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1894-1978. Australian politician, leader of
the United Australia (now Liberal) Party and
prime minister 1939-41 and 1949-66. A
Melbourne lawyer, he entered politics 1928,
was attorney-general in the federal
parliament 1934-39, and in 1939 succeeded
Joseph Lyons as prime minister and leader of
the United Australia Party, until 1941, when
he resigned after colleagues were
dissatisfied with his leadership of
Australia's war effort. In 1949 he became
prime minister of a Liberal-Country Party
coalition government, and was re-elected
1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, and 1963; he
retired as prime minister 1966. His critics
argued that he did not show enough interest
in Asia, and supported the USA and white
African regimes too uncritically. His
defenders argued that he provided stability
in domestic policy and national security.