Arthur Fadden

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Arthur Fadden was an Australian politician who briefly served as the country’s 13th Prime Minister and later became a long-serving federal Treasurer.

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instanceOf Australian politician
human
associatedWith Liberal–Country coalition governments of Australia NERFINISHED
awardReceived Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
birthDate 1894-04-13
birthPlace Ingham, Queensland, Australia NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath leukaemia
countryOfCitizenship Australia
deathDate 1973-04-21
deathPlace Brisbane, Queensland, Australia NERFINISHED
familyName Fadden NERFINISHED
givenName Arthur NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Sir
ideology agrarian conservatism
memberOf House of Representatives of Australia NERFINISHED
memberOfPoliticalParty Country Party of Australia NERFINISHED
middleName William NERFINISHED
militaryService World War I home service in Australia
monarchDuringTerm George VI NERFINISHED
name Arthur William Fadden NERFINISHED
notableFor long-serving federal Treasurer of Australia
shortest-serving non-interim Prime Minister of Australia in the 20th century
numberOfChildren 4
occupation accountant
politician
officeEndTime 1941-10-07
officeStartTime 1941-08-29
ordinalInOffice 13th Prime Minister of Australia
parliamentaryServiceEnd 1958
parliamentaryServiceStart 1936
positionHeld Deputy Prime Minister of Australia NERFINISHED
Leader of the Country Party
Leader of the Opposition (Australia) NERFINISHED
Prime Minister of Australia NERFINISHED
Treasurer of Australia NERFINISHED
precededBy Robert Menzies NERFINISHED
religion Methodism NERFINISHED
representedElectorate Darling Downs NERFINISHED
McPherson NERFINISHED
servedAsTreasurerFrom 1949
servedAsTreasurerUntil 1958
servedInCabinetOf Harold Holt NERFINISHED
John McEwen NERFINISHED
Robert Menzies NERFINISHED
Robert Menzies (second government) NERFINISHED
spouse Ilma Fadden NERFINISHED
succeededBy John Curtin NERFINISHED

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United Australia Party leader Arthur Fadden
United Australia Party notableMember Arthur Fadden
John Curtin precededBy Arthur Fadden