Stanley Melbourne Bruce

Stanley Melbourne Bruce , 1883-1967, Australian political leader. Educated at Cambridge, he was called to the bar (1906) in England. After service in World War I, he entered the commonwealth legislature in 1918, was treasurer (1921-23) in the cabinet of W. M. Hughes, and served (1923-29) as prime minister. He was notable for promoting the closest relations of Australia with the empire compatible with Australian self-government, and he also advocated international cooperation. Bruce served as Australian delegate to the League of Nations and in 1936 was president of the council. From 1933 to 1945 he was high commissioner for Australia in London. In 1947 he was made Viscount Bruce of Melbourne.

Bruce, Stanley Melbourne, Viscount Bruce of Melbourne (1883–1967) Australian statesman. A member of the House of Representatives, he represented the Nationalists and the United Australia Party. He became Prime Minister and Minister for External Affairs in the so-called Bruce-Page government. His government's policies were summed up in the slogan “Men, Money, and Markets”. He served in the British War Cabinet and Pacific War Council (1942–45). He chaired the World Food Council (1947–51) and the British Finance Corporation for Industry (1947–57).

Bruce, Stanley, 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne (b. 15 Apr. 1883, d. 25 Aug. 1967). Prime Minister of Australia 1923–9 Born at St Kilda (Victoria) and educated in his native Melbourne, he spent his formative years in England, studied at Cambridge, and became a barrister. He served in the British forces at Gallipoli and in France during World War I. He returned to Australia in 1917, and was elected to the House of Representatives for the Nationalist Party (1918–29) and the United Australia Party (1931–3). He served briefly as federal Treasurer before succeeding Hughes as Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs, leading a coalition government with Page's Country Party (Nationalist Party). He sought to further Australia's links with Britain, mainly through attracting (primarily British) immigration, industrial investment, and trade. Job creation could not keep up with immigration, so that unemployment grew and trade-union hostility increased. He lost his seat in the 1929 elections, and in 1933 became Australia's high commissioner in London (until 1945), during which time he was also Australia's chief representative at the League of Nations. Thereafter, he served as chairman of the World Food Council of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (1946–51). Created Viscount Bruce of Melbourne in 1947, he became the first Chancellor of the Australian National University in Canberra in 1951.