Editing Isaac Isaacs (section)

==Political career==
===Victorian MP, 1892–1901===
In 1892 Isaacs was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as a liberal. He was the member for [[Electoral district of Bogong|Bogong]] from May 1892 until May 1893 and between June 1893 and May 1901. In 1893 he became Solicitor-General in the Patterson ministry.  From 1894 to 1899 he was Attorney-General in the Turner ministry, and served as acting Premier on some occasions. In 1897 he was elected to the [[1898 Australasian Federal Convention|convention]] to approve the terms of the [[Constitution of Australia|Australian Constitution]].  However, he was not elected to the committee drafting the constitution; [[Alfred Deakin]] attributed this failure to "a plot discreditable to all engaged in it" and thought that this antagonizing and humiliating snub sharpened Isaacs's "tendency to minute technical criticism ... so as to bring him not infrequently into collision" with the committee. Isaacs had many reservations about the draft constitution, but he campaigned in support of it after the [[Australian Natives' Association]] gave the draft its full support, rejecting his plea to delay for further consideration.<ref name = ADB/><ref>[http://www.skwirk.com/p-c_s-14_u-114_t-307_c-1041/sir-isaac-isaacs/nsw/sir-isaac-isaacs/australia-between-the-wars-1930s/contribution-and-significance-of-an-individual-in-the-1930s Sir Isaac Isaacs, Contribution and significance of an individual in the 1930s, Australia between the wars: 1930s, History Year 9, NSW | Online Education Home Schooling Skwirk Australia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514144314/http://www.skwirk.com/p-c_s-14_u-114_t-307_c-1041/sir-isaac-isaacs/nsw/sir-isaac-isaacs/australia-between-the-wars-1930s/contribution-and-significance-of-an-individual-in-the-1930s |date=14 May 2013 }}. Skwirk.com.au. Retrieved 2011-06-06.</ref>

===Federal MP, 1901–1906===
[[File:IsaacIsaacs1900s.jpg|thumb|left|Isaacs during his time as a federal MP]]
Isaacs was elected to the first [[Parliament of Australia|federal Parliament]] in 1901 to the seat of [[Division of Indi|Indi]] as a critical supporter of [[Edmund Barton]] and his [[Protectionist Party|Protectionist]] government.<ref name="ADB" /> He was one of a group of backbenchers pushing for more radical policies and he earned the dislike of many of his colleagues through what they saw as his aloofness and rather self-righteous attitude to politics.

[[Alfred Deakin]] appointed Isaacs Attorney-General in 1905 but he was a difficult colleague and in 1906 Deakin was keen to get him out of politics by appointing him to the [[High Court of Australia|High Court]] bench.<ref name="ADB" /> He was the first serving minister to resign from the parliament.