TASMANIAN POLITICS
New Ministry Formed SIR WALTER LEE PREMIER (Received 16, 10.30 a.m.) HOBART, March 16. Having tendered the resignation of his Government the Hon. J. C. McPhee, Premier of Tasmania, recommended the Governor to send for Sir Walter Lee, who accepted the commission and formed a Liberal Ministry as follows: — Premier, Treasurer and Minister controlling the hydro-electric department, Sir Walter Lee. Chief Secretary, Minister of Railways and Mines, Hon. C. E. James. Attorney-General and Minister of Education, Hon. H. S. Baker. Minister of Mines, Works, Agriculture and Forests, Mr. Neil Campbell. Ministers without portfolios, Messrs. A. Wardlaw, E. Hobbs and E. Turner. Sir Walter Lee was Premier in 1916, and also in 1923. Mr. McPhee is retiring from politics, owing to illhealth.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 80, 16 March 1934, Page 5
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