Chris Watson

John Christian Watson (April 9th 1867 - November 18th 1941), known more commonly under the name of Chris Watson , was a politician Australia N. It was the third Prime Minister of Australia and the first leader of the parliamentary group of the Australian Workers party (" Australian Party" Ploughing;) who will become the " Labor" in 1912 at the request of King O' Malley. It was the Labor first Prime Minister in the world. Elected official chief of his party two months before the first Australian federal elections in 1901 and having taken his retirement in 1907 is six years afterwards, it was however Prime Minister only for four months in 1904.

Watson explained that his/her father was a British sailor called George Watson. But the historical documents refute this version of the facts, announcing that his/her father was a naval officer citizen Chile in German origin, Johan Cristian Tanck, and that it had been born with Valparaíso, to the Chile. The reason of this lie seems to be the attitude of the Australian people of this time which was opposed to any other origin that European to enter on its territory. His/her mother was Néo-zélandaise and was called Martha Minchin. She had married with Tanck in Nouvelle Zealand then had left abroad with him. In 1868, his/her parents divorced and the year according to it married George Watson, whose Chris young person took the name. These facts were revealed only after its death.

Watson went to school to Oamaru, to New Zealand up to 10 years before working like apprentice in a company of construction of railway lines and at 13 years, he was engaged at a printer. In 1886, he moved with Sydney to improve his situation. He worked as freelance journalist for various newspapers. In contact with the newspapers, books and journalists, it continued to be informed and was put to be interested in the policy.

Watson was one of the founders of the workers party of News-Wales-of-South in 1891. He was an active trade unionist and became Vice-président of the " Trades and Council" Ploughing; (TLC) of Sydney, the organization which was created in January 1892 to join together the whole of the trade unions of the state and thus to give them more weight. In June 1892, there were clashes between the TLC and the workers party and it resulted the arrival from it from Watson at the position of president of the TLC and chief of the party. In 1893 and 1894, it démena to regulate the problems of solidarity of the party and lays down the basic rules of operation of the party with the sovereignty of the general meeting, the solidarity of the Caucus, the engagement of the members of Parliament to support the party and the central role of the executive committee. In 1894 Watson was elected appointed of Wales News of the South for the seat of Young. The workers party at that time had a policy of support in the majority governmental against concessions with its party and Watson voted with his colleagues to support the chief of the " Free Trade Party " , the Prime Minister of Wales News of the South, Sir George Reid, at her station. After the elections of 1898, Watson and James McGowen, the Labor leader decided to continue to support the government of Reid so that it can complete the creation of the Australian Federation.

Watson supported the creation of the Australian federation actively and was one of the ten Labor candidates chosen by the party to take part in convention for the constitution of a federation at the time of the elections of the March 4th 1897 but none was elected. The party, constrained, approved the creation of the Federation, but they found that the constitution project was not sufficiently democratic by giving too many being able to the Senate. When the project was subjected to referendum the June 3rd 1898, the workers party with Watson who played a great part, decided to make vote against and the project was rejected

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