Anthony family (Australian politics)

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The Anthony family is the only three-generation dynasty in the

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. All three sat in the

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in north-eastern

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. * Larry Anthony Sr. (Hubert Lawrence Anthony; 1897-1957), born in

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, farmer and chairman of the Banana Growers Federation, became an MP in 1937 and a minister by 1940, and a minister again from 1949 until his sudden death in 1957. *

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 ...

(John Douglas Anthony; 1929-2020), born in

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, farmer, became an MP when his father died in 1957 and a minister from 1964,

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under

John Gorton Sir John Grey Gorton (9 September 1911 – 19 May 2002) was an Australian politician who served as the nineteenth Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1968 to 1971. He led the Liberal Party during that time, having previously been a l ...

(1971),

William McMahon Sir William McMahon (23 February 190831 March 1988) was an Australian politician who served as the 20th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1971 to 1972 as leader of the Liberal Party. He was a government minister for over 21 years, t ...

(1971-1972) and

Malcolm Fraser John Malcolm Fraser (; 21 May 1930 – 20 March 2015) was an Australian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983, holding office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. Fraser was raised on hi ...

(1975–1983), before resigning in 1984. * Larry Anthony, Jr. (Lawrence James Anthony; born 1961), born in

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, businessman and stockbroker, was the third Anthony in

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, from 1996 to 2004. He was a minister from 1999 until his defeat by

Justine Elliot Maria Justine Elliot (née Borsellino; born 29 July 1967) is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served in the House of Representatives since the 2004 federal election, representing the New Sout ...

five years later. He is now on the board of directors of the Queensland-based financial institution Indue, and the leading edge technology company uniDap Solutions. He is also the Chairman of

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for Australia. Political families of Australia