Fadden, Sir Arthur William
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▪ prime minister of Australia
born April 13, 1895, Ingham, Queensland, Australia
died April 21, 1973, Brisbane
accountant, politician, and for a short time prime minister of Australia (1941).
Fadden was active in local and state government as a young man, and he was a member of Parliament (1936–58) and leader of the Country Party (1941–58). As a member of the cabinet he held the position of minister for air and civil aviation (1940) and of treasurer (1940–41, 1949–58); he also served for five weeks as prime minister upon the resignation of Robert Gordon Menzies (later Sir Robert Menzies). He was knighted in 1951 and retired from politics in 1958.
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