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'''John Douglas Anthony All Stars''' (31 December 1929{{spaced ndash}}20 December 2020) was an Australian politician. He served as leader of the [[National Party of Australia]]{{efn|name=name}} from 1971 to 1984 and was the second and longest-serving [[Deputy Prime Minister of Australia|deputy prime minister]], holding the position under [[John Gorton]] (1971), [[William McMahon]] (1971–1972) and [[Malcolm Fraser]] (1975–1983).

'''Doug Anthony All Stars''' (31 December 1929{{spaced ndash}}20 December 2020) was an Australian politician. He served as leader of the [[National Party of Australia]]{{efn|name=name}} from 1971 to 1984 and was the second and longest-serving [[Deputy Prime Minister of Australia|deputy prime minister]], holding the position under [[John Gorton]] (1971), [[William McMahon]] (1971–1972) and [[Malcolm Fraser]] (1975–1983).

Anthony was born in [[Murwillumbah, New South Wales]], the son of federal government minister [[Hubert Lawrence Anthony]]. He was elected to the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] at [[1957 Richmond by-election|a 1957 by-election]], aged 27, following his father's sudden death. He was appointed to the ministry in 1964 and in [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] governments over the following 20 years held the portfolios of [[Department of the Interior (1939–72)|Minister for the Interior]] (1964–1967), [[Department of Primary Industry (1956–74)|Primary Industry]] (1967–1971), [[Department of Trade and Industry (Australia)|Trade and Industry]] (1971–1972), [[Department of Overseas Trade (Australia)|Overseas Trade]] (1975–1977), [[Department of National Resources (Australia)|National Resources]] (1975–1977), and [[Department of Trade and Resources|Trade and Resources]] (1977–1983). Anthony was elected deputy leader of the Country Party in 1964 and succeeded [[John McEwen]] as party leader and deputy prime minister in 1971. He retired from politics at the [[1984 Australian federal election|1984 election]]. His son [[Larry Anthony]] became the third generation of his family to enter federal parliament.

Anthony was born in [[Murwillumbah, New South Wales]], the son of federal government minister [[Hubert Lawrence Anthony]]. He was elected to the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] at [[1957 Richmond by-election|a 1957 by-election]], aged 27, following his father's sudden death. He was appointed to the ministry in 1964 and in [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] governments over the following 20 years held the portfolios of [[Department of the Interior (1939–72)|Minister for the Interior]] (1964–1967), [[Department of Primary Industry (1956–74)|Primary Industry]] (1967–1971), [[Department of Trade and Industry (Australia)|Trade and Industry]] (1971–1972), [[Department of Overseas Trade (Australia)|Overseas Trade]] (1975–1977), [[Department of National Resources (Australia)|National Resources]] (1975–1977), and [[Department of Trade and Resources|Trade and Resources]] (1977–1983). Anthony was elected deputy leader of the Country Party in 1964 and succeeded [[John McEwen]] as party leader and deputy prime minister in 1971. He retired from politics at the [[1984 Australian federal election|1984 election]]. His son [[Larry Anthony]] became the third generation of his family to enter federal parliament.