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Rt Hon Frank Forde
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In office
6 July 1945 ? 13 July 1945
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| Preceded by
| John Curtin
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| Succeeded by
| Ben Chifley
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| Constituency
| Capricornia
(Queensland)
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| Born
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1890-07-18
)
18 July 1890
Mitchell,
Queensland
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| Died
| 28 January 1983
(1983-01-28)
(aged 92)
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| Political party
| Labor
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Francis Michael Forde
(18 July 1890 ? 28 January 1983) was the 15th
Prime Minister
of
Australia
. He was Prime Minister for only a week after
John Curtin
died. He lost a leadership contest to
Ben Chifley
. He was prime minister for only eight days,
[1]
less than any other Prime Minister from Australia. He also lived longer than any other Prime Minister, until
Gough Whitlam
, who passed Forde's age on January 21, 2009. He died at 92 years old.
Forde was from the
Australian Labor Party
. He was the
Minister for Trade and Customs
in the
Scullin government
(1929?1931).
[2]
When Scullin retired in 1935, Forde tried to become the leader of the Labor Party, but he lost by one vote to
John Curtin
.
[3]
When Labor won the 1941 elections and Curtin became Prime Minister, Forde was made Minister for the Army.
[4]
On 5 July 1945 Curtin died; because he was Deputy Leader, Forde was then made Prime Minister until the Labor Party chose a new leader. At the leadership election on 13 July,
Ben Chifley
was voted leader, and Forde was made Deputy Leader again.
[5]
