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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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  William McMahon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir William 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.
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.
Although McMahon's campaign and style were criticised, many overlooked that Whitlam won with a tiny majority, small enough to see this miniaturised in 1974 and paving the way for a landslide victorious return in 1975.
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 William McMahon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
McMahon was among the group of Liberals who entered parliament in 1949 and became key figures in successive Liberal-Country Party coalition governments.
McMahon was elected deputy leader of the parliamentary Liberal Party when Harold Holt succeeded Menzies as Prime Minister and Liberal leader on January 26, 1966.
McMahon therefore withdrew and John Gorton eventually won the party room vote for the position and was sworn in as Prime Minister on January 10, 1968.
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 William McMahon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
William McMahon was born in Sydney, New South Wales, on 23 February 1908.
William McMahon was elected to federal parliament as the Liberal candidate for the Sydney electorate of Lowe at the general election in December 1949.
McMahon withdrew and J.G. Gorton eventually won the party room vote for the position and was sworn in as Prime Minister on 10 January 1968.
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 William McMahon: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
This was partly because of McEwen's personal dislike of McMahon, for reasons suggested in the previous paragraph, but also because McEwen, an arch-protectionist, correctly suspected that McMahon favoured policies of free trade (International trade free of government interference) and deregulation (The act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations)).
McMahon therefore withdrew, and John Gorton (additional info and facts about John Gorton) won the party room ballot.
McMahon became Foreign Minister and waited for his chance at a comeback.
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 Encyclopedia: William McMahon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The McMahon Ministry was the forty-seventh Australian Commonwealth ministry, and ran from 10th March 1971 to 5th December 1972.
The Right Honourable William Morris Billy Hughes, PC (September 25, 1862 - October 28, 1952), Australian politician, was the seventh Prime Minister of Australia, the longest-serving member of the Australian Parliament, and one of the most colourful figures in Australian political history.
McMahon faced the electorate on 2 December 1972, after 23 years of Coalition rule, against the charismatic Gough Whitlam.
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 GEORGETOWN: THE BRIEN MCMAHON PAPERS
Brien McMahon (né James O'Brien McMahon) was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, on October 6, 1903, one of five children of William H. McMahon and Eugenie J. O'Brien McMahon.
McMahon attended college at Fordham University, where he became involved in student government and was prophetically nicknamed "Senator." After graduating from Fordham in 1924 with a B.A., he returned to Connecticut to attend law school at Yale University.
In 1944 McMahon was approached by fellow Democrats and persuaded to run for the U.S. Senate as a representative of Connecticut against the incumbent John Danaher.
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 Julian McMahon Biography
Julian Dana William McMahon (born July 27, 1968) is one of the three children to Australia's former prime minister Sir William McMahon who was in power from 1971 to 1972.
McMahon didn't show any particular interest in acting during his youth; in fact, he went to the University of Sydney fully intending to study law, but became bored with college life and left with dreams of a modeling career in 1987.
McMahon's forte, clearly, was in the world of prime-time television: In 1996, he co-starred in Profiler, and later took on a role in Charmed, a WB fantasy series in which he played a love interest saddled with the unfortunate trait of being a demon.
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 Julian McMahon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Julian Dana William McMahon (born July 27, 1968 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian actor, and the son of former Australian Prime Minister Sir William McMahon.
McMahon was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
In addition to a career as a model, McMahon began an acting career at an early age in Home and Away.
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 Prime Minister - Sir William McMahon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
William McMahon was born on 23 February 1908, one of the four children of solicitor William McMahon and Mary Anne (Walder) McMahon.
McMahon was raised by his aunt and uncle, Elsie and Samuel Walder, a Sydney businessman.
McMahon, William, The Wit and Wisdom of William McMahon, Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1972.
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 William P. McMahon, Sr.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
McMahon is an operational, financial and architectural planning consultant to clubs throughout North America.
McMahon is a graduate of Washington University School of Architecture in St. Louis and holds architecture licenses in 38 U.S. states and in Ontario, Canada.
McMahon is a member of the American Institute of Architects, the National Club Association and the National Golf Foundation.
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 McMahon: Third Generation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
McMahon was born in Columbia Cty, WI March 19, 1893.
Paul William McMahon was born in Columbia Cty, WI December 20, 1901.
Eugene McMahon was born in Pardeeville, Columbia Cty, WI September 7, 1903.
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 Australia's Prime Ministers - Meet a PM - McMahon
William McMahon was Prime Minister from 1971 to 1972.
He was first elected to parliament in 1949, and held the seat of Lowe, in Sydney, for 33 years until his retirement in 1982.
McMahon served as Minister for Primary Industry (1956—58) and Minister for Labour and National Service (1958—66) in the government of Robert Menzies, as Treasurer (1966—69) in the governments of Harold Holt, John McEwen and John Gorton, and as Minister for External Affairs (1969—71) in the Gorton government.
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 Mungo & Billy (The McMahon Months)
William McMahon rose to the lofty heights of the Prime Minister's Office at the same moment Federal Liberal fortunes plummeted to rock bottom.
McMahon arrived at the White House with Sonia, his greatest asset, as he used to call her.
McMahon was so overcome by the situation that he confided to President Nixon that he'd actually sung 'Fascination' 10 times to his wife to persuade her to marry him.
www.abc.net.au /dimensions/dimensions_in_time/Transcripts/s549616.htm   (685 words)

  
 Sir William McMahon Biography (1908–88) Online Encyclopedia Article About Sir William McMahon Biography (1908–88)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Sir William McMahon Biography (1908–88) Online Encyclopedia Article About Sir William McMahon Biography (1908–88)
The following year the Liberals lost the general election, but he continued to lead his party until 1977, when he was knighted.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
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 National Archives of Australia - The Collection - Prime Ministers - McMahon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
McMahon retired from parliament in 1982 and died in 1988.
Sonia Rachel Hopkins married William McMahon in 1965.
William and Sonia McMahon at RG Menzies' funeral in Melbourne, 1978
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 National Archives of Australia - Fact Sheet 215 - Prime Minister William McMahon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
William (‘Billy’) McMahon was born in Sydney in 1908.
The McMahon government was responsible for a number of initiatives – it was the first to create a department solely responsible for Aboriginal Affairs, and it effectively ended Australia’s military commitment to Vietnam.
McMahon was appointed a member of the Privy Council in 1966, made a Companion of Honour in 1972, and knighted in 1977.
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 William McMahon, Prime Minister Of Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
* Sir William McMahon was born in Sydney.
* William McMahon married Sonya Hopkins in 1965.
* In 1951 Sir William McMahon was a Minister for the Navy and the Air Force.
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 William McMahon
Inherited wealth cushioned McMahon from the effects of the Depression years and life was far from a struggle.
William McMahon's mother died when he was 4 years old.
McMahon, William, The Wit and Wisdom of William McMabon, Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1972.
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 William Joseph McMahon obituary 2/10/99   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
William Joseph McMahon, age 79 of Waconia and formerly of Winsted, died Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1999 at the Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia.
Bill was born in Eidsvold Township, Lyon County on Oct. 7, 1919, the son of William and Elizabeth Buckley McMahon.
He is further survived by two sisters, Catherine McMahon of Marshall and Margaret (John) O'Neal of Granite Falls; a brother, Bernard (Delphine) McMahon of St. Louis Park; many other relatives and friends.
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 Printable Version   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
He was born Dec. 11, 1927, in Meriden, the son of the late Edward and Anna McMahon.
McMahon served in the U.S. Marine Corp. He taught at the Conn. Police Academy as well as coached boxing and he had completed several sociology courses through FBI Training and law courses at Yale.
McMahon was predeceased by a brother, Edward McMahon.
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 Record-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
He was born Dec. 11, 1927, in Meriden, the son of the lat4e Edward and Anna McMahon.
McMahon established the first SWAT team in Meriden in 1970.
McMahon was predeceased by a brother, Edward McMahon of Meriden.
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 Old Parliament House - Personalities - William McMahon
The ‘persistent politician’ ‘Billy’ McMahon was Prime Minister of Australia for a brief and turbulent period between March 1971 and December 1972.
McMahon’s perceived inability to fully grasp the reigns of Government made him a popular target for criticism.
McMahon was a traditionalist in a changing world.
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 Encyclopedia: William McMahon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Deregulation is the process by which governments remove restrictions on business in order to (in theory) encourage the efficient operation of markets.
Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign.
McMahon gave a speech on his behalf and it was so impressive he was urged to run for Parliament himself.
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 Water Online News for wastewater professionals
William J. McMahon has joined Ionics, Incorporated as vice president of the company’s ultrapure water group.
McMahon succeeds William E. Katz as head of the ultrapure water group.
William McMahon has more than 20 years of experience as an engineer, sales and marketing executive, and general manager.
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 New Jersey Obituaries - October 26, 1898 - William McMahon
William McMahon of New York, a summer resident of Oceanic, died at his home at New York on Friday.
Death was caused by a complication of diseases.
McMahon, or "Billy" McMahon, as he was better known, was proprietor of the famous Haymarket which opined in New York in 1872 and gained a world wide reputation.
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