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alfred deakin

alfred deakin -lrb- 3 august 18567 october 1919 -rrb- , the australian politician , was a leader of the movement for australian federation and later the second prime minister of australia .
in the last quarter of the 19th century , deakin was a major contributor to the establishment of liberal reforms in the colony of victoria , including pro-worker industrial reforms .
he also played a major part in establishing irrigation in australia .
it is likely that he could have been premier of victoria , but he chose to devote his energy to federation .
throughout the 1890s deakin was a participant in conferences of representatives of the australian colonies that were established to draft a constitution for the proposed federation .
he played an important role in ensuring that the draft was liberal and democratic and in achieving compromises to enable its eventual success .
between conferences , he worked to popularise the concept of federation and campaigned for its acceptance in colonial referenda .
he then fought hard to ensure acceptance of the proposed constitution by the government of the united kingdom .
as prime minister , deakin completed a significant legislative program that makes him , with labor 's andrew fisher , the founder of an effective commonwealth government .
he expanded the high court , provided major funding for the purchase of ships , leading to the establishment of the royal australian navy as a significant force under the fisher government , and established australian control of papua .
confronted by the rising australian labor party in 1909 , he merged his protectionist party with joseph cook 's anti-socialist party to create the `` commonwealth liberal party '' -lrb- known commonly as the `` fusion '' -rrb- , the main ancestor of the modern liberal party of australia .
the deakin-led liberal party government lost to fisher labor at the 1910 election , which saw the first time a federal political party had been elected with a majority in either house in federal parliament .
deakin resigned from parliament prior to the 1913 election , with joseph cook winning the liberal party leadership ballot .
