Ben Chifley
|
The Right Honourable Ben Chifley |
|
|---|---|
 |
|
|
16th Prime Minister of Australia Elections: 1946, 1949, 1951 |
|
|
In office 13 July 1945 – 19 December 1949 |
|
| Monarch | George VI |
| Governor-General |
The Duke of Gloucester Sir William McKell |
| Deputy |
Frank Forde H. V. Evatt |
| Preceded by | Frank Forde |
| Succeeded by | Robert Menzies |
| Leader of the Labor Party | |
|
In office 13 July 1945 – 13 June 1951 |
|
| Deputy |
Frank Forde H. V. Evatt |
| Preceded by | John Curtin |
| Succeeded by | H. V. Evatt |
| Treasurer of Australia | |
|
In office 7 October 1941 – 18 December 1949 |
|
| Prime Minister |
John Curtin Frank Forde Ben Chifley |
| Preceded by | Arthur Fadden |
| Succeeded by | Sir Arthur Fadden |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
|
In office 19 December 1949 – 13 June 1951 |
|
| Prime Minister | Robert Menzies |
| Deputy | H. V. Evatt |
| Preceded by | Robert Menzies |
| Succeeded by | H. V. Evatt |
| Minister for Postwar Reconstruction | |
|
In office 22 December 1942 – 2 February 1945 |
|
| Prime Minister | John Curtin |
| Preceded by | Office Created |
| Succeeded by | Office Abolished |
| Minister for Defence | |
|
In office 3 March 1931 – 6 January 1932 |
|
| Prime Minister | James Scullin |
| Preceded by | John Daly |
| Succeeded by | George Pearce |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Macquarie |
|
|
In office 21 September 1940 – 13 June 1951 |
|
| Preceded by | John Lawson |
| Succeeded by | Tony Luchetti |
|
In office 17 November 1928 – 19 December 1931 |
|
| Preceded by | Arthur Manning |
| Succeeded by | John Lawson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
22 September 1885 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 13 June 1951 (aged 65) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
| Political party | Labor |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth McKenzie |
| Profession | Politician, Engine driver and Trade unionist |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Joseph Benedict "Ben" Chifley (/ˈtʃɪfli/; 22 September 1885 – 13 June 1951) was an Australian politician who was the 16th Prime Minister of Australia from 1945 to 1949. He became Leader of the Labor Party on the death of John Curtin, and went on to retain a majority in both Houses of the Australian Parliament at the 1946 election, before his government was defeated at the 1949 election. The radical reforming nature of the Chifley Government was such that, between 1946 and 1949, the Australian Parliament passed 299 Acts, a record up until then, and well beyond the previous record of the Labor Government of Andrew Fisher, which passed 113 Acts from 1910 to 1913.
Amongst the Chifley Labor Government's legislation was the post-war immigration scheme, the establishment of Australian citizenship, the Snowy Mountains Scheme, over-viewing the foundation of airlines Qantas and Trans Australia Airlines, improvements in social services, the creation of the Commonwealth Employment Service, the introduction of federal funds to the States for public housing construction, the establishment of a Universities Commission for the expansion of university education, the introduction of a Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and free hospital ward treatment, the reorganisation and enlargement of the CSIRO, the establishment of a civilian rehabilitation service, the founding of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), and the establishment of the Australian National University.
...
Wikipedia