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- 1885-1951. Australian Labor prime minister
- 1945-49. He united the party in fulfilling a
- welfare and nationalization programme 1945-49
- (although he failed in an attempt to
- nationalize the banks 1947) and initiated an
- immigration programme and the Snowy Mountains
- hydroelectric project. Chifley was minister
- of postwar reconstruction 1942-45 under John
- Curtin, when he succeeded him as prime
- minister. He crushed a coal miners' strike
- 1949 by using troops as mine labour. He was
- leader of the Opposition from 1949 until his
- death.
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