David Gordon (Australian politician)
Sir David John Gordon was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1911 to 1913, before going into state politics and becoming a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1913 to 1944. He was briefly Minister of Education and Minister of Repatriation under SA Premier Archibald Peake in 1917.
David Gordon (Australian politician)
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Liberal Party (Australia, 1909)
The Liberal Party was a parliamentary party in Australian federal politics between 1909 and 1917. The party was founded under Alfred Deakin's leadership as a merger of the Protectionist Party and Anti-Socialist Party, an event known as the Fusion.
Joseph Cook, Prime Minister of Australia 1913–1914
Cartoon by Claude Marquet depicting the Fusion as a camel, with Alfred Deakin as its head and Joseph Cook and John Forrest as humps
Image: Alfred Deakin Elliott & Fry (cropped)
Image: Joseph Cook Broothorn Studios