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Frank Forde
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Australian politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (1890-1983)
Key facts
- Monarch
- George VI
- Governor general
- Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
- Deputy
- Himself
- Preceded by
- John Curtin
- Succeeded by
- Ben Chifley
- Prime minister
- John Curtin Himself (acting) Ben Chifley
- Leader
- James Scullin John Curtin Ben Chifley
- Constituency
- Rockhampton
- Born
- Francis Michael Forde , ( 1890-07-18 ) 18 July 1890, Mitchell , Colony of Queensland
- Died
- 28 January 1983 (1983-01-28) (aged 92), Brisbane , Queensland , Australia
- Resting place
- Toowong Cemetery , Queensland
- Party
- Labor
- Spouse
- Veronica O'Reilly ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1925 ; died 1967 )
- Education
- St Mary's College, Toowoomba
- Occupation
- Schoolteacher telegraphist politician
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Frank
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Mitchell
- Place of death
- Brisbane
- Occupation
- diplomat
- Position held
- ambassador
- Political party
- Australian Labor Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- Frank Forde 1945.jpg
- Work location
- Canberra
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- Commons category
- Frank Forde
- date of birth
- 1890-07-18
- date of death
- 1983-01-28
- name in native language
- Frank Forde
- honorific prefix
- The Right Honourable
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Francis Michael Forde (18 July 1890 – 28 January 1983) was an Australian politician who served as the 15th prime minister of Australia from 6 to 13 July 1945, in a caretaker capacity following the death of John Curtin. He was deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1932 to 1946 and is the shortest-serving prime minister in Australia's history.
Forde was born in Mitchell, Queensland, to Irish immigrant parents. He eventually settled in Rockhampton, and was a schoolteacher and telegraphist before entering politics. Having joined the ALP at a young age, Forde was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1917, aged 26. He transferred to the House of Representatives at the 1922 federal election, winning the Division of Capricornia. Forde was an assistant minister and minister in the Scullin government from 1929 to 1932, and was largely responsible for the government's policy of tariff increases during the Great Depression. He entered the cabinet in 1931 as Minister for Trade and Customs.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Frank Forde” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.