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Forde served for eight days until Ben Chifley was elected leader.
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* John of Ford ( ca. 1140 – 1214 ), English religious leader who, from 1191 until his death, served as abbot of Dorset Cistercian monastery Forde Abbey ; ally of King John
* Francis Forde ( army officer ), British officer who served with Clive of India
This has not occurred since the title has been created as a portfolio, however the previous unofficial deputies Arthur Fadden and Frank Forde both briefly served as Prime Minister on this basis ( following Robert Menzies ' resignation and John Curtin's death, respectively ).
From 1998 to 1999 she served as the Counsel Assisting the Forde Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse.
It is named in honour of Frank Forde, who served as Prime Minister of Australia for a week in 1945 following the untimely death of John Curtin.
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Having thus demonstrated his usefulness, Gerald was selected to accompany the Archbishop of Canterbury, Baldwin of Forde, on a tour of Wales in 1188, the object being a recruitment campaign for the Third Crusade.
According to verbal reports from William Forde, who was his batman, Kitchener was revered by his men for his leadership and fair treatment of subordinates.
The monks often put forward candidates for Archbishop of Canterbury, either from among their number or outside, since the archbishop was nominally their abbot, but this could lead to clashes with the king and / or pope should they put forward a different man — examples are the elections of Baldwin of Forde and Thomas Cobham.
Forde was a loyal deputy, and in 1941 when Labor returned to power he became Minister for the Army, a vital role in wartime.
All subsequent governors have been Australian-born, except for Leneen Forde, who was born in Canada but who emigrated to Australia at an early age.
Two days later, the Acting Prime Minister of Australia Frank Forde announced the allocation of £ 21, 156, 500 for the maintenance of the BPF.
Mackrell also funded a home in the Forde Park area for the " fallen women of Newton Abbot ", which housed single mothers fallen on hard times.
Elson was preselected as Liberal candidate in Forde for the 1996 election.
* Frank Forde ( Minister for Army )
There had been earlier proposals to link the river to London, including one in 1641 by Sir Edward Forde, for a navigable canal, the main purpose of which seems to have been the supply of clean water, and two in 1766, for canals from Marylebone to the river at Uxbridge and another from Marylebone to West Drayton.
Shortly after Richard took the throne he sought absolution for his sins in rebelling against his father, from Baldwin of Forde and Coutances.
He was entertained for several days at both Forde and at Exeter.
The division was created in 1984 and is named for Frank Forde, who was briefly Prime Minister of Australia in 1945.
* Hon Frank Forde, MP: Assistant Minister assisting the Minister for Customs ( to 4 February 1931 ), Minister for Trade and Customs ( from 4 February 1931 )
* Rt Hon Frank Forde, MP: Minister for the Army
* Rt Hon Frank Forde, MP: Minister for the Army
* Rt Hon Frank Forde, MP: Prime Minister, Minister for the Army
* Rt Hon Frank Forde, MP: Minister for the Army.
* Seaforde, a village in County Down, Northern Ireland ( named for a family called Forde )
As of end of 2009, five new greenfield suburbs, namely Forde, Franklin, Crace, Casey, Bonner, some parts of Kingston and the Flemington road corridor, were all wired up for this next-generation technology with many new suburbs expected to come on board in the ACT region.
Ellen Forde Hansell Allerdice ( September 18, 1869, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – May 11, 1937 ) was a female tennis player from the United States who is best known for being the first women's singles champion of the U. S. Championships in 1887.
Forde and eight
The shortest-serving prime minister in Australian history – his term of office lasted only eight days – Forde was previously the longest-lived Australian prime minister ( living ), until he was surpassed by Gough Whitlam on 21 January 2009.
He followed that victory with eight more knockout wins, including wins over veterans Mauro Lucero, Glenn Forde and Eleazar Contreras.
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Chifley appointed Forde High Commissioner to Canada, and he held this position until 1953.
" Although William arrived in Brixham on 5 November he did not reach Newton Abbot until the 6th November when he stayed overnight in the town at Forde House as he made his way to London to assume the English throne.
From 1947 until 1953 the building was home to ex-Prime Minister Frank Forde during his term as Australian High Commissioner.
Mary Marguerite Leneen Forde, née Kavanagh AC ( born 12 May 1935 ) is the Canadian-born Chancellor of Griffith University, and was Governor of Queensland from 1992 until 1997.
They had first met on active service in Flanders, but did not work together until 1926, touring with a Florrie Forde show.
Despite its ancient roots, Ullenhall was not established as a separate Ecclesiastical Parish until June 1861 when the old manors of Apsley, Forde Hall and Mockley were also included in the parish.
This manor was known as Forde up until the seventeenth century.
* Governor of Queensland – Sir Walter Campbell ( until 29 July ), then Leneen Forde
Forde and Ben
He was briefly succeeded as Prime Minister by Frank Forde, then a week later, after a party ballot, by Ben Chifley.
Forde and Chifley
Chifley was then sworn in, replacing Forde, who became Australia's shortest-serving prime minister.
Chifley won, but Forde was elected Deputy Leader once more.
Forde and was
His deputy, Frank Forde, was sworn in the next day as prime minister, although the Labor Party had not had an opportunity to meet and elect a new leader.
* Prime Ministers Andrew Fisher and Frank Forde both represented Federal electorates that included Bundaberg, though neither was from there originally.
Francis Michael Forde PC ( 18 July 189028 January 1983 ) was an Australian politician and the 15th Prime Minister of Australia.
Forde was born at Mitchell, Queensland, and was the second of six children of Irish immigrant parents.
His father was working as a grazier at the time of his birth, and Forde was educated at St. Mary's College, Toowoomba, a Catholic school, and became a teacher.
When Scullin retired in 1935, Forde contested the leadership ballot but was defeated by one vote by John Curtin, mainly because he had supported Scullin's economic policies.
On 5 July 1945 Curtin died ; as Deputy Leader, Forde was sworn in as Prime Minister on 6 July by the Governor-General, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester.
The first film produced at the remodeled studio was the Walter Forde thriller Rome Express, which became one of the first British sound films to garner critical and financial success in the United States ( where it was distributed by Universal Pictures ).
He was reunited with his childhood gang of evacuees at Forde Abbey, just outside the town.
Hunt was also the subject of a documentary, " Father of the House ", directed by Simon Burgin and Xavier Forde, which was filmed in Wellington in 2005.
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