Page Heading: Positions and Appointments Held By (250x20 gif)
Page Title: Francis Michael Forde (336x50 gif)
Small Picture Of PM (110x110 gif)

 




Positions Held In Federal Government (316x25 gif)
House of Representatives- Capricornia:
16 Dec. 1922 - 28 Sep. 1946 (Defeated)
Assistant Minister assisting the Minister for Customs:
22 Oct. 1929 - 04 Feb. 1931
Minister for Trade & Customs:
04 Feb. 1931 - 06 Jan. 1932
Acting Minister for Trade & Customs:
19 Oct. 1944 - 06 Jan. 1945
JE Fenton was overseas
Acting Minister for Commerce:
1945
Acting Minister for Agriculture:
1945
Minister for the Army:
07 Oct. 1941 - 21 Sep. 1943
29 Sep. 1943 - 01 Nov. 1946
Minister for Defence:
15 Aug. 1946 - 01 Nov. 1946
Acting Minister for Defence:
03 Apr. - 03 July 1944
Deputy Prime Minister:
07 Oct. 1941 - 1 Nov. 1946
03 Jul. 1944 - 22 Jan. 1945
13 Jul. 1945 - 01 Nov. 1946
Advisory War Council:
29 Oct. 1940 - 31 Aug. 1945
Acting Minister for Markets & Transport:
1930 - 1931
Acting Prime Minister:
03 Apr. - 03 Jul. 1944
Deputy Leader of the Parliamentary Labor Party:
1932 - 1946


Positions Held In State Government (299x25 gif)
Queensland Legislative Assembly:
12 May 1917 - 05 Oct. 1922 Rockhampton
Queensland Legislative Assembly:
12 Mar. 1955 - 03 Aug. 1957 Flinders


Important Legislation Passed: (245x25 gif)
NONE: He was a 'care-taker' Prime Minister.


Made These Official Visits (229x25 gif)
NO OFFICIAL VISITS WERE RECORDED.


Attended These Conferences (244x25 gif)
Leader of the Australian delegations to New Zealand, 1944.
Leader of the Australian delegations The United Nations Conference, San Francisco, Apr. 1945.


Served On These Committees (240x25 gif)
Member of the Privileges Committee, 1944.
Advisory War Council 29 Oct. 1940 - 31 Aug. 1945.


Other Positions, Affiliations and Memberships (375x30 gif)
NOTE: These may not all be of a political nature. They include memberships of organisations and clubs as well as appointments to positions after they retired from politics.

Prime Minister Menzies sent him to the USA to represent Australia at the funeral of Douglas MacArthur in Arlington, Virgina.
He was a member of the Australian Natives Association.
He was a member of the Irish National Association.
Member of Royal Commission on the Moving Picture Industry, 1927-28.
Appointed Australian High Commissioner to Canada, 1946-1953.





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