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<ul id="toc-Out_of_office,_1929–1934-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lyons_government,_1934–1939" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lyons_government,_1934–1939"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Lyons government, 1934–1939</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lyons_government,_1934–1939-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Prime_Minister_and_aftermath" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Prime_Minister_and_aftermath"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Prime Minister and aftermath</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Prime_Minister_and_aftermath-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-World_War_II" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#World_War_II"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>World War II</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-World_War_II-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Return_to_the_ministry" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Return_to_the_ministry"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Return to the ministry</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Return_to_the_ministry-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Electoral_history" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Electoral_history"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Electoral history</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Electoral_history-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Later_life_and_death" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Later_life_and_death"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Later life and death</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Later_life_and_death-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Personal_life" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Personal_life"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Personal life</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Personal_life-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Honours" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Honours"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Honours</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Honours-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> 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href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%BB_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B6" title="Эрл Пейдж – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Эрл Пейдж" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Page" title="Earle Page – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Earle Page" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Page" title="Earle Page – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Earle Page" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Page" title="Earle Page – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Earle Page" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Page" title="Earle Page – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Earle Page" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Page" title="Earle Page – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Earle Page" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%84_%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AC" title="ایرل پیج – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ایرل پیج" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Page" title="Earle Page – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Earle Page" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Page" title="Earle Page – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Earle Page" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Page" title="Earle Page – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Earle Page" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Page" title="Earle Page – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Earle Page" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%96%BC_%ED%8E%98%EC%9D%B4%EC%A7%80" title="얼 페이지 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="얼 페이지" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9C" title="सर अर्ल पेज – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="सर अर्ल पेज" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Page" title="Earle Page – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Earle Page" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Page" title="Earle Page – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Earle Page" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Page" title="Earle Page – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Earle Page" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%9C_%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%99%D7%92%27" title="ארל פייג' – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ארל פייג'" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9C" title="अर्ल पेज – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="अर्ल पेज" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Page" title="Earle Page – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Earle Page" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9C" title="अर्ल पेज – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="अर्ल पेज" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AC" title="ايرل بيج – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ايرل بيج" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Page" title="Earle Page – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Earle Page" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9C" title="अर्ल पेज – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="अर्ल पेज" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Page" title="Earle Page – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Earle Page" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Page" title="Earle Page – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Earle Page" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Page" title="Earle Page – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Earle Page" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%84_%D9%BE%DB%90%D8%AC" title="ایرل پېج – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="ایرل پېج" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Page" title="Earle Page – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Earle Page" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B6,_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%BB" title="Пейдж, Эрл – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Пейдж, Эрл" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Page" title="Earle Page – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Earle Page" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Page" title="Earle Page – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Earle Page" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Page" title="Earle Page – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Earle Page" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%80%D0%BB_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B6" title="Ерл Пейдж – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Ерл Пейдж" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Page" title="Earle Page – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Earle Page" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8E%84%E5%B0%94%C2%B7%E4%BD%A9%E5%90%89" title="厄尔·佩吉 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="厄尔·佩吉" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yo mw-list-item"><a href="https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Page" title="Earle Page – Yoruba" lang="yo" hreflang="yo" data-title="Earle Page" 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Surgeons">FRCS</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Earle_Page_-_Falk_Studios_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Earle_Page_-_Falk_Studios_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Earle_Page_-_Falk_Studios_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Earle_Page_-_Falk_Studios_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Earle_Page_-_Falk_Studios_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Earle_Page_-_Falk_Studios_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Earle_Page_-_Falk_Studios_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3150" data-file-height="4409" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Page <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1939</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">11th <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Australia" title="Prime Minister of Australia">Prime Minister of Australia</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />7 April 1939 – 26 April 1939</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Monarch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_VI" title="George VI">George VI</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor‑General</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hore-Ruthven,_1st_Earl_of_Gowrie" title="Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie">Lord Gowrie</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Lyons" title="Joseph Lyons">Joseph Lyons</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Menzies" title="Robert Menzies">Robert Menzies</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia#List_of_leaders" title="National Party of Australia">Leader of the Country Party</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />5 April 1921 – 13 September 1939</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Gregory_(politician)" title="Henry Gregory (politician)">Henry Gregory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Fleming_(Australian_politician)" title="William Fleming (Australian politician)">William Fleming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Gibson_(Australian_politician)" title="William Gibson (Australian politician)">William Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Paterson" title="Thomas 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style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />19 December 1949 – 11 January 1956</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Menzies" title="Robert Menzies">Robert Menzies</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nick_McKenna" title="Nick McKenna">Nick McKenna</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Alastair_Cameron" title="Donald Alastair Cameron">Donald Cameron</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" 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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Commerce_(Australia)" title="Department of Commerce (Australia)">Minister for Commerce</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />28 October 1940 – 7 October 1941</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Menzies" title="Robert Menzies">Robert Menzies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Fadden" title="Arthur Fadden">Arthur Fadden</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Archie_Cameron" title="Archie Cameron">Archie Cameron</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Scully_(Australian_politician)" title="William Scully (Australian politician)">William Scully</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />9 November 1932 – 26 April 1939</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Lyons" title="Joseph Lyons">Joseph Lyons</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Stewart_(Australian_politician)" title="Frederick Stewart (Australian politician)">Frederick Stewart</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_McLeay" title="George McLeay">George McLeay</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Australia" title="Treasurer of Australia">Treasurer of Australia</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />9 February 1923 – 21 October 1929</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Bruce" title="Stanley Bruce">Stanley Bruce</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Stanley Bruce</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ted_Theodore" title="Ted Theodore">Ted Theodore</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_longest-serving_members_of_the_Parliament_of_Australia" title="List of longest-serving members of the Parliament of Australia">Father of the House</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />28 October 1952 – 9 December 1961</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Hughes" title="Billy Hughes">Billy Hughes</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Ward" title="Eddie Ward">Eddie Ward</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Australia" title="Parliament of Australia">Australian Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Cowper" title="Division of Cowper">Cowper</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />13 December 1919 – 9 December 1961</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Thomson_(Australian_politician)" title="John Thomson (Australian politician)">John Thomson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Frank_McGuren" title="Frank McGuren">Frank McGuren</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/University_of_New_England_(Australia)#Administration" title="University of New England (Australia)">Chancellor of the University of New England</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />8 February 1955 – 1960</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Phillip_Wright" title="Phillip Wright">Phillip Wright</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Position established</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Phillip Wright</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Earle Christmas Grafton Page</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1880-08-08</span>)</span>8 August 1880<br /><a href="/wiki/Grafton,_New_South_Wales" title="Grafton, New South Wales">Grafton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_New_South_Wales" title="Colony of New South Wales">Colony of New South Wales</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">20 December 1961<span style="display:none">(1961-12-20)</span> (aged 81)<br /><a href="/wiki/Royal_Prince_Alfred_Hospital" title="Royal Prince Alfred Hospital">Camperdown</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>, Australia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Cathedral,_Sydney" title="St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney">St Andrew's Cathedral</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia" title="National Party of Australia">Country</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ethel_Page" title="Ethel Page">Ethel Blunt</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1906; died 1958)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Jean Thomas</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1959)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output 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Public School</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Boys_High_School" title="Sydney Boys High School">Sydney Boys High School</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Sydney" title="University of Sydney">University of Sydney</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Doctor</li><li>Surgeon</li><li>Politician</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Earle_Page_signature_1960.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Earle Page's signature"><img alt="" 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class="tmp-color" style="color:#FFF">This article is part of <br />a series about</span></span><br /><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FFF">Earle Page</span></a></span></span></td> </tr></tbody></table></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding:0.3em;"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Early_life">Early life</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Education">Education</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Medical_career">Medical career</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Early_politicial_involvement">Early political career</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Early_politicial_involvement">Mayor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Grafton,_New_South_Wales" title="Grafton, New South Wales">Grafton</a></li></ul> <ul><li><small><b>Member for <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Cowper" title="Division of Cowper">Cowper</a> (1919–1961)</b></small></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia_leadership_elections" title="National Party of Australia leadership elections">Country Party Leadership Elections</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia_leadership_elections#1920s" title="National Party of Australia leadership elections">1921</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia_leadership_elections#1930s" title="National Party of Australia leadership elections">1932</a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Page_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Page Ministry">Prime Minister of Australia</a></b> </p> <hr /> <p><b>Term of government (April 1939)</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Page_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Page Ministry">Caretaker government</a></li></ul> <ul><li><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Health_and_Aged_Care" title="Minister for Health and Aged Care">Minister for Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Australia" 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style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George">GCMG</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Companions_of_Honour" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Companions of Honour">CH</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Her_Majesty%27s_Most_Honourable_Privy_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council">PC</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_College_of_Surgeons" class="mw-redirect" title="Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons">FRCS</a></span></span> (8 August 1880 – 20 December 1961) was an Australian politician and surgeon who served as the 11th <a href="/wiki/Prime_minister_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime minister of Australia">prime minister of Australia</a> from 7 to 26 April 1939, holding office in a caretaker capacity following the death of <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Lyons" title="Joseph Lyons">Joseph Lyons</a>. He was the leader of the <a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia" title="National Party of Australia">Country Party</a> from 1921 to 1939, and was the most influential figure in its later years. </p><p>Page was born in <a href="/wiki/Grafton,_New_South_Wales" title="Grafton, New South Wales">Grafton, New South Wales</a>. He entered the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Sydney" title="University of Sydney">University of Sydney</a> at the age of 15, and completed a degree in medicine at the age of 21. After completing his <a href="/wiki/Medical_residency" class="mw-redirect" title="Medical residency">medical residency</a> at Sydney's <a href="/wiki/Royal_Prince_Alfred_Hospital" title="Royal Prince Alfred Hospital">Royal Prince Alfred Hospital</a>, he moved back to Grafton and opened a private hospital. He soon became involved in local politics, and in 1915 purchased a part-share in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Examiner" title="The Daily Examiner">The Daily Examiner</a></i>, a local newspaper. He also briefly was a military surgeon during World War I. Page gained prominence as an advocate of various development schemes for the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Rivers" title="Northern Rivers">Northern Rivers</a> region, especially those involving hydroelectricity. He also helped found a movement for <a href="/wiki/New_England_New_State_Movement" title="New England New State Movement">New England statehood</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/1919_Australian_federal_election" title="1919 Australian federal election">In 1919</a>, Page was elected to <a href="/wiki/Federal_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Parliament">Federal Parliament</a> representing the <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Cowper" title="Division of Cowper">Division of Cowper</a>. He joined the new Country Party the following year as its inaugural <a href="/wiki/Whip_(politics)" title="Whip (politics)">whip</a>, and then replaced <a href="/wiki/William_McWilliams" title="William McWilliams">William McWilliams</a> as party leader in 1921. Page opposed the economic policies of Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Billy_Hughes" title="Billy Hughes">Billy Hughes</a>, and when the Country Party gained the <a href="/wiki/Balance_of_power_(parliament)" title="Balance of power (parliament)">balance of power</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1922_Australian_federal_election" title="1922 Australian federal election">1922 election</a>, he demanded Hughes' resignation as the price for a coalition with the <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Party_(Australia)" title="Nationalist Party (Australia)">Nationalist Party</a>. He was subsequently made <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Australia" title="Treasurer of Australia">Treasurer of Australia</a> under the new prime minister, <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Bruce" title="Stanley Bruce">Stanley Bruce</a>, serving in that role from 1923 to 1929. He had a significant degree of influence on domestic policy, with Bruce concentrating on international issues. </p><p>Page returned to cabinet after the <a href="/wiki/1934_Australian_federal_election" title="1934 Australian federal election">1934 election</a>, when the Country Party entered a new coalition with <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Lyons" title="Joseph Lyons">Joseph Lyons</a>' <a href="/wiki/United_Australia_Party" title="United Australia Party">United Australia Party</a> (UAP). He was appointed <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Commerce_(Australia)" title="Department of Commerce (Australia)">Minister for Commerce</a>, and concentrated on agricultural issues. When Lyons died in office in April 1939, Page was commissioned as his successor in a caretaker capacity while the UAP <a href="/wiki/1939_United_Australia_Party_leadership_election" title="1939 United Australia Party leadership election">elected</a> a new leader, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Menzies" title="Robert Menzies">Robert Menzies</a>. Page subsequently denounced Menzies and refused to serve in his cabinet, withdrawing the Country Party from the coalition, but this proved unpopular and he resigned the party leadership after a few months. The coalition was eventually reconstituted, and Page served again as Minister for Commerce under Menzies and <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Fadden" title="Arthur Fadden">Arthur Fadden</a> until the government's defeat in October 1941. </p><p>Page's last major role was as <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Health_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Health (Australia)">Minister for Health</a> (1949–1956) in the post-war <a href="/wiki/Menzies_Government_(1949%E2%80%9366)" class="mw-redirect" title="Menzies Government (1949–66)">Menzies Government</a>. He retired from cabinet at the age of 76, and died a short time after losing his seat at the <a href="/wiki/1961_Australian_federal_election" title="1961 Australian federal election">1961 election</a>. Page served in parliament for almost 42 years, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_longest-serving_members_of_the_Parliament_of_Australia" title="List of longest-serving members of the Parliament of Australia">third longest-serving Australian parliamentarian</a> of all time; only Menzies lasted longer as the leader of a major Australian political party. He secured his party's independence by refusing overtures to merge with the Nationalists and the UAP, and the policies that he favoured – decentralisation, agrarianism, and government support of primary industry – have remained the basis of its platform up to the present day. The coalitions that he established and maintained with Bruce and Lyons have served as a model for <a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">all subsequent coalition governments</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earle_Page&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Birth_and_family_background">Birth and family background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earle_Page&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Birth and family background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Earle Christmas Grafton Page was born in <a href="/wiki/Grafton,_New_South_Wales" title="Grafton, New South Wales">Grafton, New South Wales</a>, on 8 August 1880. His first middle name, which he disliked, was given to him to carry on the surname of a childless relative, while his second middle name was in honour of his birthplace. Page was the fifth of eleven children born to Charles Page and Mary Johanna Haddon (Annie) Cox.<sup id="cite_ref-before_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-before-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His older brother <a href="/wiki/Rodger_Page" title="Rodger Page">Rodger</a> was chaplain to the royal family of <a href="/wiki/Tonga" title="Tonga">Tonga</a> and his younger brother <a href="/wiki/Harold_Page" title="Harold Page">Harold</a> was the deputy administrator of the <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_New_Guinea" title="Territory of New Guinea">Territory of New Guinea</a> and a Japanese prisoner of war. Page's parents had both lived in Grafton since they were children. His mother was born in <a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a> to an English father and a Scottish mother. His father, born in London, was a successful businessman and a member of the <a href="/wiki/Clarence_Valley_Council" title="Clarence Valley Council">Grafton City Council</a>, serving a single term as mayor in 1908. The family business was a hardware manufacturing firm, which had its origins in a <a href="/wiki/Coachbuilder" title="Coachbuilder">coachbuilding</a> firm established in 1858 by Page's maternal grandfather, Edwin Cox.<sup id="cite_ref-book_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-book-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His other grandfather, James Page, arrived in Grafton in 1855, serving as the town's first schoolmaster and first <a href="/wiki/Town_clerk" class="mw-redirect" title="Town clerk">town clerk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earle_Page&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Page began his schooling at Grafton Public School, where he excelled academically. His family could not afford to send him to boarding school, as a result of financial difficulties caused by the <a href="/wiki/Australian_banking_crisis_of_1893" title="Australian banking crisis of 1893">banking crisis of 1893</a>. Page consequently had to rely on scholarships to advance his education.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He won a bursary to attend <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Boys_High_School" title="Sydney Boys High School">Sydney Boys High School</a> in 1895, where he passed the university entrance exams, and the following year – aged 15 – began studying a <a href="/wiki/Liberal_arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal arts">liberal arts</a> course at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Sydney" title="University of Sydney">University of Sydney</a>. He was equal top in mathematics in his first year, and was also awarded the lucrative Struth Exhibition for "general proficiency in the arts", which allowed him to switch to medicine and covered his first four years of medical school.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His role model was <a href="/wiki/Grafton_Elliot_Smith" title="Grafton Elliot Smith">Grafton Smith</a>, who had followed a similar path from Grafton Public School to university.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Medical_School" title="Sydney Medical School">Sydney Medical School</a>, Page's lecturers included <a href="/wiki/William_Aitcheson_Haswell" title="William Aitcheson Haswell">William Haswell</a> (biology), <a href="/wiki/James_Peter_Hill" title="James Peter Hill">James Hill</a> (biology), <a href="/wiki/Charles_James_Martin_(physiologist)" title="Charles James Martin (physiologist)">Charles Martin</a> (physiology), <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Peter_Anderson_Stuart" title="Thomas Peter Anderson Stuart">Anderson Stuart</a> (physiology), and <a href="/wiki/James_Thomas_Wilson" title="James Thomas Wilson">James Wilson</a> (anatomy).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He graduated at the top of his class in 1901, with the degrees of <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Medicine" class="mw-redirect" title="Bachelor of Medicine">Bachelor of Medicine</a> (M.B.) and <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Surgery" title="Master of Surgery">Master of Surgery</a> (Ch.M.).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Medical_career">Medical career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earle_Page&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Medical career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Page's first professional posting came before he had even been registered as a medical practitioner. Due to a shortage of doctors, he was acting superintendent of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Alexandra_Hospital_for_Children" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children">Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children</a> for one month.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1902, he took up a position as a <a href="/wiki/Residency_(medicine)" title="Residency (medicine)">resident</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Prince_Alfred_Hospital" title="Royal Prince Alfred Hospital">Royal Prince Alfred Hospital</a>, serving in a variety of roles including as house surgeon under <a href="/wiki/Robert_Scot_Skirving" title="Robert Scot Skirving">Robert Scot Skirving</a>. During that time he contracted a near-fatal infection from a postmortem examination.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also met his future wife, nurse <a href="/wiki/Ethel_Page" title="Ethel Page">Ethel Blunt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ethel_[http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/primeministers/page/spouse.aspx_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ethel_[http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/primeministers/page/spouse.aspx-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Page returned to his home town in 1903, taking over a practice in <a href="/wiki/South_Grafton,_New_South_Wales" title="South Grafton, New South Wales">South Grafton</a>. He and two partners subsequently established a new private hospital, Clarence House Hospital, which opened in 1904 and served both Grafton and the surrounding region.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Page was a keen adopter of new technologies. In 1904, he bought what he claimed was "the first <a href="/wiki/Rover_Company" title="Rover Company">Rover</a> car in Australia", which was powered by kerosene.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He upgraded to an <a href="/wiki/Itala_(company)" title="Itala (company)">Itala</a> in 1908, and had the chassis enlarged so it could be used as an ambulance. He also had an x-ray machine installed in his hospital, one of the first in Australia outside a major city.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Page developed a reputation for surgical innovation, taking a number of patients from Sydney and even some from interstate. One operation that brought him particular fame was <a href="/wiki/Pneumonectomy" title="Pneumonectomy">the removal</a> of a patient's diseased lung, a procedure that had only been invented a few years previously.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Page became an inaugural <a href="/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Australasian_College_of_Surgeons" class="mw-redirect" title="Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons">Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons</a> (FRACS) in 1927, and in 1942 was made an honorary <a href="/wiki/Fellowship_of_the_Royal_Colleges_of_Surgeons" title="Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons">Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England</a> (FRCS).<sup id="cite_ref-obit_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 1916, Page enlisted in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Army_Medical_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Army Medical Corps">Australian Army Medical Corps</a>. He was chief medical officer aboard the troopship <abbr title="His Majesty's Australian Transport">HMAT</abbr> <i>Ballarat</i>, and was then stationed at an army hospital in <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a> for several months. He was transferred to a hospital in England in July 1916, and concluded his service as a surgical specialist at a <a href="/wiki/Casualty_clearing_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Casualty clearing station">casualty clearing station</a> in France. Page returned to Australia in March 1917 and was discharged from the military in July 1917.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although his active involvement in medicine declined as his political career progressed, he was frequently called upon to treat his fellow MPs or parliamentary staff. This was particularly true after the federal government moved to Canberra, as the new capital had only a handful of qualified surgeons. In 1928, for instance, he performed an emergency appendectomy on <a href="/wiki/Parker_Moloney" title="Parker Moloney">Parker Moloney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_political_involvement">Early political involvement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earle_Page&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Early political involvement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Earle_Page_1920.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Earle_Page_1920.jpg/170px-Earle_Page_1920.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Earle_Page_1920.jpg/255px-Earle_Page_1920.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Earle_Page_1920.jpg/340px-Earle_Page_1920.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="980" /></a><figcaption>Page in about 1920</figcaption></figure> <p>Page's medical career brought him considerable wealth, and he began investing in land. He bought several large farming properties in <a href="/wiki/South-East_Queensland" class="mw-redirect" title="South-East Queensland">South-East Queensland</a>, including in <a href="/wiki/Nerang,_Queensland" title="Nerang, Queensland">Nerang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kandanga,_Queensland" title="Kandanga, Queensland">Kandanga</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Numinbah_Valley" title="Numinbah Valley">Numinbah Valley</a>; Pages Pinnacle in the Numinbah State Forest is named after him.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His entry into public life came about as a result of his passion for <a href="/wiki/Hydroelectricity" title="Hydroelectricity">hydroelectricity</a>, which he first observed in New Zealand while attending a medical convention in 1910. He believed that it could be applied to the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Rivers" title="Northern Rivers">Northern Rivers</a> region, which was still mostly unelectrified outside of the major towns. Page was elected to the <a href="/wiki/South_Grafton,_New_South_Wales" title="South Grafton, New South Wales">South Grafton Municipal Council</a> in 1913, believing his position as an <a href="/wiki/Alderman" title="Alderman">alderman</a> would be useful in his lobbying efforts. However, his overtures to the state government were rebuffed. In 1915, Page was one of the founders of the <a href="/wiki/New_England_New_State_Movement" title="New England New State Movement">Northern New South Wales Separation League</a>, which advocated the creation of a new state in the <a href="/wiki/New_England_(New_South_Wales)" title="New England (New South Wales)">New England</a> region. He toured a number of towns to raise awareness of the new movement, but interest waned as a result of the ongoing war. Later that year, he was part of a syndicate that bought <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Examiner" title="The Daily Examiner">The Daily Examiner</a></i>, the local newspaper in Grafton.<sup id="cite_ref-adb_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Page visited a number of hydroelectric sites in North America in 1917, on his way back from military service in France. He was elected mayor of South Grafton in 1918, serving until 1920, and also became the inaugural president of the North Coast Development League. He developed more concrete plans for a hydroelectric project on the <a href="/wiki/Clarence_River_(New_South_Wales)" title="Clarence River (New South Wales)">Clarence River</a>, and put forward various other development schemes relating to roads, railways, and ports, all of which served to raise his profile in the local district. Page was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">Australian House of Representatives</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1919_Australian_federal_election" title="1919 Australian federal election">1919 federal election</a>, defeating the sitting <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Party_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Nationalist Party of Australia">Nationalist</a> MP, <a href="/wiki/John_Thomson_(Australian_politician)" title="John Thomson (Australian politician)">John Thomson</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Cowper" title="Division of Cowper">Division of Cowper</a>. He stood as an independent with the endorsement of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association, and after the election joined the new <a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia" title="National Party of Australia">Country Party</a>, along with 10 other MPs from rural seats. Page continued to advocate for hydroelectricity throughout his political career, and many such projects were built in New South Wales. However, the specific scheme he favoured for the Clarence River was never put in place, only the smaller <a href="/wiki/Nymboida_Power_Station" title="Nymboida Power Station">Nymboida Power Station</a>. Decentralisation also remained a pet project, with Page frequently arguing for New South Wales and Queensland to be divided into smaller states to aid regional development. The movement for New England statehood waned in the 1920s, but re-emerged in the 1950s; a legally binding referendum on the subject was finally held in 1967, after Page's death, but was narrowly defeated in controversial circumstances.<sup id="cite_ref-adb_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bruce–Page_government"><span id="Bruce.E2.80.93Page_government"></span>Bruce–Page government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earle_Page&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Bruce–Page government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Earle_Page_first_cabinet_document_in_Canberra.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Earle_Page_first_cabinet_document_in_Canberra.jpg/170px-Earle_Page_first_cabinet_document_in_Canberra.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Earle_Page_first_cabinet_document_in_Canberra.jpg/255px-Earle_Page_first_cabinet_document_in_Canberra.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Earle_Page_first_cabinet_document_in_Canberra.jpg/340px-Earle_Page_first_cabinet_document_in_Canberra.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4559" data-file-height="5585" /></a><figcaption>Page in 1924 as acting prime minister signing the first cabinet document prepared in Canberra</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Government_formation">Government formation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earle_Page&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Government formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Page was elected leader of the Country Party in 1921, replacing <a href="/wiki/William_McWilliams" title="William McWilliams">William McWilliams</a>. At the <a href="/wiki/1922_Australian_federal_election" title="1922 Australian federal election">1922 federal election</a> the party campaigned on a platform which included the establishment of a national <a href="/wiki/Sinking_fund" title="Sinking fund">sinking fund</a>, national insurance scheme covering "sickness, unemployment, poverty and age", and conversion of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Bank_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth Bank of Australia">Commonwealth Bank of Australia</a> into a full <a href="/wiki/Central_bank" title="Central bank">central bank</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHawkins200957_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHawkins200957-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party emerged from the election with the <a href="/wiki/Balance_of_power_(parliament)" title="Balance of power (parliament)">balance of power</a> in the House; the <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Party_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Nationalist Party of Australia">Nationalist</a> government of <a href="/wiki/Billy_Hughes" title="Billy Hughes">Billy Hughes</a> lost its majority and could not govern without Country Party support. It soon became apparent that the price for that support would be a full coalition with the Nationalists. However, the Country Party had been formed partly due to discontent with Hughes' rural policy, and Page's animosity toward Hughes was such that he would not even consider supporting him. Indeed, he would not even begin talks with the Nationalists as long as Hughes remained leader. Bowing to the inevitable, Hughes resigned.<sup id="cite_ref-naamc_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-naamc-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Page then began negotiations with Hughes' successor as leader of the Nationalists, <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Bruce" title="Stanley Bruce">Stanley Bruce</a>. His terms were stiff; he wanted his Country Party to have five seats in an 11-man cabinet, including the post of <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Australia" title="Treasurer of Australia">Treasurer</a> and the second rank in the ministry for himself. These demands were unprecedented for a prospective junior coalition partner in a Westminster system, and especially so for such a new party. Nonetheless, Bruce agreed rather than force another election.<sup id="cite_ref-naamc_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-naamc-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For all intents and purposes, Page was the first <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Australia" title="Deputy Prime Minister of Australia">Deputy Prime Minister of Australia</a> (a title that did not officially exist until 1968). Since then, the leader of the <a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia" title="National Party of Australia">Country/National Party</a> has been the second-ranking member in nearly every <a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">non-Labor government</a>. Page was <a href="/wiki/Acting_Prime_Minister_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Acting Prime Minister of Australia">acting prime minister</a> on several occasions, and in January 1924 chaired the first meeting of <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Australia" title="Cabinet of Australia">Federal Cabinet</a> ever held in <a href="/wiki/Canberra" title="Canberra">Canberra</a>, at <a href="/wiki/Government_House,_Canberra" title="Government House, Canberra">Yarralumla</a>. Parliament did not move to Canberra until 1927.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Treasurer">Treasurer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earle_Page&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Treasurer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Earle_Page_1929_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Earle_Page_1929_02.jpg/220px-Earle_Page_1929_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Earle_Page_1929_02.jpg/330px-Earle_Page_1929_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Earle_Page_1929_02.jpg/440px-Earle_Page_1929_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="507" /></a><figcaption>Page in 1929</figcaption></figure> <p>As Treasurer, Page formed a close working relationship with Bruce.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHawkins200958–59_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHawkins200958–59-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to favourable economic conditions the government was able to abolish <a href="/wiki/Land_tax" class="mw-redirect" title="Land tax">land tax</a>, cut income tax, and establishment the national sinking fund that Page had campaigned on. The government also established an investment fund for the <a href="/wiki/CSIRO" title="CSIRO">Council for Scientific and Industrial Research</a> and sponsored the first national housing program.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHawkins200959_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHawkins200959-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The final years of Page's treasurership were marked by the beginnings of an economic downturn. The budget went into <a href="/wiki/Government_budget_deficit" class="mw-redirect" title="Government budget deficit">deficit</a> in 1927 and his 1929 budget speech referred to a "temporary financial depression".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHawkins200960_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHawkins200960-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a strong believer in orthodox finance and conservative policies, as well as a "high <a href="/wiki/Protectionist" class="mw-redirect" title="Protectionist">protectionist</a>" supporting tariff barriers to protect Australian rural industries.<sup id="cite_ref-adb_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-naadpm_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-naadpm-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Page introduced a series of reforms to the Commonwealth Bank to enhance its central banking functions. In 1924, he announced that the government would place the Commonwealth Bank under an independent board, comprising a governor, the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Treasury_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of the Treasury (Australia)">Treasury</a> secretary, and representatives of industry. The same bill placed banknotes under the direct control of the bank, whereas previously it had been under a nominally independent Note Issue Board.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHawkins200961_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHawkins200961-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later reforms saw the establishment of a Rural Credits Department within the bank, the profits of which were partly hypothecated to agricultural research.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHawkins200962_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHawkins200962-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 1925, cabinet decided to return Australia to the <a href="/wiki/Gold_standard" title="Gold standard">gold standard</a>, which it had left during World War I. It delayed its announcement until the United Kingdom had decided it would do the same, which "disguised what was arguably Australia’s first explicit macroeconomic policy decision".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHawkins200961_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHawkins200961-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1924, Bruce and Page established the <a href="/wiki/Loan_Council" title="Loan Council">Loan Council</a> to coordinate public-sector borrowings between the state and federal governments. It was given constitutional force with <a href="/wiki/1928_Australian_referendum_(State_Debts)" class="mw-redirect" title="1928 Australian referendum (State Debts)">an amendment</a> passed in 1928. The government abolished the previous system of per-capita grants to states that had been implemented in 1911 and began introducing <a href="/wiki/Tied_grant" class="mw-redirect" title="Tied grant">tied grants</a>, initially for road building.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHawkins200962_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHawkins200962-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also established a <a href="/wiki/Royal_commission" title="Royal commission">royal commission</a> into the proposed <a href="/wiki/National_Insurance_(Australia)" title="National Insurance (Australia)">National Insurance</a> scheme, chaired by Senator <a href="/wiki/John_Millen_(Australian_politician)" title="John Millen (Australian politician)">John Millen</a>. Page was one of the chief supporters of the <i>National Insurance Bill 1928</i>, which would have provided "sickness, old age, disability and maternity benefits", as well as payments to orphans and a limited form of <a href="/wiki/Child_endowment" class="mw-redirect" title="Child endowment">child endowment</a>. It was to be paid for by compulsory contributions from workers and co-contributions from employers. The government took the policy to the <a href="/wiki/1928_Australian_federal_election" title="1928 Australian federal election">1928 Australian federal election</a> but failed to pass the bill by the time of its defeat in 1929.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHawkins200963_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHawkins200963-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As Treasurer, Page continued his professional medical practice. On 22 October 1924, he had to tell his best friend, Thomas Shorten Cole (1870–1957), the news that his wife Mary Ann Crane had just died on the operating table from complications of intestinal or stomach cancer, reputed by their daughter Dorothy May Cole to be "the worst day of his life".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Due to a shortage of surgeons in Canberra, in 1928 Page performed an appendectomy on fellow MP <a href="/wiki/Parker_Moloney" title="Parker Moloney">Parker Moloney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Out_of_office,_1929–1934"><span id="Out_of_office.2C_1929.E2.80.931934"></span>Out of office, 1929–1934</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earle_Page&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Out of office, 1929–1934"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In his memoirs, Page recalled that the defeat of the government at the <a href="/wiki/1929_Australian_federal_election" title="1929 Australian federal election">1929 election</a> came as a relief, following the intense stress of the government's final term.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilks2020177_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilks2020177-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He and the Country Party sat on the <a href="/wiki/Crossbench" class="mw-redirect" title="Crossbench">crossbench</a>, with <a href="/wiki/John_Greig_Latham" class="mw-redirect" title="John Greig Latham">John Latham</a> replacing Bruce as Nationalist leader and <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Australia)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Australia)">leader of the opposition</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilks2020179_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilks2020179-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Page regarded time out of office as a period which "sharpened our wits and enabled us to prepare public opinion for the policies we hoped to implement when the next opportunity came".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilks2020184_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilks2020184-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1931, a group of dissident Labor MPs led by former Scullin government minister <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Lyons" title="Joseph Lyons">Joseph Lyons</a> merged with the Nationalists to form the <a href="/wiki/United_Australia_Party" title="United Australia Party">United Australia Party</a> (UAP), with Lyons replacing Latham as opposition leader. Page and Lyons produced a joint policy statement in October 1931 and Page expected that the Country Party would form a new coalition government. However, at the <a href="/wiki/1931_Australian_federal_election" title="1931 Australian federal election">1931 election</a> the UAP won majority government in its own right.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilks2020180_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilks2020180-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lyons offered the Country Party three cabinet positions, on the basis that he would choose the ministers and portfolios. Page rejected this and also insisted that the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Trade_and_Customs" title="Department of Trade and Customs">trade and customs</a> portfolio be assigned to the Country Party. Negotiations eventually collapsed and Lyons formed <a href="/wiki/First_Lyons_ministry" title="First Lyons ministry">a UAP-only ministry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-before_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-before-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Page's oldest son Earle Jr. was killed by a lightning strike in January 1933; shortly after his wife Ethel suffered a stroke. Page considered retiring from politics but was persuaded to instead take a leave of absence, with his deputy <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Paterson" title="Thomas Paterson">Thomas Paterson</a> serving as acting leader of the Country Party for nine months.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilks2020205_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilks2020205-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lyons_government,_1934–1939"><span id="Lyons_government.2C_1934.E2.80.931939"></span>Lyons government, 1934–1939</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earle_Page&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Lyons government, 1934–1939"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The UAP lost its majority at the <a href="/wiki/1934_Australian_federal_election" title="1934 Australian federal election">1934 election</a>, after which Lyons governed in minority for two months. He eventually negotiated a new coalition agreement with Page, which provided four ministerial positions and assurances around tariff policies. Page was appointed <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Commerce_(Australia)" title="Department of Commerce (Australia)">Minister for Commerce</a>, a significant portfolio covering agriculture and trade policy, and again became the <i>de facto</i> deputy prime minister.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilks2020181_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilks2020181-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of Page's first initiatives in the commerce portfolio was the creation of the Australian Agricultural Council (AAC) in December 1934, which aimed to coordinate state and federal agricultural policy on a similar basis to the <a href="/wiki/Loan_Council" title="Loan Council">Loan Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilks2020207_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilks2020207-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his 1934 election policy he had envisioned the AAC as a "board of directors for Australian agriculture" that would "eliminate needless waste of public and private capital".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilks2020206_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilks2020206-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The council "quickly became central to agricultural policy", covering a wide variety of topics including debt relief for farmers, agricultural marketing (reforms to which were rejected in a <a href="/wiki/1937_Australian_referendum_(Marketing)" title="1937 Australian referendum (Marketing)">1937 referendum</a>), soil erosion, pest control, and problems in the wheat and dairy industries. Page found some of his attempts to guide policy were stymied by state agricultural ministers, with the AAC remaining a voluntary body reliant on passage of state legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilks2020208–209_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilks2020208–209-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Page was made a Knight Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" title="Order of St Michael and St George">Order of St Michael and St George</a> (GCMG) in the New Year's Day Honours of 1938.<sup id="cite_ref-GCMG_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GCMG-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While nine Australian prime ministers were knighted (and Bruce was elevated to the peerage), Page is the only one who was knighted before becoming prime minister. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prime_Minister_and_aftermath">Prime Minister and aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earle_Page&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Prime Minister and aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Page_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Page Ministry">Page Ministry</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Earle_Page.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Earle_Page.jpg/170px-Earle_Page.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="246" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Earle_Page.jpg/255px-Earle_Page.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Earle_Page.jpg/340px-Earle_Page.jpg 2x" data-file-width="814" data-file-height="1178" /></a><figcaption>Page c. 1940</figcaption></figure> <p>When Lyons died suddenly in 1939, the <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Australia" title="Governor-General of Australia">Governor-General of Australia</a> <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hore-Ruthven,_1st_Earl_of_Gowrie" title="Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie">Lord Gowrie</a> appointed Page as caretaker prime minister pending the UAP choosing a new leader. He held the office for three weeks until the UAP elected former deputy leader <a href="/wiki/Robert_Menzies" title="Robert Menzies">Robert Menzies</a> as its new leader, and hence prime minister.<sup id="cite_ref-naasio_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-naasio-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Page had been close to Lyons, but disliked Menzies, whom he charged publicly with having been disloyal to Lyons. Page contacted Stanley Bruce (now in London as Australian High Commissioner to the UK) and offered to resign his seat if Bruce would return to Australia to seek re-election to the parliament in a by-election for Page's old seat, and then seek election as UAP leader. Bruce said that he would only re-enter the parliament as an independent.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When Menzies was elected UAP leader, Page refused to serve under him, and made an extraordinary personal attack on him in the House, accusing him not only of ministerial incompetence but of physical cowardice (for failing to enlist during World War I). His party soon rebelled, though, and Page was deposed as Country Party leader in favour of <a href="/wiki/Archie_Cameron" title="Archie Cameron">Archie Cameron</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-naasio_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-naasio-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_II">World War II</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earle_Page&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 1940, Archie Cameron led the Country Party back into coalition with the UAP. However, he resigned as party leader on 16 October, following the <a href="/wiki/1940_Australian_federal_election" title="1940 Australian federal election">1940 federal election</a>. Page attempted to regain the party's leadership, but was deadlocked with <a href="/wiki/John_McEwen" title="John McEwen">John McEwen</a> over multiple ballots. As a compromise, the party elected <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Fadden" title="Arthur Fadden">Arthur Fadden</a> as acting leader; he was confirmed in the position a few months later. Page replaced Cameron as <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Commerce_(Australia)" title="Department of Commerce (Australia)">Minister for Commerce</a> in the reconstituted ministry.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilks2017256_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilks2017256-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Earle_Page,_1940-1941_(Fred_Leist).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Earle_Page%2C_1940-1941_%28Fred_Leist%29.png/170px-Earle_Page%2C_1940-1941_%28Fred_Leist%29.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Earle_Page%2C_1940-1941_%28Fred_Leist%29.png/255px-Earle_Page%2C_1940-1941_%28Fred_Leist%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Earle_Page%2C_1940-1941_%28Fred_Leist%29.png/340px-Earle_Page%2C_1940-1941_%28Fred_Leist%29.png 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="844" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Parliament_House,_Canberra" title="Parliament House, Canberra">Parliament House</a> portrait of Page by <a href="/wiki/Fred_Leist" title="Fred Leist">Fred Leist</a>, 1940–41</figcaption></figure> <p>Fadden replaced Menzies as prime minister in August 1941. A few weeks later, cabinet decided to send Page to London as <a href="/wiki/Resident_minister" title="Resident minister">resident minister</a>, with the intention that he would be granted access to the <a href="/wiki/British_War_Cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="British War Cabinet">British War Cabinet</a>. While he was en route to England, the Fadden government lost a confidence motion and was replaced by an ALP minority government. The new prime minister <a href="/wiki/John_Curtin" title="John Curtin">John Curtin</a> nonetheless allowed Page to take up the position, declining his offer to return to Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilks2017260_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilks2017260-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">attack on Pearl Harbor</a> in December changed the dynamic of Anglo-Australian relations, as the <a href="/wiki/War_in_the_Pacific" class="mw-redirect" title="War in the Pacific">War in the Pacific</a> became the primary concern of the Australian government. Page assisted in the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War_Council" title="Pacific War Council">Pacific War Council</a> early the following year. He later recalled <a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a>'s frustration in war cabinet meetings with Curtin's decision to withdraw troops from the Middle East and North Africa and return them to Australia. He credited himself with helping negate the tensions between the two men, but in February 1942 mistakenly advised Churchill that the Australian government was amenable to diverting the <a href="/wiki/7th_Division_(Australia)" title="7th Division (Australia)">7th Division</a> to Burma rather than return it directly to Australia. He was heavily rebuked by Curtin and external affairs minister <a href="/wiki/H._V._Evatt" title="H. V. Evatt">H. V. Evatt</a> for his error.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilks2017261_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilks2017261-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Page wrote to Curtin in April 1942 that since January he had been through "the worst period of acute mental distress of my whole life".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilks2017261_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilks2017261-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His tenure was not regarded as a success, and he was said to have suffered from a lack of experience in diplomacy.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilks2017262_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilks2017262-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Field Marshal <a href="/wiki/Alan_Brooke,_1st_Viscount_Alanbrooke" title="Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke">Alan Brooke</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)">Chief of the Imperial General Staff</a>, recalled that in war cabinet meetings he had "the mentality of a greengrocer".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilks2017263_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilks2017263-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Page left London in June 1942 following a severe bout of pneumonia.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilks2017261_46-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilks2017261-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had been made a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Order_of_the_Companions_of_Honour" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour">Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour</a> (CH) before his departure.<sup id="cite_ref-CH_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He returned to Australia in August, travelling via the United States,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilks2017264_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilks2017264-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and quickly turned his attention to planning for post-war reconstruction.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilks2017265_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilks2017265-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Page spent the remaining years of the Curtin and <a href="/wiki/Chifley_government" title="Chifley government">Chifley governments</a> on the opposition backbench.<sup id="cite_ref-naainop_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-naainop-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served on the <a href="/wiki/Advisory_War_Council" title="Advisory War Council">Advisory War Council</a> and was a delegate to the constitutional convention in Canberra in late 1942, which included members of all major political parties. However, he was frustrated by the government's failure to offer him any formal role in developing post-war policy, which he believed was due to him given his past work.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilks2017271,_274_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilks2017271,_274-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Page's brother <a href="/wiki/Harold_Page" title="Harold Page">Harold</a> and nephew <a href="/wiki/Robert_Page_(soldier)" title="Robert Page (soldier)">Robert</a> were killed by the Japanese during the war.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Return_to_the_ministry">Return to the ministry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earle_Page&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Return to the ministry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Earle_Page_1950.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Earle_Page_1950.jpg/170px-Earle_Page_1950.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="237" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Earle_Page_1950.jpg/255px-Earle_Page_1950.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Earle_Page_1950.jpg/340px-Earle_Page_1950.jpg 2x" data-file-width="725" data-file-height="1011" /></a><figcaption>Page c. 1950</figcaption></figure> <p>Page was reappointed <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Health_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Health (Australia)">Minister for Health</a> after the Coalition won the <a href="/wiki/1949_Australian_federal_election" title="1949 Australian federal election">1949 federal election</a>, at the age of 69.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilks2017304_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilks2017304-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the chief architect of the <i><a href="/wiki/National_Health_Act_1953" title="National Health Act 1953">National Health Act 1953</a></i>, which established a national public health scheme based on government subsidies of voluntary private insurance and free medical services for pensioners. He played a key role in securing the support of the medical profession, which had strongly opposed the <a href="/wiki/Chifley_government" title="Chifley government">Chifley government</a>'s attempt to introduce universal health care.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilks2017309_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilks2017309-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike in previous governments, Page had little influence beyond his own policy area and was frustrated by the lack of interest in his ideas for national development.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilks2017304_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilks2017304-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1951 when Senator Gordon Brown of the ALP suffered a stroke while speaking in the Senate, Page, a trained surgeon rushed in from the House to treat him before medical professionals could take Brown to hospital for treatment.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Upon the death of Billy Hughes in October 1952, Page became the <a href="/wiki/Father_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Father of the Australian House of Representatives">Father of the House of Representatives</a> and <a href="/wiki/Father_of_the_Australian_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Father of the Australian Parliament">Father of the Parliament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1954, he became the first chancellor of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_New_England_(Australia)" title="University of New England (Australia)">University of New England</a>, which had become fully autonomous from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Sydney" title="University of Sydney">University of Sydney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilks2017316_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilks2017316-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He retired from cabinet at the age of 76, moving to the backbench in January 1956 after the <a href="/wiki/1955_Australian_federal_election" title="1955 Australian federal election">December 1955 election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-naasmh_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-naasmh-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Upon Arthur Fadden's retirement in 1958, Page became the only former prime minister returned at that year's election. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earle_Page&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:95%"> <caption>Electoral results of Page's seat: Cowper </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Electorate </th> <th rowspan="2">Election </th> <th colspan="4">Votes </th> <th rowspan="2">Vote change<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th rowspan="2">Total time </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/First-preference_votes" title="First-preference votes">First-preference</a> (%) </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Two-party-preferred_vote" title="Two-party-preferred vote">Two-party preference</a> (%) </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="17" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Cowper" title="Division of Cowper">Cowper</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>) </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/1919_Australian_federal_election" title="1919 Australian federal election">1919</a><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">11,372 </td> <td align="center">52.4 </td> <td align="center">15,543 </td> <td align="center">71.6 </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/1922_Australian_federal_election" title="1922 Australian federal election">1922</a><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">13,157 </td> <td align="center">67.3 </td> <td align="center" colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 14.1% </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7003109900000000000♠"></span>3 years, 3 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/1925_Australian_federal_election" title="1925 Australian federal election">1925</a><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">24,571 </td> <td align="center">70.0 </td> <td align="center" colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5.1% </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7003216300000000000♠"></span>5 years, 336 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/1928_Australian_federal_election" title="1928 Australian federal election">1928</a><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">27,556 </td> <td align="center">76.8 </td> <td align="center" colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4.4% </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7003326200000000000♠"></span>8 years, 340 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/1929_Australian_federal_election" title="1929 Australian federal election">1929</a><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center" colspan="5" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><i>unopposed</i> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7003359100000000000♠"></span>9 years, 303 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/1931_Australian_federal_election" title="1931 Australian federal election">1931</a><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">29,266 </td> <td align="center">72.3 </td> <td align="center">30,476 </td> <td align="center">75.3 </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2.6%<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7003438900000000000♠"></span>12 years, 6 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/1934_Australian_federal_election" title="1934 Australian federal election">1934</a><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">30,924 </td> <td align="center">64.2 </td> <td align="center">33,935 </td> <td align="center">70.4 </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 8.0% </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7003539000000000000♠"></span>14 years, 276 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/1937_Australian_federal_election" title="1937 Australian federal election">1937</a><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">32,000 </td> <td align="center">63.2 </td> <td align="center" colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.5% </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7003652400000000000♠"></span>17 years, 314 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/1940_Australian_federal_election" title="1940 Australian federal election">1940</a><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">27,773 </td> <td align="center">53.7 </td> <td align="center">33,590 </td> <td align="center">64.9 </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 9.3% </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7003758800000000000♠"></span>20 years, 283 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/1943_Australian_federal_election" title="1943 Australian federal election">1943</a><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">24,017 </td> <td align="center">45.5 </td> <td align="center">27,737 </td> <td align="center">52.7 </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 7.7% </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7003865200000000000♠"></span>23 years, 251 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/1946_Australian_federal_election" title="1946 Australian federal election">1946</a><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">31,785 </td> <td align="center">57.2 </td> <td align="center">33,071 </td> <td align="center">59.5 </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 11.4% </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7003978600000000000♠"></span>26 years, 289 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/1949_Australian_federal_election" title="1949 Australian federal election">1949</a><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">22,791 </td> <td align="center">61.7 </td> <td align="center" colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4.6% </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7004109550000000000♠"></span>29 years, 362 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/1951_Australian_federal_election" title="1951 Australian federal election">1951</a><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">22,632 </td> <td align="center">61.0 </td> <td align="center">23,001 </td> <td align="center">62.0 </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.7% </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7004114590000000000♠"></span>31 years, 136 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/1954_Australian_federal_election" title="1954 Australian federal election">1954</a><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">21,767 </td> <td align="center">58.8 </td> <td align="center">21,805 </td> <td align="center">58.9 </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2.0% </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7004125860000000000♠"></span>34 years, 167 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/1955_Australian_federal_election" title="1955 Australian federal election">1955</a> </td> <td align="center" colspan="5" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na"><i>unopposed</i> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7004131460000000000♠"></span>35 years, 362 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/1958_Australian_federal_election" title="1958 Australian federal election">1958</a><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">21,152 </td> <td align="center">54.8 </td> <td align="center">23,566 </td> <td align="center">61.1 </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4.5%<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7004142240000000000♠"></span>38 years, 344 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/1961_Australian_federal_election" title="1961 Australian federal election">1961</a><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">15,259 </td> <td align="center">39.9 </td> <td align="center">18,442 </td> <td align="center">48.2 </td> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 14.6% </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7004153370000000000♠"></span>41 years, 361 days </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life_and_death">Later life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earle_Page&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Later life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Page sought a 17th term in parliament at the <a href="/wiki/1961_Australian_federal_election" title="1961 Australian federal election">1961 election</a>, having joined Billy Hughes two years earlier as only the second person to serve over 40 years in federal parliament. Two weeks before the election, he experienced stomach pains while visiting the home of <a href="/wiki/Ian_Robinson_(Australian_politician)" title="Ian Robinson (Australian politician)">Ian Robinson</a> near <a href="/wiki/Coraki,_New_South_Wales" title="Coraki, New South Wales">Coraki, New South Wales</a>. His health then dramatically declined and he was admitted to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Prince_Alfred_Hospital" title="Royal Prince Alfred Hospital">Royal Prince Alfred Hospital</a> in Sydney. He was diagnosed with bowel cancer and underwent immediate surgery.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Page died in hospital on 20 December 1961, aged 81. He was granted a <a href="/wiki/State_funeral" title="State funeral">state funeral</a> at <a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Cathedral,_Sydney" title="St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney">St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDavey20103_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDavey20103-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At his request, his ashes were scattered over the Clarence River near his home.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the same date Page died, the election result in Cowper was declared and recorded his defeat by the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Australian Labor Party</a> (ALP) candidate <a href="/wiki/Frank_McGuren" title="Frank McGuren">Frank McGuren</a>, as part of a nationwide swing against the Coalition.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDavey20103_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDavey20103-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Page had represented Cowper for just four days short of 42 years, making him the longest-serving Australian federal parliamentarian who represented the same seat throughout his career. Only <a href="/wiki/Billy_Hughes" title="Billy Hughes">Billy Hughes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philip_Ruddock" title="Philip Ruddock">Philip Ruddock</a> have served in Parliament longer than Page.<sup id="cite_ref-Ruddock_aph_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ruddock_aph-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the last former prime minister to lose his seat until <a href="/wiki/Tony_Abbott" title="Tony Abbott">Tony Abbott</a> lost his seat of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Warringah" title="Division of Warringah">Warringah</a> in <a href="/wiki/2019_Australian_federal_election" title="2019 Australian federal election">2019</a>, though <a href="/wiki/John_Howard" title="John Howard">John Howard</a> would lose his seat of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Bennelong" title="Division of Bennelong">Bennelong</a> as a sitting prime minister in <a href="/wiki/2007_Australian_federal_election" title="2007 Australian federal election">2007</a>. </p><p>Page's defeat/death saw the Australian Federal Parliament having no former prime ministers among its members, for the first time since the period between Sir Joseph Cook's resignation from Parliament in 1921 to become Australia's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Billy Hughes' forced resignation as prime minister in 1923. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earle_Page&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ethel_and_Earle_Page_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Ethel_and_Earle_Page_01.jpg/220px-Ethel_and_Earle_Page_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Ethel_and_Earle_Page_01.jpg/330px-Ethel_and_Earle_Page_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Ethel_and_Earle_Page_01.jpg/440px-Ethel_and_Earle_Page_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1391" data-file-height="1068" /></a><figcaption>Page and his first wife <a href="/wiki/Ethel_Page" title="Ethel Page">Ethel</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Page married <a href="/wiki/Ethel_Page" title="Ethel Page">Ethel Blunt</a> on 18 September 1906. They had met at <a href="/wiki/Royal_Prince_Alfred_Hospital" title="Royal Prince Alfred Hospital">Royal Prince Alfred Hospital</a> while he was undertaking his medical residency; she was a senior nurse there. Page soon began courting her, and convinced her to become the matron of his new hospital in Grafton. She gave up nursing after their marriage, but was active in politics and community organisations. The couple had five children: Mary (b. 1909), Earle Jr. (b. 1910), Donald (b. 1912), Iven (b. 1914), and Douglas (b. 1916). Their grandchildren include <a href="/wiki/Don_Page_(politician)" title="Don Page (politician)">Don Page</a>, who was active in New South Wales state politics, and <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Page" title="Geoff Page">Geoff Page</a>, a poet.<sup id="cite_ref-ethel_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ethel-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Page was predeceased by his first wife and his oldest son. Earle Jr., a qualified veterinarian, was killed by a lightning strike in January 1933, aged 22.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ethel died in May 1958, aged 82, after a long illness.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span class="anchor" id="Jean_Page"></span>On 20 July 1959 at <a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="St Paul's Cathedral, London">St Paul's Cathedral, London</a>, Page married for a second time, wedding his long-serving secretary Jean Thomas (32 years his junior). <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Bruce" title="Stanley Bruce">Stanley Bruce</a> was his best man.<sup id="cite_ref-adb_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second Lady Page lived for almost 50 years after her husband's death, dying on 20 June 2011; her ashes were interred at <a href="/wiki/Northern_Suburbs_Crematorium,_Sydney" title="Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney">Northern Suburbs Crematorium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earle_Page&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Earle_Page_bust.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Earle_Page_bust.jpg/170px-Earle_Page_bust.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Earle_Page_bust.jpg/255px-Earle_Page_bust.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Earle_Page_bust.jpg/340px-Earle_Page_bust.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>Bust of Earle Page, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Ministers_Avenue" title="Prime Ministers Avenue">Prime Ministers Avenue</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Ballarat_Botanical_Gardens" title="Ballarat Botanical Gardens">Ballarat Botanical Gardens</a></figcaption></figure> <dl><dt>Decorations</dt></dl> <ul><li>In 1929, Page was made a member of the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of the United Kingdom">Privy Council of the United Kingdom</a> (PC).<sup id="cite_ref-obit_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-adb_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 1938, Page was made a <a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George</a> (GCMG).<sup id="cite_ref-GCMG_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GCMG-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 1942, Page was made a member of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Companions_of_Honour" title="Order of the Companions of Honour">Order of the Companions of Honour</a> (CH).<sup id="cite_ref-CH_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 1942, Page was made an honorary <a href="/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_College_of_Surgeons_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England">Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England</a> (FRCS).<sup id="cite_ref-obit_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 1952, Page was awarded the degree of <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Science" title="Doctor of Science">Doctor of Science</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Honoris_causa" class="mw-redirect" title="Honoris causa">honoris causa</a></i> by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Sydney" title="University of Sydney">University of Sydney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_16-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 1955, Page was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science <i>honoris causa</i> by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_New_England_(Australia)" title="University of New England (Australia)">University of New England</a> (the first honorary degree awarded by the institution).<sup id="cite_ref-obit_16-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-adb_19-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>Namesakes</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Page" title="Division of Page">Division of Page</a> – division of the federal House of Representatives; established in 1984, includes the city of Grafton<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DailyEx20170214_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DailyEx20170214-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Page,_Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Page, Australian Capital Territory">Page, Australian Capital Territory</a> – suburb of Canberra<sup id="cite_ref-DailyEx20170214_90-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DailyEx20170214-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Sir Earle Page Library and Education Centre, in the city of Grafton<sup id="cite_ref-DailyEx20170214_90-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DailyEx20170214-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earle_Page_College" title="Earle Page College">Earle Page College</a> – residential college of the University of New England; opened in 1963<sup id="cite_ref-DailyEx20170214_90-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DailyEx20170214-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Page Chest Pavilion – building at <a href="/wiki/Royal_Prince_Alfred_Hospital" title="Royal Prince Alfred Hospital">Royal Prince Alfred Hospital</a>; opened in 1957, demolished in 2010<sup id="cite_ref-DailyEx20170214_90-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DailyEx20170214-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Page_Research_Centre&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Page Research Centre (page does not exist)">Page Research Centre</a> – think tank associated with the National Party of Australia; established in 2003<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earle_Page&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Notes</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Based on first-preference vote only.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-69">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">From the <a href="/wiki/1928_Australian_federal_election" title="1928 Australian federal election">1928</a> result.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-79"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-79">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">From the <a href="/wiki/1954_Australian_federal_election" title="1954 Australian federal election">1954</a> result.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p><b>Citations</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-before-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-before_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-before_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/primeministers/page/before-office.aspx#section1">Australia's PMs > Earle Page > Before office</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100718002920/http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/primeministers/page/before-office.aspx#section1">Archived</a> 18 July 2010 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 29 January 2017.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-book-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-book_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMoorhouse2001" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Moorhouse" title="Frank Moorhouse">Moorhouse, Frank</a> (2001). <i>Earle Page</i>. Black Inc. p. 19. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1863952748" title="Special:BookSources/1863952748"><bdi>1863952748</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Earle+Page&rft.pages=19&rft.pub=Black+Inc.&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=1863952748&rft.aulast=Moorhouse&rft.aufirst=Frank&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEarle+Page" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moorhouse (2001), p. 17.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moorhouse (2001), p. 26.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moorhouse (2001), p. 29.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moorhouse (2001), p. 28.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moorhouse (2001), pp. 35–36.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moorhouse (2001), p. 40.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moorhouse (2001), pp. 39–40.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moorhouse (2001), pp. 42–43.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ethel_[http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/primeministers/page/spouse.aspx-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ethel_[http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/primeministers/page/spouse.aspx_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Earle Page > Ethel Page] <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180313153029/http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/primeministers/page/spouse.aspx">"Ethel Page - Earle Page - Australia's PMS - Australia's Prime Ministers"</a>. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 January</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Ethel+Page+-+Earle+Page+-+Australia%27s+PMS+-+Australia%27s+Prime+Ministers&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fprimeministers.naa.gov.au%2Fprimeministers%2Fpage%2Fspouse.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEarle+Page" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_bot:_original_URL_status_unknown" title="Category:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown">link</a>)</span>, National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 29 January 2017.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moorhouse (2001), p. 43.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moorhouse (2001), p. 51.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moorhouse (2001), p. 53.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBridge1993" class="citation conference cs1"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Bridge" title="Carl Bridge">Bridge, Carl</a> (1993). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.page.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/EARLE-PAGE-LECTURE.pdf"><i>Earle Page: the politician and the man</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Earle Page College Thirtieth Anniversary Series. p. 3. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180129195700/https://www.page.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/EARLE-PAGE-LECTURE.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 29 January 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 January</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=conference&rft.btitle=Earle+Page%3A+the+politician+and+the+man&rft.pages=3&rft.date=1993&rft.aulast=Bridge&rft.aufirst=Carl&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.page.org.au%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F04%2FEARLE-PAGE-LECTURE.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEarle+Page" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-obit-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-obit_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-obit_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-obit_16-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-obit_16-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-obit_16-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-obit_16-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1970945">"Obituary: Sir EARLE PAGE, P.C., G.C.M.G., C.H., Hon.D.Sc. 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City of Gold Coast. 28 December 2017. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180127203256/http://www.goldcoaststories.com.au/pages-pinnacle/">Archived</a> from the original on 27 January 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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(November 2014)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-89"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-89">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/nsw/page.htm">"Profile of the electoral division of Page (NSW)"</a>. <i>Australian Electoral Commission</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 August</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Page+Research+Centre&rft.atitle=Sir+Earle+Page&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.page.org.au%2Fabout%2Fsir-earle-page%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEarle+Page" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earle_Page&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Hughes" title="Colin Hughes">Hughes, Colin A</a> (1976), <i>Mr Prime Minister. Australian Prime Ministers 1901–1972</i>, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Victoria, Ch.12. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-550471-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-550471-2">0-19-550471-2</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHawkins2009" class="citation journal cs1">Hawkins, John (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://static.treasury.gov.au/uploads/sites/1/2017/06/05_Earle_Page.pdf">"Earle Page: an active treasurer"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Economic Roundup</i> (4). <a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Treasury_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of the Treasury (Australia)">Department of the Treasury</a>: 55–68.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Economic+Roundup&rft.atitle=Earle+Page%3A+an+active+treasurer&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=55-68&rft.date=2009&rft.aulast=Hawkins&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.treasury.gov.au%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F1%2F2017%2F06%2F05_Earle_Page.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEarle+Page" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilks2020" class="citation book cs1">Wilks, Stephen (2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/n6924/pdf/book.pdf"><i><span></span>'Now is the Psychological Moment': Earle Page and the Imagining of Australia</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. ANU Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781760463687" title="Special:BookSources/9781760463687"><bdi>9781760463687</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%27Now+is+the+Psychological+Moment%27%3A+Earle+Page+and+the+Imagining+of+Australia&rft.pub=ANU+Press&rft.date=2020&rft.isbn=9781760463687&rft.aulast=Wilks&rft.aufirst=Stephen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpress-files.anu.edu.au%2Fdownloads%2Fpress%2Fn6924%2Fpdf%2Fbook.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEarle+Page" class="Z3988"></span> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilks2017" class="citation thesis cs1">Wilks, Stephen (2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/142195/1/Wilks%20Thesis%202018.pdf"><i><span></span>'Now is the Psychological Moment': Earle Page and the Imagining of Australia</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (PhD thesis). 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style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Thomson_(Australian_politician)" title="John Thomson (Australian politician)">John Thomson</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Cowper" title="Division of Cowper">Member for Cowper</a> </b><br />1919–1961 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Frank_McGuren" title="Frank McGuren">Frank McGuren</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="2">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Hughes" title="Billy Hughes">Billy Hughes</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Father_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Father of the Australian House of Representatives">Father of the House of Representatives</a> </b><br />1952–1961 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Ward" title="Eddie Ward">Eddie Ward</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Father_of_the_Australian_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Father of the Australian Parliament">Father of the Parliament</a> </b><br />1952–1961 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New political party</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia" title="National Party of Australia">Leader of the Country Party</a> </b><br />1922–1939 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Archie_Cameron" title="Archie Cameron">Archie Cameron</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New title</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Federal President of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Country_Party_(1920)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Country Party (1920)">Country Party</a> </b><br />1926–1961 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_Moss_(Australian_politician)" title="William Moss (Australian politician)">William Moss</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Lyons" title="Joseph Lyons">Joseph Lyons</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Australia" title="Prime Minister of Australia">Prime Minister of 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_McWilliams" title="William McWilliams">William McWilliams</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Earle Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archie_Cameron" title="Archie Cameron">Archie Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Fadden" title="Arthur Fadden">Arthur Fadden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McEwen" title="John McEwen">John McEwen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Anthony" title="Doug Anthony">Doug Anthony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Sinclair" title="Ian Sinclair">Ian Sinclair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Blunt" title="Charles Blunt">Charles Blunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Fischer" title="Tim Fischer">Tim Fischer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Anderson_(Australian_politician)" title="John Anderson (Australian politician)">John Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Vaile" title="Mark Vaile">Mark Vaile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Truss" title="Warren Truss">Warren Truss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnaby_Joyce" title="Barnaby Joyce">Barnaby Joyce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_McCormack_(Australian_politician)" title="Michael McCormack (Australian politician)">Michael McCormack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnaby_Joyce" title="Barnaby Joyce">Barnaby Joyce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Littleproud" title="David Littleproud">David Littleproud</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Deputy leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Jowett" title="Edmund Jowett">Edmund Jowett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Gregory_(politician)" title="Henry Gregory (politician)">Henry Gregory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Fleming_(Australian_politician)" title="William Fleming (Australian politician)">William Fleming</a></li> <li><a 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