{{Short description|6th ministry of the government of Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2019}} {{see also|Andrew Fisher}} {{Infobox government cabinet | cabinet_name = First Fisher ministry | cabinet_type = Ministry | cabinet_number = 6th | jurisdiction = Australia | flag = Flag of Australia.svg | flag_border = true | incumbent = | image = First Fisher Ministry.jpg | caption = Group photo of the First Fisher ministry with Governor-General Lord Dudley | date_formed = 13 November 1908 | date_dissolved = 2 June 1909 | government_head = Andrew Fisher | government_head_history = | deputy_government_head = | state_head = Edward VII | governor_general = Lord Dudley | members_number = 9 | former_members_number = | total_number = | political_party = Labour | legislature_status = Minority government (Protectionist support) | opposition_cabinet = | opposition_party = Anti-Socialist<br>Liberal | opposition_leader = George Reid<br>Joseph Cook<br>Alfred Deakin | election = | last_election = | legislature_term = 3rd | budget = | advice_and_consent1 = | incoming_formation = | outgoing_formation = | predecessor = Second Deakin ministry | successor = Third Deakin ministry | state_head_title = Monarch | government_head_title = Prime Minister }}

The '''First Fisher ministry''' (Labour) was the 6th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 5th Prime Minister, Andrew Fisher. The First Fisher ministry succeeded the Second Deakin ministry, which dissolved on 13 November 1908 after Labour withdrew their support and Alfred Deakin was forced to resign. The ministry was replaced by the Third Deakin ministry on 2 June 1909 after the Protectionist Party and the Anti-Socialist Party merged into the Liberal Party "fusion" and withdrew their support in order to form what became the first majority government in federal Australian history.<ref>{{cite web |title = Ministries and Cabinets |work = Parliamentary Handbook |publisher = Parliament of Australia |url = http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;page=0;query=Scullin%20Ministry%20(ALP);rec=0;resCount=Default |access-date = 25 July 2016 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121008065519/http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p%3Bpage%3D0%3Bquery%3DScullin%20Ministry%20%28ALP%29%3Brec%3D0%3BresCount%3DDefault |archive-date = 8 October 2012 }}</ref>

Billy Hughes, who died in 1952, was the last surviving member of the First Fisher ministry; Hughes was also the last surviving member of the Watson ministry, Third Fisher ministry, Second Hughes ministry and Third Hughes ministry.

==Ministry== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !colspan="2" | Party ! Minister ! Portrait ! Portfolio |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp; ||rowspan=9| Labor | Andrew Fisher <br>{{small|(1862–1928)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Wide Bay <br>{{small|(1901–1915)}} | 100px | * Prime Minister * Treasurer * ''Leader of the Labour Party'' |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp; | Billy Hughes <br>{{small|(1862–1952)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for West Sydney <br>{{small|(1901–1917)}} | 100px | * Attorney-General |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp; | Lee Batchelor <br>{{small|(1865–1911)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Boothby <br>{{small|(1903–1911)}} | 100px | * Minister for External Affairs |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp; | Hugh Mahon <br>{{small|(1857–1931)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Coolgardie <br>{{small|(1901–1913)}} | 100px | * Minister for Home Affairs |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp; | Josiah Thomas <br>{{small|(1863–1933)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Barrier <br>{{small|(1901–1917)}} | 100px | * Postmaster-General |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp; | George Pearce <br>{{small|(1870–1952)}} Senator for Western Australia <br>{{small|(1901–1938)}} | 100px | * Minister for Defence |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp; | Frank Tudor <br>{{small|(1866–1922)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Yarra <br>{{small|(1901–1922)}} | 100px | * Minister for Trade and Customs |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp; | Gregor McGregor <br>{{small|(1848–1914)}} Senator for South Australia <br>{{small|(1901–1914)}} | 100px | * ''Deputy Leader of the Labour Party'' * Vice-President of the Executive Council * ''Leader of the Government in the Senate'' |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp; | James Hutchison <br>{{small|(1859–1909)}} {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} for Hindmarsh <br>{{small|(1903–1909)}} | 100px | * Minister without Portfolio |}

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