Stanley Argyle
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32nd Premier of Victoria Elections: 1932, 1935 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 19 May 1932 – 2 April 1935 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monarch | George V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Governor | The Lord Somers The Lord Huntingfield | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deputy | Robert Menzies Ian Macfarlan Wilfrid Kent Hughes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Edmond Hogan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Albert Dunstan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Treasurer of Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 19 May 1932 – 2 April 1935 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Edmond Hogan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Albert Dunstan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7th Leader of the Opposition in Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 2 April 1935 – 23 November 1940 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Premier | Albert Dunstan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deputy | Ian Macfarlan Wilfrid Kent Hughes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Thomas Tunnecliffe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Thomas Hollway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 3 September 1930 – 19 May 1932 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Premier | Edmond Hogan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deputy | Ian Macfarlan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | William McPherson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Thomas Tunnecliffe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Stanley Seymour Argyle 4 December 1867 Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Citizenship | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse |
Violet Ellen Jessie Lewis
(m. 1895; died 1940) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relatives | Michael (cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence(s) | Toorak, Victoria, Australia[a] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Allegiance | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Branch/service | Australian Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years of service | 1914–1917 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | Lieutenant colonel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Battles/wars | World War I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sir Stanley Seymour Argyle
Early life
Argyle was born in
Political career
After further study in the United Kingdom, he went into general practice in Kew and was later a pioneer of radiology in Australia. He was a member of the Kew City Council from 1898 to 1905 and was mayor from in 1903 to 1905. During World War I, he was consultant radiologist to the Australian Imperial Force in Egypt, France and England. He returned to Australia in 1917 with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and resumed his medical practice at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. He invested in the pasteurization of milk and citrus growing.[4]
In 1920, Argyle was elected to the
Argyle formed a coalition government with the
Argyle fought the March 1935 election with an improving economy and a record of sound, if unimaginative, management. With the Labor Party opposition still divided and demoralized, he was rewarded with another very comfortable majority for his coalition government. However, at that point he was unexpectedly betrayed by his Country Party allies. The Country Party leader, Albert Dunstan, was a close friend of the gambling boss John Wren, who was also very close to the Labor leader Tom Tunnecliffe (in the view of most historians, Tunnecliffe was, in fact, under Wren's control[citation needed]). Wren, aided by the Victorian Labor Party President, Arthur Calwell, persuaded Dunstan to break off the coalition with Argyle and form a minority Country Party government, which Labor would support in return for some policy concessions. Dunstan agreed to the deal and, in April 1935, he moved a successful no confidence vote in the government from which he had just resigned.
The UAP (and later its successor the
Personal life
Argyle married Violet Ellen Jessie Lewis of "Spring Grove", Cotham Road, Kew at Holy Trinity Church, Kew on 24 January 1895.
Stanley Argyle was a cousin of the British judge Michael Argyle.[15]
Notes
- ^ Residence at the time of his death.
References
- ^ "Obituary – Sir Stanley Argyle". The Examiner. 25 November 1940.
- ^ "Sir Stanley Seymour Argyle". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- JSTOR 20318463.
- OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
- ^ "Marriages", Table Talk, 11 January 1895, p. 14; "Marriages", Table Talk 25 January 1895, p. 13.
- ^ "Sir S. Argyle Dead" Sydney Morning Herald 25 November 1940 p. 11
- ^ "The Ladies Letter", Punch 12 December 1918 p. 36
- ^ 'Births' Melbourne Argus 5 November 1895 p. 1
- ^ "Ladies Letter" Table Talk 21 July 1921 p.31
- ^ 'Births' Melbourne Argus 13 April 1897 p. 1
- ^ "Births" Melbourne Argus 21 October 1899 p. 9; 'Argyle-Brinkley wedding' West Australian 23 February 1934 p. 6
- ^ "Births" Melbourne Argus 16 October 1901 p. 1; https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/hector-stanley-argyle-birth-1901-australia/138335231
- ^ "Social", Table Talk 9 January 1919 p. 30
- ^ "Former Premier's Home" Melbourne Age 28 March 1979, p. 37.
- ^ Michael Magazanik, "Argyle of the Bailey, a judge of perfect pedigree", Melbourne Age 3 June 1992 p. 3.
Bibliography
- Geoff Browne, A Biographical Register of the Victorian Parliament, 1900–84, Government Printer, Melbourne, 1985
- Don Garden, Victoria: A History, Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1984
- Kate White, John Cain and Victorian Labour 1917–1957, Hale and Iremonger, Sydney, 1982
- Raymond Wright, A People's Counsel. A History of the Parliament of Victoria, 1856–1990, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1992