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Deakin, Alfred (1856–1919)

Australian politician, prime minister 1903–04, 1905–08, and 1909–10. In his second administration, he enacted legislation on defence and pensions.

Educated at Melbourne University, he worked first as a barrister and then journalist before being elected to the Victorian parliament as a Liberal, in 1879. He held ministerial posts in the 1880s and entered the Commonwealth parliament in 1901, holding his seat until 1912.
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Then Labor found that the Left of the political spectrum was occupied by a pre-existing political force; the radical liberalism of Alfred Deakin and others.
Green lessons from labor's past by Robinson, Geoff / Arena Magazine
Speaking on behalf of the people, Alfred Deakin in 1898 declared that `from the far east and the far west alike we behold menaces and contagion'.
Anthony Burke, In Fear of Security: Australia's Invasion Anxiety by Field-Johnson, Nick / Australian Journal of Social Issues
Judith Brett, Australian Liberals and the Moral Middle Class: From Alfred Deakin to John Howard, Cambridge University Press, 2003 Not surprisingly, most attention to this book has focused on Brett's treatment of the Liberal Party's recent past--especially her love/hate attitude to John Howard.
Charles Richardson on the Liberal Party & the 'moral middle class' by Richardson, Charles / Arena Magazine
 
 
 
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