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- Alfred_Deakin abstract "Alfred Deakin (3 August 1856 – 7 October 1919), the 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.As Prime Minister, Deakin completed a significant legislative program that makes him, with Labor's Andrew Fisher, the founder of an effective Commonwealth government. He expanded the High Court, provided major funding for the purchase of ships, leading to the establishment of the Royal Australian Navy as a significant force under the Fisher government, and established Australian control of Papua. Confronted by the rising Australian Labor Party in 1909, he merged his Protectionist Party with Joseph Cook's Anti-Socialist Party to create the Commonwealth Liberal Party (known commonly as the Fusion), the main ancestor of the modern Liberal Party of Australia. The Deakin-led Liberal Party government lost to Fisher Labor at the 1910 election, which saw the first time a federal political party had been elected with a majority in either house in Federal Parliament. Deakin resigned from Parliament prior to the 1913 election, with Joseph Cook winning the Liberal Party leadership ballot.".
- Alfred_Deakin activeYearsEndDate "1903-09-24".
- Alfred_Deakin activeYearsEndDate "1904-04-27".
- Alfred_Deakin activeYearsEndDate "1908-11-13".
- Alfred_Deakin activeYearsEndDate "1909-05-26".
- Alfred_Deakin activeYearsEndDate "1910-04-29".
- Alfred_Deakin activeYearsEndDate "1913-01-20".
- Alfred_Deakin activeYearsStartDate "1901-01-01".
- Alfred_Deakin activeYearsStartDate "1903-09-24".
- Alfred_Deakin activeYearsStartDate "1905-07-05".
- Alfred_Deakin activeYearsStartDate "1909-05-26".
- Alfred_Deakin activeYearsStartDate "1909-06-02".
- Alfred_Deakin activeYearsStartDate "1910-07-01".
- Alfred_Deakin birthDate "1856-08-03".
- Alfred_Deakin birthPlace British_Empire.
- Alfred_Deakin birthPlace Fitzroy,_Victoria.
- Alfred_Deakin birthPlace Melbourne.
- Alfred_Deakin birthPlace Victoria_(Australia).
- Alfred_Deakin birthYear "1856".
- Alfred_Deakin deathDate "1919-10-07".
- Alfred_Deakin deathPlace Australia.
- Alfred_Deakin deathPlace Melbourne.
- Alfred_Deakin deathPlace South_Yarra,_Victoria.
- Alfred_Deakin deathPlace Victoria_(Australia).
- Alfred_Deakin deathYear "1919".
- Alfred_Deakin deputy John_Forrest.
- Alfred_Deakin deputy Joseph_Cook.
- Alfred_Deakin deputy William_Lyne.
- Alfred_Deakin governorGeneral Hallam_Tennyson,_2nd_Baron_Tennyson.
- Alfred_Deakin governorGeneral Henry_Northcote,_1st_Baron_Northcote.
- Alfred_Deakin monarch Edward_VII.
- Alfred_Deakin nationality British_subject.
- Alfred_Deakin office "1stLeader of the Commonwealth Liberal Party".
- Alfred_Deakin office "2ndLeader of the Protectionist Party".
- Alfred_Deakin office "Attorney-General for Australia".
- Alfred_Deakin office "Leader of the Opposition".
- Alfred_Deakin office "Minister for External Affairs".
- Alfred_Deakin orderInOffice "(Elections:1903,1906,1910)".
- Alfred_Deakin orderInOffice "2ndPrime Minister of Australia".
- Alfred_Deakin party Commonwealth_Liberal_Party.
- Alfred_Deakin party Protectionist_Party.
- Alfred_Deakin primeMinister Edmund_Barton.
- Alfred_Deakin successor Andrew_Fisher.
- Alfred_Deakin successor Billy_Hughes.
- Alfred_Deakin successor Chris_Watson.
- Alfred_Deakin successor James_Drake.
- Alfred_Deakin successor Joseph_Cook.
- Alfred_Deakin successor Lee_Batchelor.
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