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Doug Anthony, former Nationals leader and deputy prime minister, dies aged 90
Australia’s longest-serving deputy prime minister, Doug Anthony, has died at the age of 90.
Key points:
- Former Nationals leader and Deputy Prime Minister Doug Anthony has died at the age of xx.
- Mr Anthony was Australia’s longest serving Deputy PM.
- He famously ran the country at Christmas from his caravan on the NSW north coast.
Mr Anthony led the Country-turned-National party for 13 years.
His family has confirmed the former farmer died this morning at a nursing home.
He is survived by his wife Margot, their three children and nine grandchildren.
Mr Anthony’s career began as a dairy farmer in his home town of Murwillumbah, in the Tweed Valley in northern New South Wales.
Politics was in his blood and a young Mr Anthony spent his childhood…
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