Alfred Deakin

Alfred Deakin ( born August 3, 1856 in Melbourne, Australia, † October 7, 1919 ) was a politician of the Protectionist party and three times Prime Minister of Australia.

Biography

Deakin, who was born in Melbourne's Fitzroy, was the youngest of two children of William and Sarah Bill Deakin, who emigrated in 1849 from England to Adelaide. He attended a primary school the Anglican Church in Melbourne and then the University of Melbourne where he studied law, 1878, he was admitted as a lawyer. There he found little work in his profession, he worked as a journalist for a newspaper. He retained his interest in journalism in his life and wrote regularly, but anonymously for the London Morning Post newspaper during his later political career. There, he commented on Australian politics and represented a protective tariff policy, which he was able to prevail only with the help of the Australian Labor Party.

As a representative of the constituency West Bourke in 1880, he got a seat in the colonial Parliament of Victoria, which he held until 1889. As an advocate of the Federation, he was appointed by Edmund Barton, the first Prime Minister of Australia, as a member of his first cabinet and held the office of the Attorney General, which he throughout its reign Barton also retained.

As the 2nd, 5th and 7th Prime Minister of Australia, he was appointed to the office three times and although

24 September 1903 to 27 April 1904
Of 5 July 1905 to 13 November 1908 and
Of 2 June 1909 to 29 April 1910.

In his first and second term as prime minister, he held the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs. From 1904 to 1905 he was leader of the opposition in Parliament.

Deakin married in 1882 Pattie Brown, with whom he had three children. To 1891, he joined the Theosophical Society (TG ) and was a founding member of a theosophical lodge in South Yarra. Above all, his interest in Buddhism had been decisive for the candidate, as the TG more and more turning to other religions in the following years, Deakin joined in 1896 again from the TG.

Deakin died on 7 October 1919 at the Melbourne's South Yarra. After him is named, founded in 1974 Deakin University in Melbourne and Geelong.

Works

Federated Australia. Selections from Letters to the " Morning Post ", 1900-10, ed. by J. A. La Nauze, Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne, 1968, ISBN 0-522-83842-1.

Fitzroy (Victoria) Anglican Church of Australia The Morning Post South Yarra, Victoria Australian Dictionary of Biography Chris Watson George Reid (Australian politician) Andrew Fisher Joseph Cook Billy Hughes Stanley Bruce James Scullin Joseph Lyons Earle Page Arthur Fadden John Curtin Frank Forde Ben Chifley John McEwen John Gorton William McMahon Bob Hawke John Howard Julia Gillard Tony Abbott Lee Batchelor Littleton Groom Josiah Thomas Paddy Glynn John Arthur (politician) Hugh Mahon John Latham (judge) George Pearce Frederick Stewart (Australian politician) Percy Spender Garfield Barwick Paul Hasluck Gordon Freeth Les Bury Nigel Bowen Don Willesee Andrew Peacock Tony Street Bill Hayden Gareth Evans (politician) Alexander Downer Stephen Smith (Australian politician) Bob Carr Julie Bishop Integrated Authority File

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