Editing Isaac Isaacs (section)

===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.