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Alfred Deakin (3 August 1856 – 7 October 1919) was an Australian politician, statesman and barrister who served as the second prime minister of Australia from 1903 to 1904, 1905 to 1908 and 1909 to 1910.
Alfred Deakin was the prime minister of Australia (1903–04, 1905–08, 1909–10), who shaped many of the policies of the new commonwealth, especially those dealing with restriction of nonwhite immigration, social welfare, and protection of domestic industry.
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Alfred Deakin was Australia’s second prime minister. He was one of two prime ministers who held the position three times. Deakin was a founding father of Federation, along with Edmund Barton. Deakin was a lawyer who had another string to his bow – journalism.
Alfred Deakin (1856-1919), barrister, journalist and prime minister, was born on 3 August 1856 at Collingwood, Melbourne, younger child of William Deakin of Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, and his wife Sarah, née Bill, of Llanarth, Monmouthshire, Wales.
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Deakin served in the Victorian Parliament for some 20 years, serving as Solicitor-General, Minister for Public Works and Chief Secretary. A leading federalist, Deakin was appointed Attorney-General in January 1901 in Edmund Barton ’s first Commonwealth ministry.
Alfred Deakin was born in 1856, two years after Ned Kelly, both native sons of the newly proclaimed British colony of Victoria. Kelly’s parents were an Irish ex-convict from Van Diemen’s Land and his spirited young Irish wife.
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Alfred Deakin. (1856–1919) Australia’s 2nd Prime Minister. Terms of office. 24 September 1903 to 27 April 1904 • 5 July 1905 to 13 November 1908 • 2 June 1909 to 29 April 1910. Glimpses of childhood. Fortune favoured Alfred Deakin from the start.
