10 Facts About Archie Michaelis

Sir Archie Reuben Louis Michaelis was an Australian politician.

Archie Michaelis was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1932 to 1952, representing the electorate of St Kilda for the United Australia Party and its successor.

Archie Michaelis attended Wesley College and Cumloden School in St Kilda, until 1903 when his family took him to England to be educated at Harrow School.

In 1908, Archie Michaelis returned to Melbourne, where he began working for the family business, and in 1912 he returned to England to work in the company's London office.

Archie Michaelis was in England when World War I broke out, and he immediately enlisted in the British Army, serving with the Honourable Artillery Company in the Middle East and in 1916 was commissioned in the Royal Field Artillery in which he served in Ireland and Greece.

At the 1932 Victorian election, Archie Michaelis was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly representing the seat of St Kilda for the United Australia Party.

Archie Michaelis was made a minister without portfolio in Ian MacFarlan's "stop-gap" ministry from October to November 1945.

In June 1950, Archie Michaelis was elected Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.

Archie Michaelis was knighted in the 1952 New Year Honours.

Archie Michaelis stated that he had been approached by a man named Raymond Ellinson, who offered him the position of Agent-General, another term as Speaker, and immunity from opposition in the next election.