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(Sir) Arthur Coles
Arthur Coles in 1945
Member of the Australian Parliament for Henty
In office 21 September 1940 – 30 March 1946
Preceded by
Sir Henry Gullett
Succeeded by
Jo Gullett
65th Lord Mayor of Melbourne
In office 1938–1940
Preceded by
Sir Edward Campbell
Succeeded by
Sir Francis Beaurepaire
Personal details
Born
(1892-08-07)7 August 1892 Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Died
14 June 1982(1982-06-14) (aged 89) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Political party
Independent
Sir Arthur William "A.W." Coles (7 August 1892 – 14 June 1982) was a prominent Australian businessman and philanthropist, a son of St James, Victoria shopkeeper George W. Coles (died 1932).
With his brothers George James "G.J." (1885–1977), Kenneth Frank "K.F." (1896 –1985), Edgar Barton "E.B." (1899–1981), and Norman Cameron "N.C." Coles (1907–1989), A. W. Coles founded Coles Variety Stores in the 1920s, which was to become Coles Group, one of the two largest supermarket chains in Australia.
He served as Lord Mayor of Melbourne from 1938 to 1940.
In 1940 he was elected to the federal parliament as an Independent from Henty. With Alexander Wilson, he held the balance of power, at first keeping the UAP-National government in office, but in 1941 switching sides to install a new Australian Labor Party government.
In 1946 Coles was appointed chair of the Australian National Airways Commission, which founded Trans Australia Airlines (later known as Australian Airlines, which became the domestic arm of Qantas).
Qantas). ArthurColes was born in Geelong, Victoria and educated at the elite private school The Geelong College. When World War I began, Coles enlisted...
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the support of both independent crossbenchers, Alexander Wilson and ArthurColes. The four MPs elected to Lang Labor's successor, the Australian Labor...
October 1941 after the independent crossbenchers Alexander Wilson and ArthurColes withdrew their support for the Fadden government. The ministry was replaced...
keeping the Coalition in office for the last year, Coles and Wilson, voted against Fadden's budget. Coles and Wilson had been so disgusted with how Menzies...
came to grief largely because he did not like ArthurColes and made no effort to win his support". Coles persuaded the other independent, Alex Wilson,...
to be chaired by ArthurColes. Coles was one of the richest men in Australia and the co-founder of the Coles Group. By this time, Coles had withdrawn from...
although he did agree to join the Advisory War Council. In October 1941, ArthurColes and Alexander Wilson, the two independent MPs who had been keeping the...
rely on the votes of independent crossbenchers Alexander Wilson and ArthurColes to survive. The ministry was replaced by the Fadden ministry on 28 August...
October 1941 after the independent crossbenchers Alexander Wilson and ArthurColes withdrew their support for the Fadden government and voted with John...
style where "the legs and feet did the work". Coles was also half of the professional tap dancing duo Coles and Atkins, whose specialty was performing with...
Button – senior Federal Minister in the Hawke and Keating Governments Sir ArthurColes – retail founder, MP, Lord Mayor of Melbourne; first Chairman of Australian...
form a minority government with the support of two independent MPs, ArthurColes and Alex Wilson. Labor, led by John Curtin, refused Menzies's offer to...
continuing in office only because of the support of two independent MPs, ArthurColes and Alexander Wilson. The UAP–Country Party coalition and the Labor parties...
independent, ArthurColes, who was one of the two independents who voted to bring down the government in 1941 (then headed by the Country Party leader Arthur Fadden)...
Pacific, the Menzies government (1939-1941) relied on two independents, ArthurColes and Alex Wilson for its parliamentary majority.[citation needed] Unable...
Michael Coles and Arthur Karp, two businessmen who wanted to get into the cookie business and founded the company Great American Cookies. Coles was inspired...
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