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Elliott Lewis
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- For the actor-director, see Elliott Lewis (radio).
Sir Neil Elliott Lewis KCMG (27 October 1858 – 22 September 1935), Australian politician, was Premier of Tasmania on three occasions. He was also a member of the first Australian federal ministry, led by Edmund Barton.
Lewis was born in Hobart, educated at the high school, Hobart, and took the diploma of associate of arts with gold medal, and was awarded a Tasmanian scholarship. He then attended Balliol College, Oxford University graduationg B.A., 1882 and M.A. & B.C.L. in 1885. 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 a member of parliament until 1922. He was Attorney-General 1892-94, and Leader of the Opposition 1894-99. He was Premier from 1899 to 1903.
Lewis was appointed as Minister Without Portfolio in the first federal ministry under Edmund Barton in January 1901. He decided not to stand for election to the Federal Parliament in March. He and Sir James Dickson are the only people to have held ministerial office in an Australian federal government without ever being a member of the Commonwealth Parliament. He was again Premier of Tasmania in 1909, and again from 1909 to 1912. During these times he also held the post of Attorney-General. After leaving politics he became Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania and was first president of the Tasmanian Amateur Athletic Association.
- Serle, Percival (1949). "Lewis, Neil Elliott". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus and Robertson.
- List of Premiers of Tasmania
- Scott Bennett, 'Lewis, Sir Neil Elliott (1858 - 1935)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, MUP, 1986, pp 94-95.
| Preceded by Edward Braddon |
Premier of Tasmania 1899-1903 |
Succeeded by William Propsting |
| Preceded by John Evans |
Premier of Tasmania 1909 |
Succeeded by John Earle |
| Preceded by John Earle |
Premier of Tasmania 1909-1912 |
Succeeded by Albert Solomon |
| Premiers of Tasmania |  |
|---|---|
| Champ | Gregson | Weston | Smith | Chapman | Whyte | Dry | Wilson | Innes | Kennerley | Reibey | Fysh | Giblin | Crowther | Douglas | Agnew | Dobson | Braddon | E. Lewis | Propsting | Evans | Earle | Solomon | Lee | Hayes | Lyons | McPhee | Ogilvie | Dwyer-Gray | Cosgrove | Brooker | Reece | Bethune | Neilson | Lowe | Holgate | Gray | Field | Groom | Rundle | Bacon | Lennon | |