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Stanley Bruce: fast facts

Stanley Bruce was the Prime Minister of Australia from 1923 to 1929.

Personal profile

Born

15 April 1883, Toorak, Victoria

Education

  • Melbourne Grammar (1896-1901)
  • Cambridge University (1903-06)

Employment

  • barrister
  • soldier, British Army (1915)
  • businessman
  • public servant
  • politician
  • university chancellor

Memberships

  • Freemasons
  • Melbourne Club
  • League of Nations Union
  • Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews

Marriage

12 July 1913, Sonning, Berkshire, England

Children

None

Died

25 August 1967, London, England

Buried

Cremated, ashes scattered over Canberra's Lake Burley Griffin

Honours

  • Military Cross, United Kingdom (MC; 1915)
  • Croix de Guerre avec Palme, France (1916)
  • Order of the Companion of Honour (CH; 1927)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society (1944)
  • Viscount (1947)

Partner

Name

Ethel Dunlop Bruce

Previous name

Ethel Dunlop Anderson

Born

25 May 1879, Melbourne, Victoria

Died

16 March 1967, London, England

Honours

Viscountess (1947)

Political profile

Term as Prime Minister

9 February 1923 to 22 October 1929

Terms as Member of Parliament 

  • House of Representatives:
    • May 1918 to October 1929
    • 17 February 1932 to October 1933 (Flinders)

Portfolios

  • Treasurer: 21 December 1921 to 9 February 1923
  • External Affairs: 9 February 1923 to 22 October 1929
  • Health: 2 April 1927 to 24 February 1928
  • Trade and Customs: 8 May to 24 November 1928
  • Honorary Minister in London: 6 January 1932 to 36 October 1933

Political memberships

  • Nationalist Party (1918-31)
    • federal parliamentary leader (1923-29)
  • United Australia Party (1931-33)

After office

  • High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (7 October 1933 to 6 October 1945)
  • President of the League of Nations Council (1936)
  • Chair of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Council (1946-51)
  • Chancellor, Australian National University (1951-61)

In this section: Stanley Bruce

  • Fast facts
  • Timeline
  • Before office
  • Elections
  • During office
  • After office
  • Partner
  • Key people
  • Records

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