Andrew Fisher

Andrew Fisher
Date of birth	29 August 1862
Date of death	22 October 1928
Wife	Margaret Fisher
Party	Australian Labor Party
As Prime Minister
(Term 1)
From	13 November 1908
To	2 June 1909
Succeeded	Alfred Deakin
Preceded	Alfred Deakin
(Term 2)
From	29 April 1910
To	24 June 1913
Succeeded	Alfred Deakin
Preceded	Joseph Cook
(Term 3)
From	17 September 1914
To	27 October 1915
Succeeded	Joseph Cook
Preceded	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.

Source

• National Museum of Australia, Andrew Fisher