Stanley Bruce

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Stanley Bruce was an Australian statesman who served as Prime Minister in the 1920s and played a key role in redefining the constitutional relationship between Britain and its Dominions.

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Stanley Bruce canonical 4
Stanley Melbourne Bruce 1

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instanceOf Australian politician
Prime Minister of Australia
human
statesman
advocatedPolicy closer economic and constitutional ties within the British Commonwealth
industrial relations reform in Australia
awardReceived Companion of Honour
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
burialPlace St Michael’s Churchyard, Sunninghill, Berkshire, England
cabinetColleague Billy Hughes
John Latham
conflictParticipatedIn World War I
countryOfCitizenship Australia
dateOfBirth 1883-04-15
dateOfDeath 1967-08-25
educatedAt Melbourne Grammar School
Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge NERFINISHED
familyName Bruce
fieldOfWork diplomacy
politics
fullName Stanley Melbourne Bruce
linked to: Stanley Bruce
givenName Stanley
honorificTitle Viscount Bruce of Melbourne
legislativeBody Australian House of Representatives
memberOf Privy Council of the United Kingdom
linked to: Privy Council
memberOfPoliticalParty Nationalist Party of Australia
United Australia Party
middleName Melbourne
militaryService British Army
monarchDuringTerm George V
nobleTitle Viscount Bruce
notableFor leadership of Australia during the 1920s
redefining the constitutional relationship between Britain and the Dominions
officeEnd 1929-10-22
officeStart 1923-02-09
placeOfBirth St Kilda, Melbourne, Colony of Victoria
placeOfDeath London, England, United Kingdom
linked to: London, England
positionHeld High Commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom
Minister for External Affairs of Australia
President of the Council of the League of Nations
Prime Minister of Australia
Treasurer of Australia
precededBy Billy Hughes
primeMinisterOrder 8
religion Anglicanism
representedElectorate Flinders
spouse Ethel Bruce
succeededBy James Scullin

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Stanley Bruce fullName Stanley Melbourne Bruce
linked to: Stanley Bruce