Lee Batchelor

The Honourable Lee Batchelor
Minister for External Affairs
In office 29 April 1910 – 8 October 1911
Prime Minister	Andrew Fisher
Preceded by	Littleton Groom
Succeeded by	Josiah Thomas
In office 13 November 1908 – 2 June 1909
Prime Minister	Andrew Fisher
Preceded by	Alfred Deakin
Succeeded by	Littleton Groom
Minister for Home Affairs
In office 27 April 1904 – 17 August 1904
Prime Minister	Chris Watson
Preceded by	John Forrest
Succeeded by	Dugald Thomson
Leader of the United Labor Party
In office 13 December 1897 – 12 December 1899
Preceded by	John McPherson
Succeeded by	Thomas Price
Member of the Australian Parliament for Boothby
In office 16 December 1903 – 8 October 1911
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	David Gordon
Member of the Australian Parliament for South Australia
In office 30 March 1901 – 16 December 1903 Serving with Langdon Bonython, Paddy Glynn, Frederick Holder, Charles Kingston, Alexander Poynton, Vaiben Louis Solomon
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Leader of the United Labor Party
In office 4 April 1898 – 12 December 1899
Preceded by	John McPherson
Succeeded by	Tom Price
Personal details
Born	Egerton Lee Batchelor (1865-04-10)10 April 1865 Adelaide, South Australia
Died	8 October 1911(1911-10-08) (aged 46) Mount Donna Buang, Victoria, Australia
Political party	Labor
Occupation	Trade unionist

Egerton Lee Batchelor (10 April 1865 – 8 October 1911) was an Australian politician and trade unionist. He was a pioneer of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in South Australia, which at the time was known as the United Labor Party (ULP). He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly (1893–1901), leading the ULP from 1898 until his resignation in 1899 to accept a ministerial post in a non-Labor government, with the party's approval. Batchelor entered federal politics in 1901 and held cabinet posts in the first three ALP governments. He was Minister for Home Affairs (1904) under Chris Watson, and then served two terms as Minister for External Affairs (1908–1909, 1910–1911) under Andrew Fisher. He suffered a fatal heart attack at the age of 46 while climbing Mount Donna Buang.