Viscount Bruce of Melbourne
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The Right Honourable Stanley Bruce Viscount Bruce of Melbourne CH, MC, PC, FRS |
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8th Prime Minister of Australia Elections: 1925, 1928, 1929 |
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In office 9 February 1923 – 22 October 1929 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Governor-General |
Lord Forster Lord Stonehaven |
| Deputy | Earle Page |
| Preceded by | Billy Hughes |
| Succeeded by | James Scullin |
| Leader of the Nationalist Party | |
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In office 9 February 1923 – 22 October 1929 |
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| Preceded by | Billy Hughes |
| Succeeded by | John Latham |
| Treasurer of Australia | |
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In office 21 December 1921 – 8 February 1923 |
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| Prime Minister | Billy Hughes |
| Preceded by | Sir Joseph Cook |
| Succeeded by | Earle Page |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Flinders | |
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In office 11 May 1918 – 12 October 1929 |
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| Preceded by | William Irvine |
| Succeeded by | Jack Holloway |
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In office 19 December 1931 – 11 November 1933 |
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| Preceded by | Jack Holloway |
| Succeeded by | James Fairbairn |
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Stanley Melbourne Bruce 15 April 1883 St Kilda, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 25 August 1967 (aged 84) London, England |
| Political party |
Nationalist (to 1931) United Australia (after 1931) |
| Spouse(s) | Ethel Anderson (m. 1913; wid. 1967) |
| Education | Melbourne Grammar School |
| Alma mater | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
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Commercial lawyer (Ashurst, Morris, Crisp & Co.) |
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Barrister Businessman Politician |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1914–17 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
| Awards |
Military Cross Croix de guerre (France) |
Stanley Melbourne Bruce, CH, MC, PC, FRS (15 April 1883 – 25 August 1967) was the eighth Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1923 to 1929. He made wide-ranging reforms and mounted a comprehensive nation-building program in government, but his controversial handling of industrial relations led to a dramatic defeat at the polls in 1929. Bruce later pursued a long and influential diplomatic career as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (1933–1945) and chairman of the Food and Agriculture Organization (1946–1951). He was raised to the peerage as Viscount Bruce of Melbourne in 1947.
Born into a wealthy Melbourne family, Bruce studied at the University of Cambridge and spent his early life tending to the importing and exporting business of his late father. He served on the front lines of the Gallipoli Campaign in World War I and returned to Australia wounded in 1917, becoming a spokesperson for government recruitment efforts. He gained the attention of the Nationalist Party and Prime Minister Billy Hughes, who encouraged a political career. He was elected to parliament in 1918, becoming treasurer in 1921 and then prime minister in 1923, at the head of a coalition with the Country Party.
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