Personal profile
Born
29 March 1900, Chiltern, Victoria
Education
Wangaratta State School (1907-13)
Employment
- farmer
- soldier, Australian Imperial Force (1918)
- politician
Memberships
Freemasons
Marriages
- Annie McLeod, 21 September 1921, Tongala, Victoria
- Mary Byrne, 26 July 1968, Sydney, New South Wales
Children
None
Died
20 November 1980, Toorak, Victoria
Buried
Cremated
Honours
- Privy Council (1953)
- Order of the Companions of Honour (CH; 1969)
- Knight Grand Cross, Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG; 1971)
- Order of the Rising Sun 1st Class, Japan (1973)
Partner
Name
Annie Mills (Anne) McEwen
Previous name
Annie Mills McLeod
Born
1896, Tongala, Victoria
Memberships
- Australian Country Party
- Country Women’s Association
Died
10 February 1967, Toorak, Victoria
Honours
Dame Commander, Order of the British Empire (DBE; 1966)
Political profile
Term as Prime Minister
19 December 1967 to 10 January 1968
Term as Member of Parliament
- House of Representatives: 23 October 1934 to 1 February 1971
- Advisory War Council: 28 October 1940 to 7 October 1941
Portfolios
- Interior: 29 November 1937 to 26 April 1939
- External Affairs: 14 March to 28 October 1940
- Air: 28 October 1940 to 7 October 1941
- Civil Aviation: 28 October 1940 to 7 October 1941
- Commerce and Agriculture: 19 December 1949 to 11 January 1956
- Trade: 11 January 1956 to 18 December 1963
- Trade and Industry: 18 December 1963 to 5 February 1971
Political memberships
- Australian Country Party (1958-71)
- federal parliamentary leader (26 March 1958 to 1 February 1971)
