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Fast facts: Malcolm Fraser
Personal profile
Born:
21 May 1930, Toorak, Victoria
Education:
Melbourne Grammar (1943–48); Oxford University (1949–52)
Employment:
primary producer
Memberships:
CARE Australia (chairman 1987–2002); CARE International (president 1990–95)
Marriage:
9 December 1956, Willaura, Victoria
Children:
Mark (1958); Angela (1959); Hugh (1963); Phoebe (1966)
Honours:
Privy Councillor (1976); Companion of Honour (1977); Companion of the Order of Australia (1988); Human Rights Medal (2000)
Born:
28 February 1936, Adelaide, South Australia
Memberships:
Australiana Fund (president 1978–83)
Political profile
Terms as PM:
11 November 1975 – 11 March 1983
Terms as MP:
House of Representatives: 15 February 1956 – 31 March 1983 (Wannon); Leader of the Opposition: 21 March – 11 November 1975
Portfolios:
Army: 26 January 1966 – 28 February 1968
Education and Science: 28 February 1968 – 12 November 1969
Defence: 12 November 1969 – 8 March 1971
Education and Science: 20 August 1971 – 5 December 1972
Political memberships:
Liberal Party of Australia (1952– ); leader federal parliamentary Liberal Party (21 March 1975 – 11 March 1983)
After:
Chairman, United Nations Panel of Eminent Persons on the Role of Transnational Corporations in South Africa (1985);
Joint Chairman, Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons against Apartheid in South Africa (1985–86);
Chairman, United Nations Secretary-General’s Expert Group on African Commodity Issues (1989–90)
Quiz facts
- the Fraser government’s win in the controversial 1975 election was the largest of any federal election
- Malcolm Fraser’s grandfather, Simon Fraser, was a Free Trade Senator from 1901 to 1913
- at 25 Malcolm Fraser was the youngest MP when he entered parliament in 1955
- Malcolm Fraser served 28 years in federal parliament