Edward Millen

The Honourable Edward Millen
Millen in the 1910s
Vice-President of the Executive Council
In office 17 February 1917 – 16 November 1917
Preceded by	William Spence
Succeeded by	Littleton Groom
In office 2 June 1909 – 29 April 1910
Preceded by	Gregor McGregor
Succeeded by	Gregor McGregor
Leader of the Government in the Senate
In office 17 February 1917 – 9 February 1923
Preceded by	George Pearce
Succeeded by	George Pearce
In office 24 June 1913 – 17 September 1914
Preceded by	Gregor McGregor
Succeeded by	George Pearce
In office 2 June 1909 – 29 April 1910
Preceded by	Gregor McGregor
Succeeded by	Gregor McGregor
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
In office 17 September 1914 – 14 February 1917
Preceded by	Gregor McGregor
Succeeded by	Albert Gardiner
In office 29 April 1910 – 24 June 1913
Preceded by	Gregor McGregor
Succeeded by	Gregor McGregor
In office 21 November 1907 – 2 June 1909
Preceded by	Josiah Symon
Succeeded by	Gregor McGregor
Minister for Defence
In office 24 June 1913 – 17 September 1914
Preceded by	George Pearce
Succeeded by	George Pearce
Minister for Repatriation
In office 28 September 1917 – 9 February 1923
Preceded by	New title
Succeeded by	Title abolished
Senator for New South Wales
In office 29 March 1901 – 14 September 1923
Succeeded by	Walter Massy-Greene
Personal details
Born	(1860-11-07)7 November 1860 Deal, Kent, England
Died	14 September 1923(1923-09-14) (aged 62) Caulfield, Victoria
Nationality	English Australian
Political party	Free Trade (1894–1906) Anti-Socialist (1906–09) Liberal (1909–17) Nationalist (1917–23)
Spouse	Constance Evelyn Flanagan
Occupation	Journalist
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Edward Davis Millen (7 November 1860 – 14 September 1923) was an Australian journalist and politician who served as the first Minister for Repatriation.

Millen emigrated to Australia from England around 1880 and established himself as a journalist, subsequently serving in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1894 to 1898, during which time he fiercely opposed the proposed Federation despite supporting the principle. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1899 until his election to the Australian Senate as a Free Trader from New South Wales at the first federal election in 1901. Millen led the conservative parties in the Senate from 1907 until shortly before his death in 1923.

He served as Vice-President of the Executive Council (1909–10) and Minister for Defence (1913–14) in two short-lived Liberal governments before his appointment as the first Minister for Repatriation in 1917. He organised the new department and co-ordinated Australia's repatriation effort, and was briefly acting Prime Minister in 1919, when he settled a seamen's strike. Millen resigned from the ministry in February 1923 and died later that year, his illness attributed to his heavy workload in the post-war years.