5-437: The Continuous Ministry or Continuous Cabinet was an informal designation for two nineteenth century colonial governments: The Continuous Ministry of Queensland , from 1890 to 1899. The Continuous Ministry of New Zealand , in 1876, from 1880 to 1883 and 1887 to 1890. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
10-552: The Legislative Assembly and maintained control of the Parliament for two decades by steadily promoting its members into ministerial positions. The Ministerialists, many of whom were businessmen for whom their parliamentary career was not their primary concern, were primarily conservative in character. They supported the development of the colony's sugar cane , beef cattle , mining and wool industries that were to remain
15-561: The backbone of Queensland's economy for a century. The Ministerialists fractured in December 1899 and fell to the Labor government of Anderson Dawson , which, with a six-day period in office, was the first government of its type anywhere in the world. The shocked faction quickly regrouped to defeat Dawson on the floor of Parliament. The Ministry eventually broke apart completely after disgruntled backbenchers became embittered by their exclusion from
20-537: The title Continuous Ministry . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Continuous_Ministry&oldid=543982929 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Continuous Ministry (Queensland) The Continuous Ministry or Continuous Cabinet
25-488: Was an informal designation used to describe the grouping in the Queensland Parliament that existed from 1890 to 1899, and provided six colonial-era Premiers of Queensland . The Ministry was formed from a merging of Samuel Griffith 's Liberal faction with Sir Thomas McIlwraith 's Conservatives, forming the humorously-titled Griffilwraith . This grouping encompassed all but a few dissident liberal politicians in
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