Stanley Bruce

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Stanley Bruce was an Australian statesman who served as Prime Minister in the 1920s and played a key role in redefining the constitutional relationship between Britain and its Dominions.

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Stanley Bruce canonical 4
Stanley Melbourne Bruce 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian politician
Prime Minister of Australia
human
statesman
advocatedPolicy closer economic and constitutional ties within the British Commonwealth
industrial relations reform in Australia
awardReceived The Order of the Companions of Honour
surface form: Companion of Honour

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
burialPlace St Michael’s Churchyard, Sunninghill, Berkshire, England
cabinetColleague Billy Hughes
John Latham
conflictParticipatedIn World War I
countryOfCitizenship Australia
dateOfBirth 1883-04-15
dateOfDeath 1967-08-25
educatedAt Melbourne Grammar School
Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge NERFINISHED
familyName Bruce
fieldOfWork diplomacy
politics
fullName Stanley Bruce self-linksurface differs
surface form: Stanley Melbourne Bruce
givenName Stanley
honorificTitle Viscount Bruce of Melbourne
legislativeBody House of Representatives of Australia
surface form: Australian House of Representatives
memberOf Privy Council
surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
memberOfPoliticalParty Nationalist Party of Australia
United Australia Party
middleName Melbourne
militaryService British Army
monarchDuringTerm George V
nobleTitle Viscount Bruce
notableFor leadership of Australia during the 1920s
redefining the constitutional relationship between Britain and the Dominions
officeEnd 1929-10-22
officeStart 1923-02-09
placeOfBirth St Kilda, Melbourne, Colony of Victoria
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London, England, United Kingdom
positionHeld High Commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom
Minister for External Affairs of Australia
President of the Council of the League of Nations
Prime Minister of Australia
Treasurer of Australia
precededBy Billy Hughes
primeMinisterOrder 8
religion Anglicanism
representedElectorate Flinders
spouse Ethel Bruce
succeededBy James Scullin

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Stanley Bruce fullName Stanley Bruce self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Stanley Melbourne Bruce