James Service
James Service | |
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12th Premier of Victoria | |
In office 5 March 1880 – 3 August 1880 | |
Preceded by | Graham Berry |
Succeeded by | Graham Berry |
In office 8 March 1883 – 18 February 1886 | |
Preceded by | Bryan O'Loghlen |
Succeeded by | Duncan Gillies |
Personal details | |
Born | 27 November 1823 Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Victoria, Australia |
Nationality | Australian |
James Service (27 November 1823 – 12 April 1899),[1] Australian colonial politician, was the 12th Premier of Victoria, Australia.
Biography
Service was born in
Service was elected to the
When
In March 1883 the liberals under Berry's successor, Sir Bryan O'Loghlen were defeated at elections, and Service formed a new and much stronger government, taking the Treasury as well as the Premiership. When Service agreed not to attempt to reduce tariffs, Berry joined him as a minister: such was the fluidity of party politics at this time. The young Alfred Deakin held office for the first time in this government. The Service government lasted three years and passed some important legislation, including a Public Service Act which removed political patronage from the public service, a new Factories Act and a new Lands Act.
In June 1883, at a banquet at
By the time of the 1886 election Service was in declining health and decided to retire from active politics and return to England for a while.[5] In 1888 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Melbourne Province, and served there until April 1899.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "James Service". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ Mennell, Philip (1892). . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b "James Service's House" (PDF). City of Port Philip. November 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
- ^ a b "The Hon. James Service". The Advertiser. Frederick Britten Burden & John Langdon Bonython. 13 April 1899. p. 4. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
- ^ "Mb. Service's Farewell". Mercury. 21 April 1886.
Further reading
- Geoff Browne, A Biographical Register of the Victorian Parliament, 1900-84, Government Printer, Melbourne, 1985
- Don Garden, Victoria: A History, Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1984
- Martin, Arthur Patchett (1889). . Australia and the Empire (1 ed.). Edinburgh: David Douglas.
- Kathleen Thompson and Geoffrey Serle, A Biographical Register of the Victorian Parliament, 1856-1900, Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1972
- Raymond Wright, A People's Counsel. A History of the Parliament of Victoria, 1856-1990, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1992
- Serle, Percival (1949). "Service, James". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
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