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{{PM
|dob=29 August
|yob=1862
|birthplace=Crosshouse, Ayrshire, Scotland
|dod=22 October
|yod=1928
|wife=Margaret Fisher
|party=Australian Labor Party
|succ={{Succession
|hdg=As Prime Minister
|term=1
|start-date=13 November
|start-year=1908
|end-date=2 June
|end-year=1909
|prev=Alfred Deakin
|next=Alfred Deakin
}}{{Succession
|term=2
|start-date=29 April
|start-year=1910
|end-date=24 June
|end-year=1913
|prev=Alfred Deakin
|next=Joseph Cook
}}{{Succession
|term=3
|start-date=17 September
|start-year=1914
|end-date=27 October
|end-year=1915
|prev=Joseph Cook
|next=William Hughes
}}
}}
The '''Rt. Hon. Andrew Fisher''' was the [[Prime Minister]] of [[Australia]] on three occasions in the first two decades of the [[20th Century]].
His first time as Prime Minister followed the resignation of the previous government.
He resigned following a defeat in Parliament.
He regained the office following the [[13 April]] [[1910]] election.
He lost office at the following election, in June 1913.
He began his third stint in the job after winning the [[5 September]] [[1914]] election.
He resigned a year later due to ill health.
In January 1916, he succeeded [[George Reid]] as Australia's [[High Commissioner]] in [[London]], and retired five years later.
Fisher's government introduced pensions for invalids and started the government-run [[Commonwealth Bank of Australia|Commonwealth Bank]].
== Source ==
* National Museum of Australia, [http://www.nma.gov.au/education/school_resources/websites_and_interactives/primeministers/andrew_fisher/ Andrew Fisher]
{{Australian Prime Ministers}}
|dob=29 August
|yob=1862
|birthplace=Crosshouse, Ayrshire, Scotland
|dod=22 October
|yod=1928
|wife=Margaret Fisher
|party=Australian Labor Party
|succ={{Succession
|hdg=As Prime Minister
|term=1
|start-date=13 November
|start-year=1908
|end-date=2 June
|end-year=1909
|prev=Alfred Deakin
|next=Alfred Deakin
}}{{Succession
|term=2
|start-date=29 April
|start-year=1910
|end-date=24 June
|end-year=1913
|prev=Alfred Deakin
|next=Joseph Cook
}}{{Succession
|term=3
|start-date=17 September
|start-year=1914
|end-date=27 October
|end-year=1915
|prev=Joseph Cook
|next=William Hughes
}}
}}
The '''Rt. Hon. Andrew Fisher''' was the [[Prime Minister]] of [[Australia]] on three occasions in the first two decades of the [[20th Century]].
His first time as Prime Minister followed the resignation of the previous government.
He resigned following a defeat in Parliament.
He regained the office following the [[13 April]] [[1910]] election.
He lost office at the following election, in June 1913.
He began his third stint in the job after winning the [[5 September]] [[1914]] election.
He resigned a year later due to ill health.
In January 1916, he succeeded [[George Reid]] as Australia's [[High Commissioner]] in [[London]], and retired five years later.
Fisher's government introduced pensions for invalids and started the government-run [[Commonwealth Bank of Australia|Commonwealth Bank]].
== Source ==
* National Museum of Australia, [http://www.nma.gov.au/education/school_resources/websites_and_interactives/primeministers/andrew_fisher/ Andrew Fisher]
{{Australian Prime Ministers}}