Australia Day and Andrew Fisher

Andrew Fisher

Happy Australia Day and on the Centenary of Andrew Fisher's third term election as Prime Minister, it's worth noting the tremendous achievement of the Ayrshire Miner, who was blacklisted in Scotland, described as a "dangerous revolutionary" and became PM in the world's first Labour Party majority government at a national level. An advocate of women's rights to vote, he legislated for the old age pension and introduced new freedoms for trade unions. Australia is a far better place as a result of Andrew Fisher.

Andrew Fisher

Born:
29 August 1862, Crosshouse, Ayrshire, Scotland

Education:
Crosshouse primary school (c.1867–72)

Employment:
miner, engine-driver, finance manager

Memberships:
miners unions (Scotland c.1877–84; Queensland 1886–91); Presbyterian Church (1862– )

Marriage:
31 December 1901, Gympie, Queensland

Children:
 Robert (1902); Margaret (1904); Henry (1906); Andrew (1908); John (1910); James (1912)

Died:
22 October 1928, Hampstead, London

Buried:
Hampstead Cemetery, London

Married to

Margaret Jane FISHER (née IRVINE)

Born:
c.1874, Gympie, Queensland

Memberships:
Australian Labor Party

Died:
15 June 1958