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Fast facts: Alfred Deakin
Personal profile
Born:
3 August 1856, Collingwood, Melbourne
Education:
Melbourne Grammar (1864–71); University of Melbourne (1872–77)
Employment:
barrister, journalist
Memberships:
Eclectic Association; Theosophical Society; Australian Church
Marriage:
3 April 1882, Melbourne
Children:
Ivy (1883); Stella (1886); Vera (1891)
Died:
7 October 1919, South Yarra, Melbourne
Buried:
St Kilda Cemetery, Melbourne
Honours:
no official honours conferred
Born:
1 January 1863
Memberships:
Lyceum Club; National Council of Women (Victoria); Commonwealth Liberal Party; Free Kindergarten Union; Bush Nursing Association
Died:
30 December 1934, Point Lonsdale, Victoria; buried in St Kilda Cemetery, Melbourne
Honours:
CBE (1934)
Political profile
Terms as PM:
24 September 1903 – 27 April 1904; 5 July 1905 – 13 November 1908; 2 June 1909 – 29 April 1910
Terms as MP:
Victorian Legislative Assembly: 8 July 1879; July 1880 – October 1890 (West Bourke); 28 March 1889 – ? 1900 (Essendon and Flemington)
House of Representatives: May 1901 – 9 May 1913 (Ballarat)
Leader of the Opposition: 26 May 1909 – 2 June 1909; 1 July 1910 – 20 January 1913
Portfolios:
Attorney-General: 1 January 1901 – 24 September 1903
External Affairs: 24 September 1903 – 27 April 1904; 5 July 1905 – 13 November 1908; 2 June 1909 – 29 April 1910
Political memberships:
Australian Natives Association (1884–c.1919); Protectionist Party (1901–09); Commonwealth Liberal Party/People's Liberal Party (1909–c.16)
Quiz facts
- anonymous correspondent in London press 1901–14
- only PM to reject title 'Right Honorable'
- only PM to refuse honorary degrees from Oxford and Cambridge universities
- only PM to reject membership of Privy Council
- nicknamed 'Affable Alfred'
- the Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library website was established at Deakin University