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Andrew Fisher

1862 - 1928

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Andrew Fisher (29 August 1862 – 22 October 1928) was an Australian politician and trade unionist who served as the fifth prime minister of Australia from 1908 to 1909, 1910 to 1913 and 1914 to 1915. He held office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), and was particularly notable for leading the party to its first federal election victory and first majority government at the 1910 federal election. Fisher was born in Crosshouse, Ayrshire, Scotland. He left school at a young age to work in the nearby coal mines, becoming secretary of the local branch of the Ayrshire Miners' Union at the age of 17. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrew Fisher is the 14,428th most popular politician (up from 14,914th in 2019), the 3,638th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,814th in 2019) and the 499th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Andrew Fisher ranks 14,428 out of 19,576. Before him are Gaëtan de Rochebouët, José Manuel Pando, Vince Lombardi, Ordelafo Faliero, Quintus Marcius Philippus, and Félix Moloua. After him are Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem, Constantine Lekapenos, Aiulf I of Benevento, Theodor Blank, Laodice, and Abdelhamid Brahimi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Andrew Fisher ranks 126. Before him are Fernand Courty, Stanisław Narutowicz, Mary Proctor, Hermann Gunkel, Hulda Garborg, and Eugen Schmidt. After him are Moriz Rosenthal, Wil van Gogh, Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller, Billy Hughes, Theodor Fischer, and Henry Slocum. Among people deceased in 1928, Andrew Fisher ranks 91. Before him are Ernesto Schiaparelli, Ivan Merz, Ladislav Klíma, George Dole, Adela Zamudio, and Kostas Karyotakis. After him are Pierre Puiseux, Klabund, José Eustasio Rivera, Martin Kukučín, Paul van Ostaijen, and Georges Passerieu.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Andrew Fisher ranks 3,639 out of 8,785. Before him are Nat Lofthouse (1925), Jean Shrimpton (1942), Richard de Bury (1287), Michael Ruse (1940), Adrian Edmondson (1957), and Robert Bolt (1924). After him are Phil Brown (1959), Lady Arbella Stuart (1575), Freddie Bartholomew (1924), Eva Le Gallienne (1899), Paul Weller (1958), and Graham Sutherland (1903).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Andrew Fisher ranks 499. Before him are Stafford Cripps (1889), Ceol of Wessex (600), Ruth Williams Khama (1923), William Martin (1767), Cherie Blair (1954), and Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845). After him are Lady Arbella Stuart (1575), Joseph Cook (1860), Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593), Alan Bullock (1914), Philip Hammond (1955), and Lambert Simnel (1477).

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