Percy Spender
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The Honourable Sir Percy Spender KCVO KBE QC |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Warringah |
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In office 1937 – 1951 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Archdale Parkhill |
| Succeeded by | Francis Bland |
| Australian Ambassador to the United States | |
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In office 1951–1958 |
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| Preceded by | Norman Makin |
| Succeeded by | Sir Howard Beale |
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5 October 1897 Sydney |
| Died | 3 May 1985 (aged 87) Sydney, New South Wales |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Spouse(s) |
Jean Maud Henderson Averil Watkins Trenerry, née McLeod Eileen Esdaile, née Congreve |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney |
| Occupation | politician |
Sir Percy Claude Spender KCVO KBE QC (5 October 1897 – 3 May 1985), was an Australian politician, diplomat and jurist.
Spender was born in Sydney and educated at Fort Street High School and later the University of Sydney. He joined the Commonwealth Public Service in 1915. He was admitted to the New South Wales Bar in 1923 and was made a King's Counsel in 1935.
Spender entered politics at the 1937 election when he was elected to the House of Representatives as member for Warringah. He ran as an independent, defeating the sitting member, Sir Archdale Parkhill. Soon after his election, he joined the government party, the United Australia Party, and held the seat until his resignation from federal politics in 1951. From 1944 was a member of the Liberal Party.
Spender held a number of ministries in Robert Menzies' wartime government. He was Minister without portfolio assisting the Treasurer from April–November 1939, Vice-President of the Executive Council from January–March 1940, then Treasurer until October 1940 and then Minister for the Army until the fall of Arthur Fadden's government in October 1941. He was also a member of the Economic Cabinet (1939–1940), War Cabinet (1939–1941) and the Advisory War Council (1940–1945).
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