Anderson Dawson

The Honourable Anderson Dawson
14th Premier of Queensland
In office 1 December 1899 – 7 December 1899
Preceded by	James Dickson
Succeeded by	Robert Philp
Constituency	Charters Towers
Minister for Defence
In office 27 April 1904 – 18 August 1904
Prime Minister	Chris Watson
Preceded by	Austin Chapman
Succeeded by	James McCay
Australian Senator for Queensland
In office 30 March 1901 – 31 December 1906
Leader of the Opposition of Queensland
In office 12 May 1899 – 1 December 1899
Preceded by	Thomas Glassey
Succeeded by	Robert Philp
In office 7 December 1899 – 16 July 1900
Preceded by	Robert Philp
Succeeded by	Billy Browne
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Charters Towers
In office 13 May 1893 – 11 June 1901 Serving with John Dunsford
Preceded by	Robert Sayers
Succeeded by	John Burrows
Personal details
Born	Andrew Dawson (1863-07-16)16 July 1863 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Died	20 July 1910(1910-07-20) (aged 47) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Resting place	Toowong Cemetery
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Spouse	Caroline Ryan née Quin
Occupation	Union organizer, Journalist, Gold miner

Andrew Dawson (16 July 1863 – 20 July 1910), usually known as Anderson Dawson, was an Australian politician and unionist who served as the 14th premier of Queensland for one week from the 1 to the 7 of 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.^[1]