Robert Menzies

Rt Hon Sir 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

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Martin, A. W., "Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon (Bob) (1894–1978)," Australian Dictionary of Biography; retrieved 2012-5-18.

Prime Ministers of Australia
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

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[adb-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Martin, A. W., "Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon (Bob) (1894–1978)," Australian Dictionary of Biography; retrieved 2012-5-18.

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