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Holder, Sir Frederick William (1850–1909)

	Holder, Sir Frederick William (1850–1909)
Born	12 May, 1850 Happy Valley, Adelaide , South Australia , Australia
Died	23 July, 1909 (aged 59) Melbourne , Victoria , Australia
Cause of Death	brain hemorrhage
Cultural Heritage	English
Religious Influence	Methodist
Education*	St Peter's College (Adelaide) (student, 1862-1867)
Occupation*	colonial militia (Australia) (1870-1890) South Australia, Australia schoolteacher (1870-1875) South Australia, Australia Methodist lay leader (1875-1909) South Australia, Australia school principal (1875-1877) South Australia, Australia newspaper owner (1877-1909) South Australia, Australia local government councillor (1885-1886) South Australia, Australia local government head (1885-1886) South Australia, Australia free trade politician (1887-1901) South Australia, Australia Member of Lower House (1887-1901) South Australia, Australia opposition leader (1890-1892) South Australia, Australia premier (1892-1892) South Australia, Australia opposition leader (1899-1899) South Australia, Australia premier (1899-1901) South Australia, Australia Member of Lower House (1901-1909) Federal, Australia
Military Service*	South Australian Volunteer Force (army officer)
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (recipient, 1902)
Key Events*	Federal conventions, 1890-98 (delegate, 1897-1899)
Key Organisations*	Woman's Christian Temperance Union (SA) (supporter, 1877-1909) Women's Suffrage League of South Australia (supporter, 1877-1909) South Australian School of Mines and Industries (council member, 1885-1901)
Political Activism*	free trader (activist, 1887-1909)
Workplaces*	Burra District Council (SA) (councillor) Prince Alfred College (Adelaide) (schoolteacher, 1870-1875) Freeling Primary School (SA) (schoolteacher, 1875-1885) Burra Community School (SA) (schoolteacher, 1885-1887) Burra District Council (SA) (mayor, 1886-1887) Burra Record (SA) newspaper (editor, 1887) Parliament of South Australia (MLA, 1887-1901) Burra District Council (SA) (mayor, 1888-1889) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - Speaker, 1901-1909) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - member, 1901-1909)

* Dates are approximate