Sir Frederick Holder | |
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19th Premier of South Australia | |
In office 21 June 1892 – 15 October 1892 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Governor | Earl of Kintore |
Preceded by | Thomas Playford II |
Succeeded by | John Downer |
In office 8 December 1899 – 15 May 1901 | |
Monarchs | Victoria Edward VII |
Governor | Sir Thomas Buxton Lord Tennyson |
Preceded by | Vaiben Louis Solomon |
Succeeded by | John Jenkins |
7th Leader of the Opposition (SA) | |
In office 1890–1892 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Playford II |
Succeeded by | John Downer |
In office 1899–1899 | |
Preceded by | Vaiben Louis Solomon |
Succeeded by | Vaiben Louis Solomon |
Member of the Australian Parliament for South Australia | |
In office 30 March 1901 – 16 December 1903 | |
Succeeded by | Division abolished |
Member of the Australian Parliament for Wakefield | |
In office 16 December 1903 – 23 July 1909 | |
Succeeded by | Richard Foster |
1st Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives | |
In office 9 May 1901 – 23 July 1909 | |
Succeeded by | Carty Salmon |
Personal details | |
Born | Happy Valley, South Australia | 12 May 1850
Died | 23 July 1909 Melbourne | (aged 59)
Political party | Liberals (second term) Free Trade (from 1901) Independent (by 1903, to 1909) |
Spouse | Julia Maria Stephens |
Sir Frederick William Holder KCMG (12 May 1850 – 23 July 1909) was an Australian politician who served as the first speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 1901 to 1909. A member of the Free Trade Party and later an independent, he served twice as the 19th premier of South Australia from June to October 1892 and again from 1899 to 1901. He was a prominent member of federation movement and the first Parliament of Australia, following Federation in 1901.