Robert Menzies

Sir Robert Gordon Menzies (20 December 1894 - 14 May 1978) was the 12th Prime Minister of Australia.

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	(1894-12-20)20 December 1894 Jeparit, Victoria
Died	14 May 1978(1978-05-14) (aged 83)
Political party	United Australia; Liberal

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."

Honours

• Knight of the Thistle, 1963
• Constable of Dover Castle, 1965
• Warden of the Cinque Ports, 1965

Robert Menzies Media

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  Article in Melbourne Punch detailing Menzies's feat of topping the state school examinations at the age of 13

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  Menzies as Deputy Premier of Victoria

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  Declaration of War Broadcast, September 1939

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  Portrait of former Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies*Photographed in 1952, registered to the archives on 22 October 1994.

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  Prime Minister Robert Menzies at home in the Lodge

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  Menzies hosting a royal visit of Queen Elizabeth II

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  Menzies with Minister for the Navy John Gorton in 1961

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  Menzies with Treasurer Harold Holt

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  Menzies in 1963, towards the end of his reign in office

• 1970 ABC interview with Menzies and Allan Fraser, discussing the Petrov Affair