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	Arthur Fadden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sir Arthur William Fadden (April 13, 1894 – April 21, 1973), Australian politician and 13th Prime Minister of Australia, born at Ingham, Queensland, the son of a Presbyterian police officer.
		In 1932 Fadden was elected for one term to the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
		Fadden continued as Opposition Leader, and led the conservatives to a crushing defeat in the 1943 elections.
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	Encyclopedia: Arthur Fadden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Fadden is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Tuggeranong.
		Fadden then became Minister for Air and Civil Aviation and continued to serve under Menzies during the period when Labor was fast regaining strength, and the UAP-Country Party coalition was under constant attack from inside and outside.
		Fadden, elected leader of the Country Party in March 1941, was Deputy Prime Minister when coalition in-fighting forced Menzies to throw in the sponge in August.
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	Arthur Fadden
		Fadden became Prime Minister after Menzies resigned in 1941, but less than six weeks later, his government was defeated on the floor of the House of Representatives.
		Arthur Fadden was born in Ingham, Queensland, on 13 April 1895.
		Fadden's second period as federal Treasurer 1949-58 was a period of rapid economic growth, expanding population, industrial development, rising levels of education, improved standards of living, low unemployment and the beginning of the 'long boom' of the immediate postwar decades.
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		Sir Arthur William Fadden (April 13 1894 - April 21 1973), Australian politician and 13th Prime Minister of Australia, born at Ingham in northern Queensland, the son of a Presbyterian police officer.
		But the two independent MPs who were keeping the goverment in office were so disgusted at the way Menzies had been treated that they voted against Fadden's budget, and in October he resigned: Labor under John Curtin then took office.
		His extreme political views were concealed behind a jolly public manner and he enjoyed his nickname "Artie." He retired in 1958 and lived quietly until his death in 1973.
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	Arthur Fadden: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In 1932 Fadden was elected for one term to the Queensland (A state in northeastern Australia) Legislative Assembly (Persons who make or amend or repeal laws).
		The United Australia Party (additional info and facts about United Australia Party) was so bereft of leadership by this time that Fadden was invited to become Prime Minister, although the Country Party was the smaller of the two conservative (A person who has conservative ideas or opinions) parties.
		Although inflation (A general and progressive increase in prices) was very high in the early 1950s (The decade from 1950 to 1959), forcing him to impose several "horror budgets," he generally presided over a booming economy, with times especially good for farmers.
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	Arthur Coles
		Arthur William Coles (August 7, 1892 - June 14, 1982), later Sir Arthur Coles, was a prominent Australian businessman and philanthropist.
		The family opened a series of new Coles Variety Stores around the country, Arthur moving to Sydney in 1928 to open and manage the first one in New South Wales.
		Coles was one of the two independents who held the balance of power through the early years of the Second World War, and crossed the floor in 1941 to remove the hapless United Australia Party government of Arthur Fadden and install John Curtin as Prime Minister.
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	Prime Minister - Sir Arthur Fadden. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Arthur William Fadden was born on 13 April 1894, in Ingham in north Queensland.
		Fadden joined Queensland’s Country and Progressive National Party, and in 1932 was elected a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the seat of Kennedy.
		Fadden was again returned at the federal election on 23 October 1937 and a member of the 15th parliament, opened on 30 November by Governor-General Lord Gowrie.
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	Read about Arthur Fadden at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Arthur Fadden and learn about Arthur Fadden here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In 1932 Fadden was elected for one term to the
		John McEwen in the ballot to replace him, and Fadden was chosen as a compromise candidate.
		Fadden continued as Opposition Leader, and led the conservatives to a crushing defeat in the
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	Sir Arthur William Fadden
		Fadden's first steps into politics were as a Townsville alderman, then as a Country Party member in the State Parliament.
		Fadden, as a Country Party member, supported Page and often referred to Menzies in the earthy language of the canefields.
		Reid, A., 'Sir Arthur Fadden: From Mr Da-Foo to Mr Omono', Bulletin, 26 August 1961: 12-16.
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	Arthur Fadden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Sir Arthur William Fadden (April 13, 1894 - April 21, 1973),Australian politician and 13th Prime Minister ofAustralia, born at Ingham in northern Queensland, the son of a Presbyterian police officer.
		The United Australia Party was so bereft of leadership by this time that Fadden was invited to become Prime Minister, although the Country Party was thesmaller of the two conservative parties.
		Fadden joked that he was like the Flood: he had reigned for 40 days and 40nights.
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	Arthur Fadden, August 1941 - October 1941
		Fadden is a thoroughly self-made man. He left school at the age of 15, and became general rouse-about to a gang of cane cutters in the Mackay district.
		That is not surprising, for in contrast to the unfortunate and oft-quoted remark that Mr.
		Fadden, as Leader of the Country Party which had only 13 members in the House of Representatives, relied on the United Australia Party and two Independents to retain power.
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	Encyclopedia: Arthur Coles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Coles was one of the two independents who held the balance of power through the early years of the Second World War, and crossed the floor in 1941 to remove the hapless UAP-Country Party government of Arthur Fadden and install John Curtin of the Australian Labor Party as Prime Minister of Australia.
		Rt Hon Arthur Fadden Sir Arthur William Fadden (April 13, 1894 – April 21, 1973), Australian politician and 13th Prime Minister of Australia, born at Ingham, Queensland, the son of a Presbyterian police officer.
		Coles was one of the two independents who held the balance of power through the early years of the Second World War, and crossed the floor in 1941 to remove the hapless UAP - Country Party government of Arthur Fadden and install John Curtin of the Australian Labor Party as Prime Minister of Australia.
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	National Archives of Australia - The Collection - Prime Ministers - Fadden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Fadden was a member of the House of Representatives for 22 years, holding the rural Darling Downs seat in southern Queensland and then McPherson after an electoral redistribution.
		Fadden was elected Leader of the Country Party in 1941, which he remained until he left politics in 1958.
		Ilma Nita Thornber married Arthur Fadden in 1916.
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		Upon the resignation of Robert Gordon Menzies in 1941, Fadden served for 40 days as prime minister before his government was defeated and Labor took office.
		Fadden was knighted in 1951 and retired from politics in 1958.
		Fadden was acting prime minister on ten separate occasions covering a total period of 19 months.
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	Bulletin - And furthermore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		We had a fixed exchange rate then, and the federal treasurer was Arthur Fadden, leader of the Country Party.
		The idea of revaluing the exchange rate was regarded by Fadden and his supporters as an evil city plot, especially on the part of the newspaper proprietors who stood to benefit from a substantial drop in the price of newsprint.
		Fadden wrote in his autobiography of how cabinet was on the verge of dissolution unless the Country Party could come up with an alternative solution.
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	Australia's Prime Ministers - Meet a PM - Fadden
		Arthur Fadden was Prime Minister from 29 August to 7 October 1941.
		A Cabinet vote made the new Country Party leader, Arthur Fadden, the man sworn in as Prime Minister on 29 August 1941.
		A Queenslander, Fadden was a member of the House of Representatives for 22 years, from 1936 to 1958, and leader of the Country Party for 17 years, from 1941 to 1958.
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	Division of Fadden - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Division of Fadden is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.
		The division was created in 1977 and is named for Sir Arthur Fadden, Prime Minister of Australia in 1941.
		As its boundaries have changed Fadden has become an increasingly safe seat for the Liberal Party.
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	Australian Prime Ministers - rugby league
		The son of Irish immigrants, Arthur 'Arch' Fadden was born on 13 April 1894, at Ingham in north Queensland.
		Fadden remained a well-known figure in Townsville, and in 1930 became an alderman on the city's Council.
		In a coalition government, Fadden was 'acting Prime Minister' during Robert Menzies' war-time trips overseas.
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	Documents on Canadian External Relations (DCER)
		Sir Arthur Fadden thought that the main objective of preventing other countries from taking unfair advantage of the convertibility of current non-resident sterling could be achieved within the existing GATT articles if consultations among the contracting parties were used to bring pressure to bear on countries discriminating unjustifiably against sterling goods.
		Sir Arthur Fadden said that Australia was opposed to extending the influence of the fund over trade matters.
		Sir Arthur Fadden, who had opposed the United Kingdom proposal from the outset on the grounds that it would strengthen the authority of the fund in trade matters, was only just prepared to swallow the dose when sweetened in the way suggested by the Indian Minister of Finance.
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	Bulletin - Tally ho (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Fifteen days after surpassing Keating’s effort, Costello will overtake Arthur Fadden’s champion unbroken period as treasurer, which stretched for eight years and 98 days from 1949 to 1958.
		Fadden will, however, retain the record into next year because he also served 10 months as treasurer in 1940-41.
		The real difference, of course, is that Chifley, Fadden and Keating managed also to serve as prime ministers (even if Fadden’s period at the helm was a mere 40 days in 1941).
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	Sir Arthur William Fadden -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Fadden was active in local and state government as a young man, and he was a member of Parliament (1936–58) and leader of the Country Party (1941–58).
		The British artist Arthur Rackham is best known for his illustrations for classic fiction and children's literature.
		Twice the prime minister of Canada, Arthur Meighen also served his country in other offices, including those of solicitor general and secretary of state.
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	National Archives of Australia - Fact Sheet 79 - Sir Arthur William Fadden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Having served a single term in the Queensland Legislative Assembly (1932–35), Arthur Fadden entered the House of Representatives as a member of the Country Party following a by-election for the seat of Darling Downs in 1936.
		A backbencher during the Lyons government, Fadden entered the government of Robert Menzies as a junior Minister (Supply and Development, and later Air, and Civil Aviation).
		Although Fadden did publish a volume of his memoirs (They call me Artie, Jacaranda Press, Brisbane) in 1969, no collection of his personal records is known to exist.
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		When the new budget was introduced the Opposition attacked it and when it came to a vote, the 2 independents threw in their lot with Labor, thus removing the coalition from office.
		Menzies was prime minister at the beginning of the war but stepped down in August 1941 to be replaced by his coalition partner Arthur Fadden.
		Fadden was replaced by Curtin in October 1941.
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	Arthur Fadden: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Arthur Fadden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Arthur Fadden: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Arthur Fadden
		Sir Arthur Fadden (April 13, 1894 - April 21, 1973) was Prime Minister of Australia for a brief period between August 29 and October 7, 1941.
		He was also Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer in much of Robert Menzies' time in office, and spent a total of two years as acting Prime Minister at times during Menzies' rule.
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