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    Joseph Benedict Chifley (/ˈtʃɪfli/; 22 September 1885 – 13 June 1951) was an Australian politician and train driver who served as the 16th prime minister...
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    Ben Chifley Dam, or Chifley Dam, is a rock and earth-fill embankment dam across the Campbells River in the central west region of New South Wales, Australia...
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    Ben Chifley's House is a heritage-listed former residence and now museum in Bathurst, in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. It was...
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    and Minister for External Affairs, positions he held under Curtin and Ben Chifley until the government's defeat at the 1949 federal election. He served...
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    The Chifley government was the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister Ben Chifley. It was made up of members of the Australian...
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    Second Chifley ministry (Labor) was the 33rd ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 16th Prime Minister, Ben Chifley. The...
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    Chifley Tower is a 53-storey skyscraper in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by New York City-based architects Travis McEwen and Kohn...
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    ballot against Ben Chifley and Norman Makin, but Chifley emerged victorious. Forde continued on as deputy leader and army minister in the Chifley government...
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    division was created in 1969 and is named for Ben Chifley, who was Prime Minister of Australia 1945–49. Chifley has been won by the Labor Party at every federal...
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  • The Frontbench of Ben Chifley was the federal Australian Labor Party frontbench from 13 July 1945 until Chifley's death on 13 June 1951. It was opposed...
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    his post-war reconstruction plans were implemented by his successor Ben Chifley, who in 1946 led the ALP to consecutive victories for the first time...
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  • Chifley can refer to: Ben Chifley (1885–1951), Prime Minister of Australia from 1945 to 1949 Elizabeth Chifley (1886–1962), wife of Ben Chifley Chifley...
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    First Chifley ministry (Labor) was the 32nd ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 16th Prime Minister, Ben Chifley. The...
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    in the Coalition. Curtin died in office in 1945 and was succeeded by Ben Chifley. The reconfigured Coalition faced its first national test in the 1946...
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  • territory capital. A new $630 million Central Office, Ben Chifley Building, named after Ben Chifley, prime minister when ASIO was created, was officially...
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    overseeing government censorship and propaganda during World War II. When Ben Chifley became prime minister in 1945, Calwell was also made Minister for Immigration...
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    federal Member of Parliament, the future Prime Minister Ben Chifley, and served as Chifley's campaign manager for the electoral Division of Macquarie...
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    the deputy party leader, was sworn in as interim prime minister until Ben Chifley was elected by Caucus as party leader on 13 July. If the leader is out...
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    ministry until the Labor caucus could elect a new leader. Treasurer Ben Chifley was ultimately elected over Forde on 12 July 1945, and he was sworn in...
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    in the area gradually, over a drawn-out period of time. Chifley was named after Ben Chifley (1885–1951), Australia's Labor Prime Minister at the end...
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  • Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House. Retrieved 2 November 2021. "Ben Chifley". Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House. Retrieved 2...
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    government minister under James Scullin, John Curtin, Frank Forde, and Ben Chifley. Holloway was born in Hobart, the son of a stonemason. He had little...
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    planned to retire from public life in 1946, but was instead convinced by Ben Chifley to become Governor-General. His appointment was initially controversial...
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    1916, James Scullin from 1929 to 1932, John Curtin from 1941 to 1945, Ben Chifley from 1945 to 1949, Gough Whitlam from 1972 to 1975, Bob Hawke from 1983...
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    Elizabeth Gibson Chifley (1 August 1886 – 9 September 1962) was the wife of Ben Chifley, the Prime Minister of Australia from 1945 to 1949. Chifley was born Elizabeth...
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  • Hughes) Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (John Curtin, Frank Forde, and Ben Chifley) Paul Hasluck (John Gorton, William McMahon, and Gough Whitlam) Quentin...
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    personal level Fadden felt greater affinity with Curtin and his successor Ben Chifley, each being the children of working-class Irish immigrants with limited...
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    fifth-greatest prime minister; some respondents awarded half points. Ben Chifley received the most overall points in the survey (and was judged to be...
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    National University, retrieved 1 September 2022 Waterson, D. B., "Chifley, Joseph Benedict (Ben) (1885–1951)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra:...
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  • Governor-General – Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester Prime Minister – Ben Chifley Chief Justice – Sir John Latham Premier of New South Wales – William...
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