Anthony family (Australian politics)

The Anthony family is the only three-generation dynasty in the Australian House of Representatives. All three sat in the Division of Richmond in north-eastern New South Wales.

• Larry Anthony Sr. (Hubert Lawrence Anthony; 1897-1957), born in Warren, farmer and chairman of the Banana Growers Federation, became an MP in 1937 and a minister by 1940, and a minister again from 1949 until his sudden death in 1957.

• Doug Anthony (John Douglas Anthony; born 1929), born in Murwillumbah, farmer, became an MP when his father died in 1957 and a minister from 1964, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia 1971-72 and 1975-83, before resigning in 1984.

• Larry Anthony, Jr. (Lawrence James Anthony; born 1961), born in Sydney, businessman and stockbroker, was the third Anthony in Richmond, from 1996 to 2004. He was a minister from 1999 until his defeat by Justine Elliot five years later. He is now on the board of directors of the Queensland based financial institution Indue, and the leading edge technology company uniDap Solutions. He is also the Chairman of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award for Australia.