Robert Menzies
Rt Hon Sir Robert Menzies | |
|---|---|
| 12th Prime Minister of Australia | |
| In office 26 April 1939 – 26 August 1941 19 December 1949 – 26 January 1966 | |
| Preceded by | Earle Page Ben Chifley |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Fadden Harold Holt |
| Constituency | Kooyong (Victoria) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 December 1894 Jeparit, Victoria |
| Died | 14 May 1978 (aged 83) |
| Political party | United Australia; Liberal |
Sir Robert Gordon Menzies (20 December 1894 - 14 May 1978) was the 12th Prime Minister of Australia.[1]
Australia
He was Prime Minister for a total of 18 and half years which is the longest in Australia's history. After the death of Joseph Lyons he was elected leader of the United Australia Party and became Prime Minister in 1939. He resigned in 1941 after a lot of criticism. In 1944, he helped form the new Liberal Party. In 1949, he was re-elected Prime Minister. He stayed in the job until he retired in 1966.
Commonwealth
According to his biography in the Australian Dictionary of Biography, "Menzies belonged to a generation for whom to be Australian was automatically to be British."[1]
Honours
- Knight of the Thistle, 1963[1]
- Constable of Dover Castle, 1965[1]
- Warden of the Cinque Ports, 1965[1]
References
| Prime Ministers of Australia | |
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| Barton | Deakin | Watson | Reid | Fisher | Cook | Hughes | Bruce | Scullin | Lyons | Page | Menzies | Fadden | Curtin | Forde | Chifley | Holt | McEwen | Gorton | McMahon | Whitlam | Fraser | Hawke | Keating | Howard | Rudd | Gillard | Abbott | Turnbull | Morrison | Albanese | |