COMMONWEALTH MINISTRIES ======================================================================================== Ministers appear in the order given in successive editions of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Handbook. Later appointments appear in chronological order. Reid Ministry (18 August 1904 to 5 July 1905) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Free Trade-Protectionist Rt Hon George Reid MP (FT): Prime Minister, Minister for External Affairs Hon Hon Allan McLean MP (Prot): Minister for Trade and Customs Senator Hon Josiah Symon (FT): Attorney-General Rt Hon Sir George Turner MP (Prot): Treasurer Hon Dugald Thompson MP (FT): Minister for Home Affairs Hon James McCay MP (Prot): Minister for Defence Hon Sydney Smith MP(FT): Postmaster-General Senator Hon James Drake (Prot): Vice-President of the Executive Council