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William McMahon From Sterwiki Missing imageBillymcmahon.jpg Rt Hon William McMahon Sir William McMahon (February 23 1908 – March 31 1988), Australian politician and 20th Prime Minister of Australia, was born in Sydney, New South Wales, where his father was a lawyer.
McMahon was elected to the House of Representatives for a Sydney seat in 1949, one of the flood of new Liberal MPs known as the 'forty-niners.' He was capable and ambitious, and in 1951 Prime Minister Robert Menzies made him Minister for the Navy.
McMahon lost his nerve, and in the December 1972 election campaign he was outperformed by Whitlam and subjected to ridicule in the press.
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She left at five years of age, and the eventual cause of her inclusion was that she was really an Australian of the third generation.
Her mother was an Australian, one grandfather spent all his adult life in Australia, and one of her great-grandfathers was William Sorell, one of the ablest governors that ever came to Australia.
A few outstanding scientists have been born here, such as Sir Grafton Elliot Smith, and a few others, such as Sir William Henry Bragg, have come from Europe to Australia and found the conditions favourable to the development of their great ability.
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 William McMahon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
McMahon was elected to the House of Representatives for the Sydney seat of Lowe in 1949, one of the flood of new Liberal MPs known as the "forty-niners." He was capable and ambitious, and in 1951 Prime Minister Robert Menzies made him Minister for the Navy.
McMahon was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1966, a Companion of Honour in 1972 and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1977.
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 Sir William McMachon. Billy McMahon. People of the Liberal Party of Australia. Liberals.Net: Liberal Party of Australia
Sir William McMahon was born on 23 February 1908 to a wealthy Sydney family.
McMahon gave a speech on his behalf and it was so impressive he was urged to run for Parliament himself.
McMahon married Sydney socialite Sonya Hopkins in 1965.
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 Prime Minister - Sir William McMahon
William McMahon was born on 23 February 1908, one of the four children of solicitor William McMahon and Mary Anne (Walder) McMahon.
In December 1965 William McMahon and Sonia Hopkins married in Sydney.
McMahon, William, The Wit and Wisdom of William McMahon, Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1972.
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Julian McMahon is the third son of Sir William McMahon, the former Australian Prime Minister, and his wife Sonia, Lady McMahon.
He is the second child of Sir William and Lady Sonia McMahon.
Sir William McMahon (deceased) was the former Prime Minister of Australia
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 Julian McMahon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Julian Dana William McMahon (born 27 July 1968 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian actor and former fashion model.
Julian McMahon is the 2nd of the three children of Sir William McMahon, the former Australian Prime Minister, and his wife Sonia, Lady McMahon.
McMahon was also a finalist for the role of James Bond in the film Casino Royale but lost the bidding to Daniel Craig.
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 Julian McMahon
Prior to his demonic role as Cole on Charmed, Australian actor Julian McMahon was best known to American television audiences for his portrayal of Detective John Grant on the television drama Profiler.
The son of the late Sir William McMahon, who served as Prime Minister of Australia in the 1970s, McMahon grew up in the public eye until he escaped into academia as a law student at the University of Sydney.
Julian McMahon is the third child of Sir William and Lady Sonia McMahon.
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 Prime Minister: Sir Edmund Barton
Edmund Barton was born on 18 January 1849 in Hereford Street, Glebe, in Sydney to William and Mary Louise Barton.
In 1882, elected with Sir George Reid to East Sydney, Barton served as Speaker in the Assembly and became well known in the Macquarie Street Parliament House.
Commissioned to form the first Commonwealth government by the Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun, Barton was sworn in as Prime Minister and Minister for External Affairs on the 1st of January 1901.
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 Julian McMahon
Julian McMahon was the second of three children born to Sir William and...
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He traveled to the US and then Europe and when he went back to Australia to meet some casting agents, he was offered a role in a TV Series.
Lady Sonia McMahon, reportedly, his socially active mother was not too thrilled with her son's career choice at first.
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