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George Briscoe Kerferd ( 21 January 1831 - 31 December 1899 ), Australian colonial politician, was the 10th Premier Of Victoria . Kerferd was born in Liverpool , the son of a merchant, and was educated there before emigrating to Victoria in 1853 . After trying his luck as a gold miner at Bendigo , he settled in Beechworth and became a brewer and wine merchant. He was mayor of Beechworth 1863 - 64 . In 1853 he married Ann Martindale, with whom he had ten children. He was admitted to the Melbourne bar in 1867 but did not practise as a lawyer. Kerferd was elected to the Legislative Assembly for the Ovens in 1864 , and represented the area continuously until 1886 . He was Minister for Mines and Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works in the government of James McCulloch 1868 , and Solicitor-General 1872 - 74 and Attorney-General in 1874 in the government of James Francis . When the Francis government was defeated in July 1874 he succeeded him at the head of a new conservative ministry. Kerferd's Treasurer, James Service , was, like most colonial conservatives, a convinced Free Trader , and the government's 1875 budget proposed repealing the tariffs imposed by Charles Gavan Duffy 's liberal government, and replacing the lost revenue with a Land Tax and a tax on beer and spirits. But this offended both the landowners and the business community, and Kerferd's government was defeated in August 1875 . Kerferd was again Attorney-General in later conservative governments ( 1875 - 77 , 1880 and 1883 - 86 , in the Service government). In 1886 he quit politics and was appointed to the Supreme Court Of Victoria , where he served until his death in 1899 . Kerferd Rd in Albert Park is named after him. REFERENCES
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