Albert Dunstan

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Albert Arthur Dunstan
33rd Premier of Victoria
In office 2 April 1935 – 14 September 1943
Preceded by	Stanley Argyle
Succeeded by	John Cain (senior)
In office 18 September 1943 – 2 October 1945
Preceded by	John Cain (senior)
Succeeded by	Ian MacFarlan
Born	26 July 1882 Donald, Victoria, Australia
Died	14 April 1950 (aged 67) Camberwell, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Spouse	Jessie Gerard Chisholm

Sir Albert Arthur Dunstan KCMG (1882–1950) was an Australian politician. A member of the Country Party (now National Party of Australia), Dunstan was the 33rd Premier of Victoria. His term as Premier was the second-longest in the state's history, behind Sir Henry Bolte. Dunstan, who was Premier from 2 April 1935 to 14 September 1943 and again from 18 September 1943 to 2 October 1945, was the first Premier of Victoria to hold that office as a position in its own right, and not just an additional duty taken up by the Treasurer, Attorney General, or Chief Secretary.

v • d • e Premiers of Victoria Haines  • O'Shanassy  • Nicholson  • Heales  • McCulloch  • Sladen  • MacPherson  • Duffy  • Francis  • Kerferd  • Berry  • Service  • O'Loghlen  • Gillies  • Munro  • Shiels  • Patterson  • Turner  • McLean  • Peacock  • Irvine  • Bent  • Murray  • Watt  • Elmslie  • Bowser  • Lawson  • Prendergast  • Allan  • Hogan  • McPherson  • Argyle  • Dunstan  • Cain Sr  • MacFarlan  • Hollway  • McDonald  • Bolte  • Hamer  • Thompson  • Cain II  • Kirner  • Kennett  • Bracks  • Brumby

[edit] References

• History of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Victoria. Accessed 24 March 2006.
• "Victoria's Longest-Serving Premiers Honoured", media release from the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Victoria, 9 December 1999.