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Earle Page

By Siobahn
Early Life

* Earle Page was born on the 8th of August 1880 in Grafton, NSW. He is one of the eleven children in his family.
* Earle Page was only fourteen when he was enrolled in an Arts degree.
* He spent two years working as a house surgeon and a pathologist at Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
* Earle Page was New South Wales parliamentarian and held the seat of Cowper from 1920 to 1961.
* Page was a surgeon with a medical practise serving a large rural district.
* Earle Page was also the first Australian to have a car.
* Page was the eleventh Prime Minister in Australia.
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Achievements in Parliament

* Earle Page was only Prime Minister for only 20 days from 7th of April 1939 to the 20th of 26 of April.
* Earle Page was also Deputy Prime Minister to SM Bruce in 1923 to 1929.
* He was also Deputy Prime Minister to Joseph Lyons in 1934 to 1939.
* He was founder of the Country Party, then page led the party in parliament from 1921 to 1939.
* He was Minister for Health from 1949 to 1956, in the government of Robert Menzies.

Timeline of his life

 1880 - Earle Page was born in Grafton, NSW.
1906 - He married Ethel Esther Blunt.
1923 - He was Deputy Prime Minister for SM Bruce.
1934 - Deputy Prime Minister to Joseph Lyons.
1939 - He became Prime Minister for only 20 days.
1933 - Earle Page's eldest son died of lightning strike.
1940 - Minister for Commerce.
1949 - Minister for Health.


Bibliography

A Century Of Prime Ministers by Scott Brodie
http://www.nma.gov.au/primeministers/21.htm