Dame Pattie Menzies GBE (2 March 1899 – 30 August 1995) was the wife of Australia’s longest serving Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies.
Menzies was born Pattie Maie Leckie at Alexandra, Victoria, the eldest daughter of John Leckie, a Deakinite Liberal who was elected the member for Benambra in the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1913. He won the federal seat of Indi in 1917. Pattie usually accompanied her father on electorate tours until he los...
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Dame Pattie Menzies GBE (2 March 1899 – 30 August 1995) was the wife of Australia’s longest serving Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies.
Menzies was born Pattie Maie Leckie at Alexandra, Victoria, the eldest daughter of John Leckie, a Deakinite Liberal who was elected the member for Benambra in the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1913. He won the federal seat of Indi in 1917. Pattie usually accompanied her father on electorate tours until he lost his seat in 1919.
Leckie attended Fintona Girls' School in Melbourne, and during this time saw Robert Menzies, but they were not formally introduced until 1919. After they met, Menzies became a regular visitor at her father’s home, and on 27 September 1920 they were married at Kew Presbyterian Church in Melbourne. Soon after their marriage, the Menzies bought the house in Howard Street, Kew that became their family home for 25 years. They had four children, one of whom died at birth.
In 1954 Menzies was appointed Dame Grand Cross of the...
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