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DateEvent
1859Born at Fitzroy, Melbourne, son of William and Sarah Deakin, on 3 August
1864-1871Attended Melbourne Church of England Grammar School
1872-1877Studied law at University of Melbourne
1878Called to Bar
Began to contribute to The Age
1879Member for West Bourke in Victorian Legislative Assembly; resigned over an electoral irregularity
1880-1889Member for West Bourke in Victorian Legislative Assembly
1882Married Elizabeth Martha Anne ('Pattie') Browne (1863-1934)
1883-1884Commissioner of Public Works and Water Supply
1884-1885Solicitor-General and Minister of Public Works
Chairman, Royal Commission on Irrigation
Visited United States
1885-1890Leader of Liberal Party
1886-1890Chief Secretary and Minister for Water Supply
1887Victorian delegate at Imperial Conference in London
1889-1900Member for Essendon and Flemington in Victorian Legislative Assembly
1890Victorian delegate at Australasian Federal Conference in Melbourne
Visited Ceylon and India
1891Victorian delegate at National Australasian Convention in Sydney
1897-1898Victorian delegate at Federal Conventions in Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne
1900Visited London to support Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Bill
1901-1903Attorney-General in Barton Government
1901-1913Member of the House of Representatives for Ballarat
1903-1904Prime Minister and Minister for External Affairs
1904-1905Leader of the Opposition
1905-1908Prime Minister and Minister for External Affairs
1907Australian delegate at Imperial Conference in London
1909Alliance with Freetraders: 'Fusion'
1909-1910Prime Minister
1910-1913Leader of the Opposition
1914Chairman of the Royal Commission on Food Supplies and Prices
1915Australian representative at Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco
1919Died at South Yarra, Melbourne on 7 October
Children: Ivy (1883-1970), married Herbert Brookes in 1905; Stella (1886-1976), married A.C.D. Rivett (later Sir David Rivett) in 1911; Vera (1891-1978), married T.W. White (later Sir Thomas White) in 1920

References

La Nauze, J.A. Alfred Deakin : a biography. 2 volumes. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press, 1965.

Murdoch, Walter. Alfred Deakin : a sketch. London : Constable, 1923.

 

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