Editing Chris Watson (section)

==Evaluation and honours==
[[File:Chris Watson bust.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Bust of Chris Watson by sculptor Wallace Anderson located in the [[Prime Ministers Avenue]] in the [[Ballarat Botanical Gardens]]]]
According to [[Percival Serle]], Watson "left a much greater impression on his time than this would suggest. He came at the right moment for his party, and nothing could have done it more good than the sincerity, courtesy and moderation which he always showed as a leader".<ref>{{Dictionary of Australian Biography
 |First=John Christian
 |Last=Watson
 |shortlink=0-dict-biogWa.html#watson2
 |access-date=9 April 2010
}}</ref> [[Alfred Deakin]] wrote of Watson: "The Labour<!-- do not change spelling, is correct in historical context --> section has much cause for gratitude to Mr Watson, the leader whose tact and judgement have enabled it to achieve many of its Parliamentary successes".<ref name=adb/>

In April 2004 the Labor Party marked the centenary of the Watson government with a series of public events in [[Canberra]] and Melbourne, attended by then party leader [[Mark Latham]] and former ALP Prime Ministers [[Gough Whitlam]], [[Bob Hawke]] and [[Paul Keating]]. Watson's daughter, Jacqueline Dunn, 77, was guest of honour at these functions.  The [[Canberra]] suburb [[Watson, Australian Capital Territory|Watson]] and the federal electorate of [[Division of Watson|Watson]] are named after him. In 1969 he was honoured on a [[postage stamp]] bearing his portrait issued by [[Australia Post]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Stamp |publisher=Australian Stamp and Coin Company |url=http://www.australianstamp.com/images/large/0009230.jpg |access-date=9 February 2010}}</ref>