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Forde lost his seat in the election.

Forde received alarming news from Australia, Curtin had been hospitalised by a heart attack.

Survived by his daughters, he died on 28 January in Brisbane; he was accorded a state funeral and was buried in Toowong cemetery.

His death was attributed to dehydration and other natural causes.

Politician Francis Michael Forde was prime minister of Australia in Forde died on January 28, , in Brisbane.

Survived by his daughters, he died on 28 January in Brisbane; he was accorded a state funeral and was buried in Toowong cemetery..

Frank Forde

Prime Minister of Australia in 1945

For other people with similar names, see Francis Ford (disambiguation).

Francis Michael Forde (18 July 1890 – 28 January 1983) was an Australian politician who served as the 15th prime minister of Australia from 6 to 13 July 1945, in a caretaker capacity following the death of John Curtin.

He was deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1932 to 1946 and is the shortest-serving prime minister in Australia's history.

Forde was born in Mitchell, Queensland, to Irish immigrant parents.

Sisters Frances Forde and Marie Duddy died when their vehicle collided with the unmarked car close to Newry earlier this week.

He eventually settled in Rockhampton, and was a schoolteacher and telegraphist before entering politics. Having joined the ALP at a young age, Forde was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1917, aged 26. He transferred to the House of Representatives at the 1922 federal election, winning the Division of Capricornia.

Forde was an assistant minister and minister in the Scullin government from 1929 to 1932, an