Rt Hon Doug Anthony

John Douglas Anthony, AC, CH (born 31 December 1929), Australian politician, was born in Murwillumbah in northern New South Wales. He was the son of Hubert Lawrence "Larry" Anthony, a well-known Country Party politician. Doug Anthony was educated at The King's School in Sydney and at an agricultural college in Queensland. After graduating he took up dairy-farming near Murwillumbah. In 1957 he married Margot Budd, with whom he had three children, including Larry Anthony, who also represented the Division of Richmond, New South Wales, in the Australian House of Representatives from March 1996 until October 2004 (making the Anthonys the only three-generation dynasty in the history of the House of Representatives). Image File history File links Douganthony. ... Image File history File links Douganthony. ... Look up AC, ac in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... CH can mean: Christs Hospital School, Horsham, West Sussex. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mt Warning seen from Point Danger, Coolangatta, Queensland. ... Capital Sydney Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Professor Marie Bashir Premier Morris Iemma (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 50  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $305,437 (1st)  - Product per capita  $45,153/person (4th) Population (End of March 2006)  - Population  6,817,100 (1st)  - Density  8. ... Hubert Lawrence Larry Anthony (12 March 1897 - 12 July 1957), Australian politician, founded the only three-generation dynasty in the history of the Australian House of Representatives. ... The National Party of Australia is an Australian conservative political party, which claims to represent rural voters. ... The Kings School is an independent Anglican boys school in North Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Peter Beattie (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 28  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $158,506 (3rd)  - Product per capita  $40,170/person (6th) Population (June Quarter Released Statistics 2006)  - Population  4,053,444 (3rd)  - Density  2. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hon Larry Anthony Lawrence James Larry Anthony (born 17 December 1961), Australian politician, was a National Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Richmond, New South Wales, from March 1996 until his defeat in the parliamentary election of October 9, 2004. ... The Division of Richmond is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. ... Australian House of Representatives chamber Entrance to the House of Representatives The Australian House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia. ...

In the same year Larry Anthony, who was Postmaster-General in the Liberal-Country Party coalition government led by Robert Menzies, died suddenly, and Doug was elected to succeed his father in the Division of Richmond in the House of Representatives, aged 27. He was appointed Minister for the Interior in 1964 (in Australia this is a minor position with none of the security and policing functions it has in other countries). In 1967 he became Minister for Primary Industries. It was obvious that the Country Party leader, John McEwen, was grooming Anthony to succeed him. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. ... Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, KT, AK, CH, FRS, QC (20 December 1894 – 14 May 1978), Australian politician, was the twelfth and longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia, serving eighteen and a half years. ... The Division of Richmond is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. ... Australian House of Representatives chamber Entrance to the House of Representatives The Australian House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Sir John McEwen (March 29, 1900 - November 20, 1980), Australian politician and 18th Prime Minister of Australia, was born at Chiltern, Victoria, where his father was a pharmacist. ...

When McEwen retired in 1971 Anthony was duly chosen as his successor, becoming Minister for Trade and Industry and Deputy Prime Minister in the governments of John Gorton and William McMahon. He was an attractive figure and many people would have preferred him as Prime Minister rather than the bumbling McMahon. He showed his tough streak when he forced McMahon to back down on petrol prices and other issues which affected country voters. 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... Sir John Grey Gorton GCMG AC CH (9 September 1911 – 19 May 2002), Australian politician, was the 19th Prime Minister of Australia. ... Sir William McMahon, GCMG, CH, PC (23 February 1908 – 31 March 1988), Australian politician and 20th Prime Minister of Australia, was born in Sydney, New South Wales, where his father was a lawyer. ...

After the coalition's defeat in 1972, he was said to favour a policy of absolute opposition to the Labor government of Gough Whitlam. Despite this, the National Party voted with the Labor Government on some bills, for example the 1973 expansion of state aid to under-privileged schools. He urged the Liberals to take a hard line against Whitlam throughout the next three years and welcomed his dismissal by the Governor-General, Sir John Kerr, in 1975. To broaden the appeal of his party beyond its declining rural base, he changed its name to the National Country Party, and began contesting urban seats in Queensland and Western Australia. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Edward Gough Whitlam AC QC (born 11 July 1916), known as Gough Whitlam (, pronounced Goff), Australian politician and 21st Prime Minister of Australia. ... The Rt Hon. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Peter Beattie (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 28  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $158,506 (3rd)  - Product per capita  $40,170/person (6th) Population (June Quarter Released Statistics 2006)  - Population  4,053,444 (3rd)  - Density  2. ... Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 15  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $100,900 (4th)  - Product per capita  $50,355/person (3rd) Population (December 2006)  - Population  2,050,900 (4th)  - Density  0. ...

When the coalition parties returned to power after the 1975 elections Anthony again became Deputy Prime Minister, with the portfolio of National Resources. But with the dominating Malcolm Fraser as Prime Minister, and the Liberals having a majority in their own right between 1975 and 1980, Anthony found that he did not have the same power he had had in the coalition governments before 1972. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... This article is about the former Prime Minister of Australia; for the Western Australian public servant, see Malcolm Fraser (surveyor). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

Anthony saw that the deregulatory policies of the Thatcherite wing of the Liberal Party as represented by John Howard, Fraser's Treasurer, were a threat to the future of his party and its traditional policy tariff protection for Australia's rural industries, which the Thatcherites derided as "bush socialism." From 1980 to 1983 he resisted the deregulatory and other Thatcherite policies of Howard, and usually succeeded in persuading Fraser (himself a farmer) to take his side against Howard. Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925), is the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, in office from 1979 to 1990. ... John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939), Australian politician, is the Prime Minister of Australia. ... Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that envisage a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to social control. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Deregulation is the process by which governments remove, reduce, or simplify restrictions on business and individuals in order to (in theory) encourage the efficient operation of markets. ...

When the Fraser government was defeated in 1983, Anthony remained as National Country Party leader for less than a year. He resigned from Parliament in early 1984. By then, although still only 55, he was the longest-serving member of the House. He returned to his farm near Murwillumbah and generally stayed out of politics. In 1996 his son, Larry Anthony, won his father's old seat, creating the first three-generation dynasty in the House of Representatives. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: List of longest-serving members of the Australian Senate The first House of Representatives was elected on 30 March 1901. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Hon Larry Anthony Lawrence James Larry Anthony (born 17 December 1961), Australian politician, was a National Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Richmond, New South Wales, from March 1996 until his defeat in the parliamentary election of October 9, 2004. ...

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Doug Anthony's name was used by the anarchic Australian comedy trio The Doug Anthony All Stars, who rose to fame with celebrated appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the 1980s and came to national prominence in Australia in 1990 with their popular performances on the cult TV sketch comedy series The Big Gig. The Doug Anthony All Stars (DAAS) were an Australian musical comedy group comprising Tim Ferguson, Richard Fidler and Paul McDermott. ... Categories: Festival stubs | Edinburgh ... The Big Gig was a popular Australian television sketch comedy series. ...