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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Robert_MenziesRobert Menzies - Wikipedia

    Sir Robert Gordon Menzies KT AK CH QC FAA FRS (20 December 1894 – 15 May 1978) was an Australian politician and lawyer who served as the 12th prime minister of Australia from 1939 to 1941 and 1949 to 1966.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Robert_Menzies_(actor)Robert Menzies (actor) - Wikipedia

    Robert Menzies (born 4 November 1955) is an Australian actor, who is best known for starring in Three Dollars. Menzies was nominated as Best Lead Actor in Television Drama in the 2009 AFI Awards for Television for his acting in the ABC TV production of 3 Acts of Murder.

  3. www.britannica.com › biography › Robert-MenziesSir Robert Menzies | Liberal leader, WWII, Australia | Britannica

    May 11, 2024 · Sir Robert Menzies was a statesman who, as prime minister of Australia (1939–41, 1949–66), strengthened military ties with the United States and fostered industrial growth and immigration from Europe. Menzies gave up a highly successful law practice in Victoria to serve in the state legislature.

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  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Menzies_Government_(1949Menzies government (1949–1966) - Wikipedia

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    The United Australia Party had been formed as a new conservative alliance in 1931, with Labor defector Joseph Lyons as its leader and John Latham, hitherto leader of the Nationalist Party of Australia as his deputy. The stance of Lyons and another former Labor minister, James Fenton, against the more radical proposals of the Labor movement to deal the Great Depression had attracted the support of prominent Australian conservatives. In March 1931, though still a member of the ALP, Lyons suppor...

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    Fourteen political parties had allied to form the United Australia Party, but disenchantment with the United Australia Party was now widespread. A group of New South Wales members had formed the new "Democratic Party". This new group looked to Robert Menzies to provide leadership. Menzies called a conference of conservative parties and other groups opposed to the ruling Australian Labor Party which met in Canberra on 13 October 1944, and again in Albury in December 1944. The formation of the...

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    Following victory in the 1949 election, the Menzies government secured a double dissolution election for 28 April 1951, after the Australian Labor Party-controlled Senate refused to pass the Menzies' banking legislation. The Liberal-Country Coalition was returned with a reduced majority in the Lower House, but with control of the Senate. The Govern...

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  6. www.wikiwand.com › en › Robert_MenziesRobert Menzies - Wikiwand

    Sir Robert Gordon Menzies KT AK CH QC FAA FRS (20 December 1894 – 15 May 1978) was an Australian politician and lawyer who served as the 12th prime minister of Australia from 1939 to 1941 and 1949 to 1966.

  7. www.naa.gov.au › robert-menziesRobert Menzies | naa.gov.au

    Robert Gordon Menzies was Australia’s 12th and longest-serving Prime Minister. He held the office twice, from 1939 to 1941 and from 1949 to 1966. Altogether he was Prime Minister for over 18 years – still the record term for an Australian prime minister.

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  9. www.naa.gov.au › robert-menzies › timelineRobert Menzies: timeline | naa.gov.au

    Sep 3, 2020 · Robert Menzies became prime minister for the 2nd time, after the Liberal-Country Party coalition won a convincing victory at the 19th federal election on 10 December. This started a 16-year term that set a record in Australian politics.