On June 10, 1903, after a three-year hiatus, elections for the Australian Cabinet Government began again.

Compared to the previous election, this cabinet election is much more formal.

As political parties have been formalized and have attracted a portion of the House of Commons and the general public, the Cabinet government election also allows each party to nominate an additional candidate to the Cabinet election.

This also provides an opportunity for parties that do not have members of the House of Commons to join the election, which is a luxury even if there is only one seat.

It is precisely because of this policy that the election included a total of 198 members of the House of Commons, additional candidates recommended by seven political parties, and 11 members of the current cabinet and Arthur.

Except for Arthur, who was only the overseer and witness of this election and did not participate in the election and vote, everyone else was a participant in this election.

This also means that the election will be much more difficult, and in addition to the experience advantage of previous cabinet ministers, some parliamentarians who already have political party backgrounds will also have the opportunity to become members of the new cabinet.

In the huge conference room of the government affairs building, the originally huge conference room was already full of members who came to attend the government affairs meeting, and more than 200 people occupied this large conference room, and the air and atmosphere became much hotter.

Because of the biennial election of members of the House of Commons, there are many unfamiliar faces in the conference room, and more than 200 people are tacitly divided into large and small groups, which communicate with each other and spy on the movements of others next to them from time to time.

There are not too many groups that can really form a scale at present, except for the original cabinet members and the four parties with members of the House of Commons, most of the other small groups are personal relations between MPs, and the size of such groups is also very small, most of them are only two or three people.

When the chatter in the conference room reached its peak, Arthur also led Butler Hunter to the scene.

After seeing Arthur's arrival, everyone in the conference room kept quiet very tacitly, making the originally noisy conference room instantly quiet.

"Your Highness!"

The crowd stood up and saluted.

Arthur smiled and nodded, motioned for everyone to sit down, and then led Butler Hunt to the podium in the center of the room.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you are all elected by Australians to represent the interests of the people, or to represent the indigenous political parties in Australia. I am pleased to see all of you here today on a very important day for the people of Australia and the Australian Government. Arthur said with a smile.

"The last Cabinet government election was three years ago today, and it was because of that election that we elected the best 11 Cabinet members for the Australian Government. I believe that their achievements need not be said, their contribution to Australia is indelible. ”

"Today, we are on another important day, and we are about to elect Australia's second Cabinet Government. I hope that whoever goes to that glorious position will be able to take it as their duty to be loyal to the country, respect the royal family, and love the people, and push our beloved motherland, Australia, to prosperity and greatness! ”

As soon as Arthur's words fell, the conference room of the University was immediately filled with long-standing applause.

It took about a few minutes for the applause to fade at Arthur's signal.

Arthur continued: "I'm sure all of you should have already thought about your candidacy before you arrived in the room. The rules of this election are different from last time, and each candidate can choose a maximum of two positions within their ability to become official candidates for that position. However, the exception is the office of Prime Minister, and any candidate who is running for Prime Minister cannot stand in election for other positions. ”

"Well, no more nonsense. Australia's second cabinet election has officially begun. Arthur said with a smile as he motioned for Steward Hunter to come on stage.

In the current Australian government and royal family, the only people other than Arthur have enough capacity to preside over this meeting are Prime Minister Evan and Butler Hunt.

But Prime Minister Evan was the prime minister of the previous cabinet government and a candidate for this cabinet election. His status was obviously unsuitable to preside over this meeting, and the only suitable person left to preside over was Butler Hunter.

As the chief butler of the royal family, Butler Hunt also represents the royal family to the outside world. There is nothing wrong with letting him preside over the meeting, after all, the royal family is still the more neutral party in this election.

Steward Hunter nodded solemnly, and only after Arthur returned to his seat did he stand on the podium.

"Ladies and gentlemen, following the orders of His Royal Highness the Duke, the second Australian Cabinet election has officially begun. Guards will soon hand out a form for each of you to fill in the position you wish to run for. As His Royal Highness the Duke has said, a maximum of two ministerial posts can be contested, and if you have already run for the post of Prime Minister, you cannot run for election for other posts. Butler Hunt explained the rules.

"If there is no doubt about the rules, then the official elections can begin." Steward Hunter looked around and saw that no one had any questions about the rules, so he nodded and motioned for the guards to hand out the form.

Such a form is actually very simple, and all you need to fill in is your full name, address, age, party affiliation (if any) and the two positions you want to run.

But it was this form that confirmed that most of the people in the room hesitated for a long time, still unsure which two positions they would run.

This is filled in more simply, and without hesitation, it is actually the former cabinet ministers, as well as some parliamentarians who have long been discussed in the political party.

They have specific goals for the positions they want to run for, and changing them easily will cost them an advantage.

It took nearly an hour to fill out the form, and most of them were hurriedly filled out and turned in at the urging of Hunter's butler.

These people are obviously not prepared, and they are more of the kind of weak parliamentarians, and they do not have an advantage in this election.

Nearly half of the MPs did not fill out the form, which means they have given up the opportunity to run.

Many of these people are also parliamentarians with no political parties or experience, and they have a clear understanding of their own situation, knowing that even if they run for election, they will basically not succeed, so they are very interested in giving up this opportunity.

The first is to ask for support!

(End of chapter)