Robert Menzies
Sir Robert Gordon Menzies (20 December 1894 - 14 May 1978) was the 12th Prime Minister of Australia.[1]
Rt Hon Sir Robert Menzies | |
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| 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 |
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
Robert Menzies Media
- Robert Menzies, age 13.jpg
Article in Melbourne Punch detailing Menzies's feat of topping the state school examinations at the age of 13
Menzies as Deputy Premier of Victoria
Declaration of War Broadcast, September 1939
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
- HMQ and R Menzies.jpg
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
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1970 ABC interview with Menzies and Allan Fraser, discussing the Petrov Affair
References
| Prime Ministers of Australia | File:Flag of Australia.svg |
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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 | |
