Archdale Parkhill

Sir Archdale Parkhill
Minister for Defence
In office
12 October 1934 – 20 November 1937
Prime MinisterJoseph Lyons
Preceded bySir George Pearce
Succeeded byHarold Thorby
Postmaster-General of Australia
In office
13 October 1932 – 12 October 1934
Prime MinisterJoseph Lyons
Preceded byJames Fenton
Succeeded byAlexander McLachlan
Minister for the Interior
In office
12 April 1932 – 13 October 1932
Prime MinisterJoseph Lyons
Preceded by(new title)
Succeeded byJohn Perkins
Minister for Home Affairs
Minister for Transport
In office
6 January 1932 – 12 April 1932
Prime MinisterJoseph Lyons
Preceded byArthur Blakeley (Home Affairs)
Parker Moloney (Transport)
Succeeded by(abolished)
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Warringah
In office
21 May 1927 – 23 October 1937
Preceded byGranville Ryrie
Succeeded byPercy Spender
Personal details
Born(1878-08-27)27 August 1878
Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Died2 October 1947(1947-10-02) (aged 69)
Sydney, Australia
Political partyLiberal (1909–17)
Nationalist (1917–31)
UAP (1931–37)
SpouseFlorence Ruth Watts
OccupationAlderman

Sir Robert Archdale "Archie" Parkhill KCMG (27 August 1878 – 2 October 1947) was an Australian politician who was a member of the House of Representatives from 1927 to 1937. He began his career in politics as a campaign director for the Commonwealth Liberal Party and Nationalist Party. He later joined the new United Australia Party in 1931, and served as a minister in the Lyons government between 1932 and 1937.