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A few weeks later on 13 June 1951, Chifley suffered a heart attack in his room at the Hotel Kurrajong in Canberra. [21] [67] Chifley at first made light of the sudden chest pains and attempted to dissuade his secretary and confidante, Phyllis Donnelly, who was making him a cup of tea, from calling a doctor.
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Menzies announced Chifley's death to the parliamentary merry-makers who abandoned the gathering. Chifley was given a simple and short state funeral, without eulogies, at Bathurst in the Catholic Cathedral of St Michael and St John, and was buried in the local cemetery.
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- The Leader of the Opposition, Mr. J. B. Chifley, died on the way to the Canberra Community Hospital soon after 11 o'clock tonight. Mr. Chifley had a heart seizure and collapsed in his bedroom at the Hotel Kurrajong at 10.15pm, while the Jubilee Ball was in progress in King's Hall, Parliament House.
- Mr Chifley was buried this afternoon in a grave on a slope facing toward Bathurst, the city of his birth. The coffin of Prime Minister Ben Chifley is loaded onto an aircraft in Canberra on 16 June 1951, headed for Bathurst, NSW, for his funeral the following day. Staff.
Chifley continued in parliament as Leader of the Opposition after his defeat by Menzies. He died on the way to hospital after a heart attack in his hotel room in Canberra, 13 June 1951, while a ball celebrating the Jubilee of Commonwealth parliament was in progress in Parliament House.
Ben Chifley became Australia's 16th prime minister after being elected leader of the Australian Labor Party, following the death of John Curtin earlier in July 1945. Born. 22 September 1885. Bathurst, New South Wales. Died. 13 June 1951. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Partner. Elizabeth Chifley. Party. Australian Labor Party.
Joseph Benedict Chifley (/ˈtʃɪfli/; 22 de septiembre de 1885-13 de junio de 1951) fue un político australiano que se desempeñó como Primer Ministro de Australia, ocupando el cargo de 1945 a 1949. Fue el líder del Partido Laborista Australiano desde 1945 hasta su muerte.
