Watson, Ada (1859–1921)
Watson, Ada (1859–1921)
Australian prime-ministerial wife. Born Ada Jane Low, 1859, in England; died July 19, 1921, in Sydney, Australia; m. Chris Watson (prime minister of Australia, 1904), Nov 27, 1889.
Probably instrumental in her husband's resigning from the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party (1907).
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