Hubert Lawrence "Larry" Anthony (12 March 189712 July 1957) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the
Country Party and held ministerial office in the governments of
Arthur Fadden
Sir Arthur William Fadden, (13 April 189421 April 1973) was an Australian politician who served as the 13th prime minister of Australia from 29 August to 7 October 1941. He was the leader of the Country Party from 1940 to 1958 and also served ...
and
Robert Menzies, serving as
Minister for Transport
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(1941),
Postmaster-General
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(1949–1956), and
Minister for Civil Aviation (1951–1954). A soldier and banana-grower before entering politics, he represented the New South Wales seat of
Richmond
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* Richmond, London, a part of London
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England
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* Richmond, California, ...
from 1937 to 1957, which was later held by his son
Doug Anthony
John Douglas Anthony, (31 December 192920 December 2020) was an Australian politician. He served as leader of the National Party of Australia from 1971 to 1984 and was the second and longest-serving Deputy Prime Minister, holding the position ...
and grandson
Larry Anthony
Lawrence James Anthony (born 17 December 1961) is an Australian former politician. He was a National Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Richmond, New South Wales, from the March 1 ...
, the only three-generation dynasty in the history of the
Australian House of Representatives
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.
Early life
Anthony was born in
Warren, New South Wales
Warren is a town in the Orana Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located off the Mitchell Highway, 120 kilometres north west of Dubbo, and is the seat of the Warren Shire local government area. At the , Warren had a population of 1, ...
, and had a limited education in bush schools. In 1914 he joined the
Australian Army
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and spent World War I in the Signals Corps, seeing active duty in
Gallipoli. He was discharged in 1916 following his return to Australia, where he was initially admitted to the first Auxiliary Hospital suffering from throat disease. After the war he settled at
Murwillumbah
Murwillumbah ( ) is a town in far north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in the Tweed Shire, on the Tweed River. Sitting on the south eastern foothills of the McPherson Range in the Tweed Volcano valley, Murwillumbah is 848 km north-e ...
on the NSW north coast, where he took up banana farming. By the 1930s he was the biggest banana-grower in Australia and chairman of the Banana Growers Federation. This made him an influential figure in the politics of the Northern Rivers region.
Politics
In 1937 Anthony was elected to the House of Representatives as
Country Party member for the seat of
Richmond
Richmond most often refers to:
* Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States
* Richmond, London, a part of London
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England
* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
* Richmond, California, ...
. As a powerful figure in the party he had rapid promotion. He was an Honorary Minister 1940–1941, and
Minister for Transport
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in 1941. During the years of the wartime
Australian Labor Party
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government (1941–1949), he was a senior member of the Opposition.
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In 1949 the conservatives returned to power under Robert Menzies, and Anthony became ]Postmaster-General
A Postmaster General, in Anglosphere countries, is the chief executive officer of the postal service of that country, a ministerial office responsible for overseeing all other postmasters. The practice of having a government official responsible ...
, adding the post of Minister for Civil Aviation in 1951. He held these posts until his sudden death at Murwillumbah in 1957. He was succeeded as Member for Richmond by his son Doug Anthony
John Douglas Anthony, (31 December 192920 December 2020) was an Australian politician. He served as leader of the National Party of Australia from 1971 to 1984 and was the second and longest-serving Deputy Prime Minister, holding the position ...
, then aged 27. Doug Anthony was later leader of the Country Party and Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
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1971–1972 and 1975–1983. Doug's son Larry Anthony
Lawrence James Anthony (born 17 December 1961) is an Australian former politician. He was a National Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Richmond, New South Wales, from the March 1 ...
was Member for Richmond 1996–2004 and was a junior minister in the Howard government.[
The Anthonys are the only three-generation dynasty in the House of Representatives, although ]Alexander Downer
Alexander John Gosse Downer (born 9 September 1951) is an Australian former politician and diplomat who was leader of the Liberal Party from 1994 to 1995, Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 2007, and High Commissioner to the United King ...
is the son of a federal MP and the grandson of a Senator.
See also
* Anthony family
References
External links
National Archives of Australia: (Army – World War I: 1914–18) – Military service extract: Anthony, Hubert Lawrence
Further reading
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1897 births
1957 deaths
Australian monarchists
Members of the Cabinet of Australia
Members of the Australian House of Representatives
Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Richmond
National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia
Australian military personnel of World War I
20th-century Australian politicians