Norman Makin
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The Honourable Norman Makin AO |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Hindmarsh |
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In office 13 December 1919 – 14 August 1946 |
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| Preceded by | William Archibald |
| Succeeded by | Albert Thompson |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Sturt |
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In office 29 May 1954 – 10 December 1955 |
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| Preceded by | Keith Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Keith Wilson |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Bonython |
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In office 10 December 1955 – 1 November 1963 |
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| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Martin Nicholls |
| 7th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives | |
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In office 20 November 1929 – 16 February 1932 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Littleton Groom |
| Succeeded by | George Mackay |
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31 March 1889 Petersham, New South Wales |
| Died | 20 July 1982 (aged 93) Adelaide, South Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Ruby Florence nee Jennings |
| Occupation | Metal worker |
| Religion | Methodist |
Norman John Oswald Makin AO (31 March 1889 – 20 July 1982) was an Australian politician and diplomat. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1919 to 1946 for Hindmarsh, from 1954 to 1955 for Sturt, and from 1955 to 1963 for Bonython. He was Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 1929 to 1932 and served as Minister for the Navy, Minister for Munitions (1941-1946) and Minister for Aircraft Production (1945-1946) under John Curtin, Frank Forde and Ben Chifley. He was the first President of the United Nations Security Council in 1946, and served as Ambassador to the United States from 1946 to 1951.
Makin was born in Petersham, New South Wales, the son of an itinerant worker. His family moved to Melbourne in 1891 and to Broken Hill in 1898, where he attended Broken Hill Superior Public School. He left school at thirteen and became a parcel boy for Boan Bros. drapers. He was a member of the Shop Assistants' Union at fourteen; he worked for two stationers and newsagents, sold The Barrier Miner in the streets of Broken Hill, and was chief assistant at the C. Day & Co bookstore at eighteen. He was largely self-educated and became a keen reader, and was involved in local debating and literary societies. In 1909, while still a shop assistant, he was a witness for the defence at the conspiracy trial of trade unionist Tom Mann. At eighteen, Makin undertook an apprenticeship in pattern-making and engineering, and was employed in various mines; he joined the Amalgamated Society of Engineers.
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