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John Christian Watson (born John Christian Tanck; 9 April 1867 – 18 November 1941) commonly known as Chris Watson was a Chilean Australian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of Australia. He was the first prime minister from the Australian Labour Party and the first prime minister from the labour movement in the world.

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active years end date
1904-08-18, 1910-04-13
active years start date
1904-04-27, 1906-11-08
birth date
1867-04-09
birth place
Chile, Valparaíso
death date
1941-11-18
death place
New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Double Bay New South Wales
governor general
Henry Northcote 1st Baron Northcote
monarch
Edward VII
office
Member of the Australian Parliament for South Sydney
order in office
3rd Prime Minister of Australia
party
Australian Labor Party
religion
Unitarianism
spouse
Ada Watson
successor
George Reid (Australian politician), Edward Riley (Australian politician)

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