Rt Hon Frank Forde

Prime Minister of Australia
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Periods in office:	6 July – 13 July 1945
Predecessor(s):	John Curtin
Successor(s):	Ben Chifley
Date of birth:	18 July 1890
Date of death:	28 January 1983
Place of birth:	Mitchell, Queensland
Place of death:	{{{place_death}}}
Political party:	Labor

Francis Michael Forde (18 July 1890 – 28 January 1983) was an Australian politician and the 15th Prime Minister of Australia. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... July 13 is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... John Curtin (January 8, 1885 – July 5, 1945), Australian politician and 14th Prime Minister of Australia, led Australia through the darkest period of its history: when the Australian mainland came under direct military threat during the Japanese advance in World War II. Many Australians regard him as the countrys... Chicken nuggets are sold at McDonalds (September 22, 1885–June 13, 1951), Australian politician and 16th Prime Minister of Australia, was one of Australias most influential Prime Ministers. ... July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mitchell is a town in the Darling Downs. ... Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Nickname: Sunshine State/Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Governor Premier Const. ... July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The office of Prime Minister is in practice the most powerful political office in the Commonwealth of Australia. ...

He was born at Mitchell, Queensland, where his father was a grazier. He was educated at Catholic schools and became a teacher. Settling in Rockhampton he became active in the Labor Party and in workers' education groups. Mitchell is a town in the Darling Downs. ... Mayor Margaret Strelow Area 187 km² Population 59,120 (2003) (ABS) Time zone UTC + 10 Latitude Longitude 23°22. ... The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ...

In 1917 he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as Labor MP for Rockhampton. In 1922 he resigned and was elected to the House of Representatives for Capricornia. Capricornia is an album by Midnight Oil that was released in 2001 under the Sony Music label in Australia, and the Liquid 8 record label internationally. ...

Frank Forde soon advanced in the Labor ranks and when Labor won the 1929 elections he became Assistant Minister for Trade and Customs in the Scullin government. In the last days of the government he became Minister for Trade and Customs. As one of the few senior Labor MPs to survive defeat at the 1931 elections he became Deputy Opposition Leader in 1932. He remains the only Federal Deputy Leader of the ALP to come from Queensland. When Scullin retired in 1935, Forde contested the leadership ballot but was defeated by one vote by John Curtin, mainly because he had supported Scullin's economic policies. James Henry Scullin (pronounced: skoo-lin) (September 18, 1876–January 28, 1953), Australian politician and ninth Prime Minister of Australia, was born in the small town of Trawalla, in western Victoria, the son of a railway worker of Irish Catholic descent. ... John Curtin (January 8, 1885 – July 5, 1945), Australian politician and 14th Prime Minister of Australia, led Australia through the darkest period of its history: when the Australian mainland came under direct military threat during the Japanese advance in World War II. Many Australians regard him as the countrys...

Forde was a loyal deputy, and in 1941 when Labor returned to power he became Minister for the Army, a vital role in wartime. In 1945 Curtin died, and as Deputy Leader Forde was commissioned by the Governor-General as Prime Minister on 6 July. He again contested the leadership, but was defeated by Ben Chifley. He left office on 13 July, but remained as Deputy Leader, and became Minister for Defence in the Chifley government. In this role he was much criticised for the slowness with which Army personnel were being demobilised. As a result, he lost his seat at the 1946 elections. Governor-General (or Governor General) is a term used both historically and currently to designate the appointed representative of a head of state or their government for a particular territory, historically in a colonial context, but no longer necessarily in that form. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... Chicken nuggets are sold at McDonalds (September 22, 1885–June 13, 1951), Australian politician and 16th Prime Minister of Australia, was one of Australias most influential Prime Ministers. ... July 13 is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ...

Chifley appointed Forde High Commissioner to Canada, a role he filled until 1953. He returned to Australia and tried to re-enter Parliament at the 1954 elections, but was defeated. In 1955 he returned to the Queensland state Parliament as MP for Flinders. (He is the only former Prime Minister, and the only Privy Councillor since Federation, to have served in a state Parliament.) A High Commissioner is a person serving in a special executive capacity. ... 1955 (MCMLV in Roman) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

But in 1957 the Labor split of the 1950s caused him to be defeated: otherwise he would probably have become Labor leader in Queensland, given the expulsion of Vince Gair and his followers in the split. Vince Gair Vincent Clair Gair (25 February 1902 - 11 November 1980) was an Australian politician. ...

Forde retired to Brisbane where he devoted himself to Catholic charity work. He died in 1983, aged 92 from natiral causes. Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the state of Queensland, Australia. ...

He was the shortest-serving Prime Minister in Australian history, serving as PM for only one week, but the longest-lived Australian Prime Minister, living to the age of 92 years, six months and ten days. He had one of the unluckiest careers in Australian political history, twice narrowly missing becoming Prime Minister. He was Deputy Leader under three ALP Leaders (Scullin, Curtin and Chifley), a feat that would not be repeated by any other Deputy Leader of the party until Jenny Macklin. The electoral Division of Forde is named after him. Jenny Macklin Jennifer Louise Jenny Macklin (born 29 December 1953), Australian politician, is Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party. ... The Division of Forde is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. ...

See also

• Forde Ministry

The Forde Ministry was the thirty-second Australian Commonwealth ministry, and ran from 6th July 1945 to 13th July 1945. ...

External links

• Frank Forde - Australia's Prime Ministers / National Archives of Australia

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