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 and

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, serving as

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(1941), Postmaster-General (1949–1956), and

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(1951–1954). A soldier and banana-grower before entering politics, he represented the New South Wales seat of

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from 1937 to 1957, which was later held by his son Doug Anthony 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

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Early life

Anthony was born in

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, and had a limited education in bush schools. In 1914 he joined the

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and spent World War I in the Signals Corps, seeing active duty in

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. 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 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

. As a powerful figure in the party he had rapid promotion. He was an Honorary Minister 1940–1941, and

in 1941. During the years of the wartime

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government (1941–1949), he was a senior member of the Opposition. In 1949 the conservatives returned to power under

, and Anthony became Postmaster-General, adding the post of

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, then aged 27. Doug Anthony was later leader of the Country Party and

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1971–1972 and 1975–1983. Doug's son

was Member for Richmond 1996–2004 and was a junior minister in the

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government. The Anthonys are the only three-generation dynasty in the House of Representatives, although

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is the son of a federal MP and the grandson of a Senator.

References

External links

National Archives of Australia: (Army – World War I: 1914–18) – Military service extract: Anthony, Hubert Lawrence

Early life

Politics

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