Doug Anthony

Doug Anthony
Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
In office
5 February 1971 – 5 December 1972
Prime MinisterJohn Gorton
William McMahon
Preceded byJohn McEwen
Succeeded byLance Barnard
In office
12 November 1975 – 11 March 1983
Prime MinisterMalcolm Fraser
Preceded byFrank Crean
Succeeded byLionel Bowen
Leader of the National Party[a]
In office
2 February 1971 – 17 January 1984
DeputyIan Sinclair
Preceded byJohn McEwen
Succeeded byIan Sinclair
Deputy Leader of the Country Party
In office
8 December 1966 – 2 February 1971
LeaderJohn McEwen
Preceded byCharles Adermann
Succeeded byIan Sinclair
Cabinet Posts
Minister for Trade and Resources
In office
20 December 1977 – 11 March 1983
Preceded byHimself (as Minister for National Resources and Minister for Overseas Trade)
Succeeded byLionel Bowen
Minister for National Resources
In office
22 December 1975 – 20 December 1977
Preceded byNew department
Succeeded byHimself (as Minister for Trade and Resources)
Minister for Overseas Trade
In office
22 December 1975 – 20 December 1977
Preceded byFrank Crean
Succeeded byHimself (as Minister for Trade and Resources)
Minister for Trade and Industry
In office
5 February 1971 – 5 December 1972
Preceded byJohn McEwen
Succeeded byGough Whitlam
Minister for Primary Industry
In office
16 October 1967 – 5 February 1971
Preceded byCharles Adermann
Succeeded byIan Sinclair
Minister for the Interior
In office
4 March 1964 – 16 October 1967
Preceded byJohn Gorton
Succeeded byPeter Nixon
Father of the House
In office
16 August 1983 – 18 January 1984
Preceded byJames Killen
Succeeded byTom Uren
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Richmond
In office
14 September 1957 – 18 January 1984
Preceded byLarry Anthony
Succeeded byCharles Blunt
Personal details
Born
John Douglas Anthony

(1929-12-31)31 December 1929
Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia
Died20 December 2020(2020-12-20) (aged 90)
Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia
Political partyCountry Party/NCP/National Party
Spouse
Margot Budd
(m. 1957)
ChildrenLarry Anthony
Parent(s)Larry Anthony, Sr. and Jessie Anthony (née Stirling)

John Douglas Anthony AC CH FTSE PC (31 December 1929 – 20 December 2020) was an Australian politician. He served as leader of the National Party of Australia[a] from 1971 to 1984 and was the second and longest-serving deputy prime minister, holding the position under John Gorton (1971), William McMahon (1971–1972) and Malcolm Fraser (1975–1983).

Anthony was born in Murwillumbah, New South Wales, the son of federal government minister Hubert Lawrence Anthony. He was elected to the House of Representatives at a 1957 by-election, aged 27, following his father's sudden death. He was appointed to the ministry in 1964 and in Coalition governments over the following 20 years held the portfolios of Minister for the Interior (1964–1967), Primary Industry (1967–1971), Trade and Industry (1971–1972), Overseas Trade (1975–1977), National Resources (1975–1977), and Trade and Resources (1977–1983). Anthony was elected deputy leader of the Country Party in 1964 and succeeded John McEwen as party leader and deputy prime minister in 1971. He retired from politics at the 1984 election. His son Larry Anthony became the third generation of his family to enter federal parliament.


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