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Anderson Dawson

Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (died 1910)

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Born
July 16, 1863
Died
July 20, 1910
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1863

About Anderson Dawson

Andrew Dawson, usually known as Anderson Dawson, was an Australian politician and unionist who served as the 14th premier of Queensland for one week from 1 to 7 December 1899. This short-lived premiership was the first Australian Labor Party (ALP) government in Australia and the first parliamentary labour party government anywhere in the world. At the first Federal election for the Senate in 1901, Dawson was returned at the head of the Queensland Labor ticket. He won the seat, and retained it at the 1896 and 1899 elections. Although it was defeated as soon as the Legislative Assembly next met, it nevertheless became the first socialist or Labour Party government in the world.

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Anderson Dawson timeline

  1. He won the seat, and retained it at the 1896 and 1899 elections.
  2. At the first Federal election for the Senate in 1901, Dawson was returned at the head of the Queensland Labor ticket.

The world when Anderson Dawson was born

Anderson Dawson was born in 1863. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1863

  • Best-selling bookLes Misérables by Victor Hugo (English translation)

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst organized baseball game with set rules
  • Top headlineEmancipation Proclamation frees enslaved people
  • Technology milestoneFirst subway opens in London
  • World population~1.43B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderAbraham Lincoln
  • U.S. population32.6M

1863 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Anderson Dawson's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18632026
Population32.6M341 million

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