Alfred Deakin

Alfred William Deakin (3 August 1856 – 7 October 1919) was the second Prime Minister of Australia.

The Honourable Alfred William Deakin
2nd Prime Minister of Australia
In office 24 September 1903 – 27 April 1904 5 July 1905–13 November 1908 29 June 1909–29 April 1910
Preceded by	Edmund Barton
Succeeded by	Chris Watson Andrew Fisher
Constituency	Ballarat (Victoria)
Personal details
Born	(1856-08-03)3 August 1856 Melbourne, Victoria
Died	7 October 1919(1919-10-07) (aged 63) South Yarra, Victoria
Political party	Protectionist, Fusion

He was born in Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia, the second child of William Deakin. In the 1890s he helped Australia become a country. He was Australia's first Attorney-General (head lawyer) when Edmund Barton was Prime Minister and then became Prime Minister after Barton left. He introduced the Bill to start Australia's High Court, began planning for a railway to cross Australia, took over control of New Guinea from Britain, and introduced old age pensions.^[1]

Deakin married Elizabeth Brown on 3 April 1882. They had three children.

When he was old he had Alzheimer's disease which made him forget a lot of things. Alfred Deakin died on the 7 October 1919 in South Yarra, Victoria. He was buried at St.Kilda Cemetery.