Alfred Deakin
Politician
1856 – 1919
Who was Alfred Deakin?
Alfred Deakin, Australian politician, was a leader of the movement for Australian federation and later the second Prime Minister of Australia. In the last quarter of the 19th century, Deakin was a major contributor to the establishment of liberal reforms in the colony of Victoria, including pro-worker industrial reforms. He also played a major part in establishing irrigation in Australia. It is likely that he could have been Premier of Victoria, but he chose to devote his energy to federation.
Throughout the 1890s Deakin was a participant in conferences of representatives of the Australian colonies that were established to draft a constitution for the proposed federation. He played an important role in ensuring that the draft was liberal and democratic and in achieving compromises to enable its eventual success. Between conferences, he worked to popularise the concept of federation and campaigned for its acceptance in colonial referenda. He then fought hard to ensure acceptance of the proposed constitution by the Government of the United Kingdom.
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- Born
- Aug 3, 1856
Melbourne - Also known as
- Дикин, Альфред
- 艾爾弗雷德·迪金
- Spouses
- Pattie Browne
(1882/04/03 - 1919/10/07)
- Pattie Browne
- Children
- Religion
- Spiritualism
- Anglican Church of Australia
- Ethnicity
- Anglo-Celtic Australian
- Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Education
- Law degree, University of Melbourne
Law
( - 1877) - Melbourne Grammar School
(1864 - )
- Law degree, University of Melbourne
- Died
- Oct 7, 1919
South Yarra
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on July 23, 2013
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