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- Henry Bournes Higgins KC (30 June 1851 – 13 January 1929) was an Australian lawyer, politician, and judge. He served on the High Court of Australia from 1906 until his death in 1929, after briefly serving as Attorney-General of Australia in 1904. Higgins was born in what is now Northern Ireland. He and his family emigrated to Australia when he was 18, and he found work as a schoolteacher while studying law part-time at the University of Melbourne. He was admitted to the Victorian Bar in 1876, and built up a substantial practice specialising in equity law. Higgins came to public attention as a prominent supporter of Irish Home Rule. He was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1894, and represented Victoria at the Australasian Federal Convention, where he helped draft the new federal constitution. He nonetheless opposed the final draft, making him one of only two delegates to the convention to campaign against federation. In 1901, Higgins was elected to the new federal parliament as a member of the Protectionist Party. He was sympathetic to the labour movement, and in 1904 briefly served as Attorney-General in the Labor Party minority government led by Chris Watson. In 1906, Prime Minister Alfred Deakin decided to expand the High Court bench from three to five members, nominating Higgins and Isaac Isaacs to the court. Higgins was usually in the minority in his early years on the court, but in later years the composition of the court changed and he was more often in the majority. He also served as president of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration from 1907 to 1921. In that capacity, he wrote the decision in the influential Harvester case, holding that a legislative provision for a "fair and reasonable" wage effectively required a living wage. (en)
- Henry Bournes Higgins, mieux connu sous le nom de H. B. Higgins, né le 30 juin 1851 à Newtownards en Irlande (Royaume-Uni) et mort le 13 janvier 1929 à Dromana dans le Victoria, est un homme politique puis juge australien. Son principal héritage est le (en) qu'il prononce en 1907 et qui crée le droit pour chacun à un salaire suffisant pour subvenir à ses besoins (en anglais, living wage). (fr)
- H.B. Higgins, właśc. Henry Bournes Higgins (ur. 30 czerwca 1851 w Newtownards, zm. 13 stycznia 1929) – australijski prawnik i polityk. W latach 1904–1905 prokurator generalny Australii, a następnie od 1906 do 1929 sędzia Sądu Najwyższego Australii. (pl)
- Henry Bournes Higgins, född 30 juni 1851 i Newtownards i grevskapet Down i Ulster, död 13 januari 1929 i Dromana i Victoria, var en australisk jurist och politiker som företrädde Australiens arbetarparti i regeringen utan att formellt ansluta sig till partiet. Han var ledamot av Australiens representanthus 1901–1906 och Australiens justitieminister (Attorney-General) från april till augusti 1904. Han tjänstgjorde som domare i Australiens högsta domstol från 1906 fram till sin död. Higgins, son till en metodistpräst, gravsattes i en anglikansk ceremoni i Dromana. (sv)
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- Henry Bournes Higgins, mieux connu sous le nom de H. B. Higgins, né le 30 juin 1851 à Newtownards en Irlande (Royaume-Uni) et mort le 13 janvier 1929 à Dromana dans le Victoria, est un homme politique puis juge australien. Son principal héritage est le (en) qu'il prononce en 1907 et qui crée le droit pour chacun à un salaire suffisant pour subvenir à ses besoins (en anglais, living wage). (fr)
- H.B. Higgins, właśc. Henry Bournes Higgins (ur. 30 czerwca 1851 w Newtownards, zm. 13 stycznia 1929) – australijski prawnik i polityk. W latach 1904–1905 prokurator generalny Australii, a następnie od 1906 do 1929 sędzia Sądu Najwyższego Australii. (pl)
- Henry Bournes Higgins, född 30 juni 1851 i Newtownards i grevskapet Down i Ulster, död 13 januari 1929 i Dromana i Victoria, var en australisk jurist och politiker som företrädde Australiens arbetarparti i regeringen utan att formellt ansluta sig till partiet. Han var ledamot av Australiens representanthus 1901–1906 och Australiens justitieminister (Attorney-General) från april till augusti 1904. Han tjänstgjorde som domare i Australiens högsta domstol från 1906 fram till sin död. Higgins, son till en metodistpräst, gravsattes i en anglikansk ceremoni i Dromana. (sv)
- Henry Bournes Higgins KC (30 June 1851 – 13 January 1929) was an Australian lawyer, politician, and judge. He served on the High Court of Australia from 1906 until his death in 1929, after briefly serving as Attorney-General of Australia in 1904. (en)