Anthony Family (Australian Politics)

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The Anthony family is the only three-generation dynasty in the

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. All three sat in the

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in north-eastern

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. * Larry Anthony Sr. (Hubert Lawrence Anthony; 1897-1957), born in

Warren Warren most commonly refers to: * Warren (burrow), a network dug by rabbits * Warren (name), a given name and a surname, including lists of persons so named Warren may also refer to: Places Australia * Warren (biogeographic region) * War ...

, farmer and chairman of the Banana Growers Federation, became an MP in 1937 and a minister by 1940, and a minister again from 1949 until his sudden death in 1957. *

Doug Anthony John Douglas Anthony (31 December 192920 December 2020) was an Australian politician. He served as leader of the National Party of Australia from 1971 to 1984 and was the second and longest-serving deputy prime minister, holding the position un ...

(John Douglas Anthony; 1929-2020), born in

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, farmer, became an MP when his father died in 1957 and a minister from 1964,

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under

John Gorton Sir John Grey Gorton (9 September 1911 – 19 May 2002) was an Australian politician, farmer and airman who served as the 19th Prime Minister of Australia, prime minister of Australia from 1968 to 1971. He held office as the leader of the leade ...

(1971),

William McMahon Sir William McMahon (23 February 190831 March 1988), also known as Billy McMahon, was an Australian politician who served as the 20th prime minister of Australia from 1971 to 1972. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia ...

(1971-1972) and

Malcolm Fraser John Malcolm Fraser (; 21 May 1930 – 20 March 2015) was an Australian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, and is the fourth List of ...

(1975–1983), before resigning in 1984. * Larry Anthony, Jr. (Lawrence James Anthony; born 1961), born in

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, businessman and stockbroker, was the third Anthony in

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, from 1996 to 2004. He was a minister from 1999 until his defeat by

Justine Elliot Maria Justine Elliot (née Borsellino; born 29 July 1967) is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served in the House of Representatives since the 2004 federal election, representing the New Sout ...

five years later. He is now on the board of directors of the Queensland-based financial institution Indue, and the leading edge technology company uniDap Solutions. He is also the Chairman of

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for Australia. Political families of Australia