Chifley

[ chif-lee ]

noun

1. Joseph Benedict, 1885–1951, Australian statesman: prime minister 1945–49.

Chifley

/ ˈtʃɪflɪ /

noun

1. ChifleyJoseph Benedict18851951MAustralianPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister Joseph Benedict. 1885–1951, Australian statesman; prime minister of Australia (1945–49)

Example Sentences

Frank, who is in Australia for events organised by the Chifley Research Centre, told the Guardian: “Trump is his own worst enemy of course – that news conference with Vladimir Putin – it’s just insane what this guy does ... but he could blunder into re-election, hell yeah.”

From The Guardian

GM Holden began auto production in 1948 with then-Prime Minister Ben Chifley driving the first car off the production line, declaring it “a beauty”.

From Reuters

GM Holden began auto production in 1948 with then-Prime Minister Ben Chifley driving the first car off the production line, declaring it “a beauty”.

From Reuters

In a speech in delivered at Westminster over the weekend, Michael Cooney – a former adviser to Mark Latham, Kim Beazley and Julia Gillard, and now an influential player as Chifley director – says Labor must push past the orthodoxies of the Hawke and Keating years, and the Blairite period in the UK, in an effort to find new centrist ground in the lead up to the next election and beyond.

From The Guardian

Both Heynes and his antagonist are currently on an enforced break from Chifley College Dunheved's Campus, a school that describes itself as a "a safe, supportive and productive learning environment to promote individual achievement and self-responsibility."

From Salon