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| | Joseph Lyons -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) |
 | | Joseph Aloysius Lyons (September 15, 1879 - April 7, 1939), Australian politician and tenth (Click link for more info and facts about Prime Minister of Australia) Prime Minister of Australia, was born in Stanley, (An Australian state on the island of Tasmania) Tasmania, the son of Irish immigrants. |
 | | On 7 April 1939, Lyons died suddenly of a (A sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function) heart attack - the first Australian Prime Minister to die in office. |
 | | His widow, (Click link for more info and facts about Dame Enid Lyons) Dame Enid Lyons, later went into politics in her own right, in 1943 becoming the first woman to sit in the House of Representatives, and later the first woman (A person who is a member of the cabinet) Cabinet Minister. |
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