Alexander Peacock
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The Honourable Sir Alexander Peacock KCMG |
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Peacock in 1898.
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| 20th Premier of Victoria | |
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In office 12 February 1901 – 10 June 1902 |
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| Constituency | Clunes and Allandale |
| Preceded by | George Turner |
| Succeeded by | William Irvine |
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In office 18 June 1914 – 29 November 1917 |
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| Preceded by | William Watt |
| Succeeded by | John Bowser |
| Constituency | Allandale |
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In office 28 April 1924 – 18 July 1924 |
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| Preceded by | Harry Lawson |
| Succeeded by | George Prendergast |
| Constituency | Allandale |
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| Born | 11 June 1861 Creswick, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 7 October 1933 (aged 72) Creswick, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Spouse(s) | Millie Gertrude Holden |
| Religion | Anglican |
Sir Alexander James Peacock, KCMG (11 June 1861 – 7 October 1933),Australian politician, was the 20th Premier of Victoria.
Peacock was born of Scottish descent at Creswick, the first Victorian Premier born after the gold rush of the 1850s and the attainment of self-government in Victoria. He was distantly related to the family of the politician Andrew Peacock. Educated at a local school, Peacock passed the Victorian civil service examination at 13 years of age, becoming briefly a school teacher and a clerk in Melbourne. Returning to Creswick, he worked as a mine manager, establishing his own business and buying several gold mines. He was prominent in the Australian Natives' Association and the movement for Australian federation in the 1880s and '90s.
In 1889 Peacock was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the seat of Clunes and Allendale, near Ballarat, which he held for 43 years. Although he was a moderate liberal, he was a minister without portfolio in the conservative government of James Munro (1890–1892), and Minister for Public Instruction in the Shiels government (1892–1893) and Postmaster-General 15 November 1892 to 23 January 1893. He was Chief Secretary in both the governments of Sir George Turner from 1894 to 1899 and 1900 to 1901, being also Minister for Public Instruction in the first and Minister for Labour in the second.
In 1897 Peacock was elected as one of the Victorian delegates to the Constitutional Convention which wrote the Australian Constitution.
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