Archie Michaelis
| Sir Archie Michaelis | |
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| 22nd Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 20 June 1950 – 31 October 1952 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Maltby |
| Succeeded by | Keith Sutton |
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for St Kilda |
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In office 14 May 1932 – 31 October 1952 |
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| Preceded by | Burnett Gray |
| Succeeded by | John Bourke |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Archie Reuben Louis Michaelis 19 December 1889 St Kilda, Victoria |
| Died | 22 April 1975 (aged 85) South Yarra, Victoria, Australia |
| Political party |
United Australia Party Liberal Party Liberal and Country Party |
| Spouse(s) | Claire Esther Hart (m. 1920) |
| Occupation | Company director |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1914–1919 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Unit | Royal Field Artillery |
Sir Archie Reuben Louis Michaelis (19 December 1889 – 22 April 1975) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1932 to 1952, representing the electorate of St Kilda for the United Australia Party and its successor. the Liberal Party.
Michaelis was born in St Kilda into a wealthy Jewish family which owned the successful leather tannery Michaelis, Hallenstein & Co. The family home was the historic Linden mansion on Acland Street, now a contemporary arts centre. He attended Wesley College and Cumloden School in St Kilda, until 1903 when his family took him to England to be schooled at the Harrow School.
In 1908, Michaelis returned to Melbourne, where he began working for the family business, and in 1912 he returned to England to work in the company's London office. He was in England when World War I broke out, and he immediately enlisted in the British Army, serving with the Honourable Artillery Company in the Middle East and in 1916 was commissioned in the Royal Field Artillery in which he served in Ireland and Greece.
At the 1932 Victorian election, Michaelis was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly representing the seat of St Kilda for the United Australia Party (later to become the Liberal Party). He was made a minister without portfolio in Ian MacFarlan's "stop-gap" ministry from October to November 1945.
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