Sir Archibald Michie , (1813 – 21 June 1899) was an English-born Australian lawyer, journalist,

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and politician.

Biography

Michie was born in

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, London, the son of Archibald Michie, a merchant. Michie junior was educated at

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and was admitted to the

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in November 1834 and

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in May 1838. In the late 1830s, Michie migrated to Sydney, Australia and married Mary Richardson in 1840. The following year he was admitted to the New South Wales barrister roll. Michie was associated with Sir James Martin and Robert Lowe (1st Viscount Sherbrooke) on the ''Atlas'' newspaper when it was founded in 1844. Around 1849, Michie returned to England for a short while and then migrated to Canada. Then he returned to Sydney and moved to Melbourne in 1852. He was admitted to practise in the

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and became associated with Thomas à Beckett. Michie was appointed to the

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in November 1852, but resigned in August 1853 to focus on his legal practice. Michie was elected as a member for

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in the

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in 1856 and worked with Protestant liberals

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, Frederick Thomas Sargood and

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. Michie helped John O'Shanassy to bring down the

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ministry in March 1857, but did not become part of O'Shanassy's government; Michie did become attorney-general, however, in the reconstructed Haines ministry from 29 April 1857 to 10 March 1858. Michie represented St Kilda October 1859 to July 1861 (and November 1864 to December 1865), Polwarth and South Grenville August 1863 to August 1864 and Ballarat West May 1870 to January 1871. Michie became Victoria's first Q.C. in 1863; from 4 August 1863 to 18 July 1866 he was minister of justice in the McCulloch ministry. From 8 April 1870 to 19 June 1871, he was attorney-general in the third McCulloch ministry. in August 1871 Michie was elected to the Central Province of the Victorian Legislative Council, a position he held until resignation in March 1873. From 1873 to 1879 Michie was

in London for Victoria and was appointed K.C.M.G. in 1878.

References

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