John Douglas Anthony, AC, CH, FTSE (31 December 1929 – 20 December 2020) was an Australian politician. Elected to the House of Representatives in 1957, Anthony served as a minister in successive Coalition Governments, and went on to serve as leader of the Country Party from 1971 to 1984, and Deputy Prime Minister under John Gorton, William McMahon and Malcolm Fraser. Until his death, Anthony was the earliest elected Country MP still alive, and along with Ian Sinclair he was one of the last two surviving ministers who served in the Menzies Government and the First Holt Ministry.
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31 December 1929 Murwillumbah, New South Wales
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Died |
20 December 2020 (aged 90) Murwillumbah
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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