Philip McBride

Sir Philip Albert Martin McBride KCMG (18 June 1892 – 14 July 1982) was an Australian politician.

McBride was born into a well-known pastoral family and educated at Burra Public School and Prince Alfred College in Adelaide. In 1931, he was elected as the member for Grey in the Australian House of Representatives, representing the United Australia Party. Before the 1937 general election, he struck a deal with fellow grazier and Country Party senator, A. O. Badman, who resigned from the Senate and contested Grey, which he won. McBride was elected by a joint sitting of both Houses of the South Australian parliament to fill the resulting casual Senate vacancy.

McBride was Assistant Minister for Commerce from April 1939 to August 1940. He was Minister for the Army and Minister for Repatriation from March to October 1940 in Robert Menzies ministry. In the third Menzies Ministry, he was Minister for Supply and Development from October 1940 to June 1941 and Minister for Munitions from October 1940 to the defeat of the Menzies government in August 1941. He was defeated in the 1943 general election.

In the 1946 general election, he was elected as the member for Wakefield for the Liberal Party of Australia and held it to his retirement in 1958, as a member of the Liberal and Country League from 1951. Following the election of the Manzies government in 1949, he became Minister for the Interior from 1949 to 1950. In 1950, he was appointed Minister for Defence, a position he retained to his retirement.

After McBride's retirement, he was Federal President of the Liberal Party from 1960 to 1965. He was survived by his widow and two of his sons.

Honours

McBride was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1953 and made a Privy counsellor in 1959.

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Political offices
Preceded by Geoffrey Street	Minister for the Army 1940	Succeeded by Percy Spender
	Minister for Repatriation 1940	Succeeded by George McLeay
Preceded by Robert Menzies	Minister for Munitions 1940–41	Succeeded by Norman Makin
Preceded by Frederick Stewart	Minister for Supply and Development 1940–41	Succeeded by George McLeay
Preceded by Herbert Johnson	Minister for the Interior 1950	Succeeded by Eric Harrison
Preceded by Eric Harrison	Minister for Defence 1950–58	Succeeded by Athol Townley
Preceded by Thomas White	Minister for Air 1951	Succeeded by William McMahon
Preceded by Josiah Francis	Minister for the Navy 1951
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Andrew Lacey	Member for Grey 1931–37	Succeeded by Oliver Badman
Preceded by Albert Smith	Member for Wakefield 1946–58	Succeeded by Bert Kelly