Defeated at the 1904 elections he entered federal politics as a member for Brisbane in the House of Representatives in 1906 .
Was minister without portfolio in the third Deakin ministry from June 1909 to April 1910 , when he was defeated at the general election .
Defeated at the 1904 elections he entered federal politics as a member for Brisbane in the House of Representatives in 1906 , and was minister without portfolio in the third Deakin ministry from June 1909 to April 1910 , when he was defeated at the general election .