister for Trade and Customs Hon Littleton Groom MP: Minister for External Affairs Hon Patrick Glynn MP: Attorney-General Hon John Quick MP: Postmaster-General Hoh George Fuller MP: Minister for Home Affairs Senator Hon Edward Millen: Vice-President of the Executive Council Hon Justin Foxton MP: Minister without Portfolio