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Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs , 1855-1948, Australian jurist and political leader. He sat in the colonial legislature (1892-1901), became solicitor general (1893), and served as attorney general (1894-99, 1900-1901). He was a framer of the commonwealth constitution and sat in the dominion Parliament (1901-6), becoming attorney general in 1905. He was for many years (1906-30) a high court justice and sat as chief justice (1930-31). His appointment (1931) as governor-general was the first made by the British crown directly on the advice of a dominion ministry. The first native-born Australian to hold that office, he served until 1936.


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