Wade ministry

The Wade ministry was the 33rd ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 17th Premier, Charles Wade. The title of Premier was widely used to refer to the Leader of Government, but was not a formal position in the government until 1920. Instead the Premier was appointed to another portfolio and Wade chose to keep the portfolio of Attorney General he held in the Carruthers ministry.^[1]

Wade ministry
33rd Cabinet of the State of New South Wales
Premier Charles Wade
Date formed	2 October 1907 (1907-10-02)
Date dissolved	20 October 1910 (1910-10-20)
People and organisations
Monarch	Edward VII / George V
Governor	Sir Harry Rawson / Lord Chelmsford
Premier	Charles Wade
No. of ministers	10
Member party	Liberal Reform
Status in legislature	Hung parliament
Opposition party	Labor
Opposition leader	James McGowen
History
Election	1907 New South Wales election
Outgoing election	1910 New South Wales election
Predecessor	Carruthers ministry
Successor	McGowen ministry

Wade was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1903, serving until 1917. Liberal Reform had won 45 seats at the 1904 election, 1 short of a majority. In 1907 it had negotiated a coalition agreement with the Progressive Party, however this was rejected by a vote of Progressive parliamentary members.^[2] The party leader Thomas Waddell resigned and joined the Liberal Reform Party,^[3] along with John Perry and 3 others, giving Liberal Reform a majority in the Legislative Assembly.

Campaigning for the 1907 state election involved personal allegations against Carruthers concerning his law firm representing William Willis in dubious transactions that were examined in the Royal Commission by Justice William Owen into the administration of the Lands Department.^[4] Carruthers fought back strongly with attacks on the Federal government tariff on wire netting and a program of reform appealing to the parties temperance supporters. The election was held in September and saw Liberal Reform lose its recently gained majority, returning to 45 seats, with Labour and independents gaining seats from the collapse of the Progressive Party.

Carruthers was exhausted by the campaign and resigned as Premier at the end of September and was succeeded by Wade.

There was a re-shuffle in 1908 with Agriculture being separated from mines. At the end of 1909 John Garland was appointed Solicitor General and Minister of Justice to assist Wade in his portfolio of Attorney General.

The ministry covers the period from 2 October 1907 until 20 October 1910,^[5] when Wade was defeated by McGowen and the Labour Party.^[1]

Composition of ministry

The composition of the ministry was announced by Premier Wade on 2 October 1907 and covers the period until 20 October 1910

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Term start	Term end	Term length
Premier Attorney General	Charles Wade KC		Liberal Reform	2 October 1907	20 October 1910	3 years, 18 days
Minister of Justice					20 December 1909	2 years, 79 days
	John Garland MLC			21 December 1909	20 October 1910	303 days
Solicitor General
Chief Secretary Registrar of Records	William Wood			2 October 1907		3 years, 18 days
Minister for Labour and Industry					21 January 1908	111 days
	James Hogue			22 January 1908	20 October 1910	2 years, 271 days
Secretary for Lands	Samuel Moore			2 October 1907	20 October 1910	3 years, 18 days
Secretary for Public Works	Charles Lee
Secretary for Mines and Agriculture	John Perry				21 January 1908	111 days
Minister for Agriculture				22 January 1908	20 October 1910	2 years, 271 days
Secretary for Mines	William Wood
Treasurer Collector of Internal Revenue	Thomas Waddell			2 October 1907	20 October 1910	3 years, 18 days
Minister of Public Instruction	James Hogue
Vice-President of the Executive Council Representative of the Government in Legislative Council	John Hughes MLC
Minister without portfolio	James Ashton MLC				25 June 1909	1 year, 265 days
	Charles Oakes				20 October 1910	3 years, 18 days

Ministers were members of the Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.

See also

• New South Wales portal
• Politics portal

• • Members of Legislative Assembly
  • (1907-1910)
• • Members of Legislative Council
  • (1907–1910)

References

1. Ward, John M. "Wade, Sir Charles Gregory (1863–1922)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
2. "No coalition: Progressives reject the terms". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 May 1907. p. 9. Retrieved 3 December 2019 – via Trove.
3. "The Progressive Party: Mr Waddell tenders his resignation". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 May 1907. p. 8. Retrieved 1 December 2019 – via Trove.
4. "AGY-4959 Royal Commission on Administration of Lands Department". NSW State Archives & Records. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
5. "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 March 2020.

 

Preceded by Carruthers ministry	Wade ministry 1907 – 1910	Succeeded by McGowen ministry