elliott lewis

Sir Neil Elliot Lewis (1858 - 1935), Australian politician, was Premier of Tasmania and a member of the first federal ministry. Lewis was born in Tasmania but was educated at Balliol College, Oxford University. He was admitted as a barrister in London in 1883 and returned to Tasmania where he was admitted as a barrister in 1885. He was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1886 and remained an MP until 1922. He was Attorney-General 1892-1894, and Leader of the Opposition 1894-99 He was Premier 1899-1903. Lewis was appointed as Minister Without Portfolio in the first federal ministry under Edmund Barton in January 1901, but decided not to stand for the Federal Parliament and resigned his post in April, being replaced as Tasmania's representative by Philip Fysh. He was again Premier of Tasmania 1909-12, also holding the post of Attorney-General. After leaving politics he was Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania.

Elliott Lewis

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