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HIGINBOTHAM, GEORGE (1827-1893)

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HIGINBOTHAM, See also:GEORGE (1827-1893) , See also:chief-See also:justice of See also:Victoria, See also:Australia, See also:sixth son of T. Higinbotham of See also:Dublin, was See also:born on the 19th of See also:April 1827, and educated at the Royal School, See also:Dungannon, and at Trinity See also:College, Dublin. After entering as a See also:law student at See also:Lincoln's See also:Inn, and being engaged as reporter on the See also:Morning See also:Chronicle in 1849, he emigrated to Victoria, where he contributed to the See also:Melbourne See also:Herald and practised at the See also:bar (having been " called " in 1853) with much success. In 1850 he became editor of the Melbourne See also:Argus, but resigned in 1859 and returned to the bar. He was elected to the legislative See also:assembly in 1861 for See also:Brighton as an See also:independent Liberal, was rejected at the See also:general See also:election of the same See also:year, but was returned nine months later. In 1863 he became See also:attorney-general. Under his See also:influence See also:measures were passed through the legislative assembly of a somewhat extreme See also:character, completely ignoring the rights of the legislative See also:council, and the See also:government was carried on without any See also:Appropriation See also:Act for more than a year. Mr Higinbotham, by his eloquence and earnestness, obtained See also:great influence amongst the members of the legislative assembly, but his colleagues were not prepared to follow him as far as he desired to go. He contended that in a constitutional See also:colony like Victoria the secretary of See also:state for the colonies had no right to fetter the discretion of the See also:queen's representative. Mr Higinbotham did not return to See also:power with his chief, See also:Sir See also:James M'Culloch, after the defeat of the See also:short-lived Sladen See also:administration; and being defeated for Brighton at the next general election by a comparatively unknown See also:man, he devoted himself to his practice at the bar. Amongst his other labours as attorney-general he had codified all the statutes which were in force throughout the colony. In 1874 he was returned to the legislative assembly for See also:Brunswick, but after a few months he resigned his seat.

In 188o he was appointed a See also:

puisne See also:judge of the supreme See also:court, and in ,886, on the retirement of Sir See also:William See also:Stawell, he was promoted to the See also:office of chief justice. Mr Higinbotham was appointed See also:president of the See also:International See also:Exhibition held a't Melbourne in 1888-1889, but did not take any active See also:part in its management. One of his latest public acts was to subscribe a sum of X10, Ios. a See also:week towards the funds of the strikers in the great Australian labour dispute of 1890, an act which did not meet with general approval. He died in 1893.

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