11 Facts About Tony Street

Anthony Austin Street was an Australian politician.

Tony Street served in the House of Representatives from 1966 to 1984, representing the Division of Corangamite for the Liberal Party.

Tony Street held ministerial office in the Fraser government, serving as Minister for Labor and Immigration, Employment and Industrial Relations, Industrial Relations, and Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Tony Street's father Geoffrey Street was a federal government minister.

Tony Street was the last surviving Liberal minister of the first Fraser ministry, as well as the last surviving Assistant Minister of the McMahon government.

Tony Street's father was elected to federal parliament in 1934 and promoted to the ministry in 1938.

Tony Street was killed in the 1940 Canberra air disaster, when his son was 14 years old.

In 1966 Tony Street was elected as a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Corangamite division in Victoria, Australia.

Tony Street remained in this position, winning re-election, until he resigned on 18 January 1984.

Tony Street supported multilateralism as foreign minister, stating that "in its role as a middle power, Australia needs a foreign policy which encompasses not just bilateral relations but the multilateral diplomacy of international organisations and blocs of countries acting together".

Tony Street held directorships in several companies and served as a Melbourne Cricket Club committee member.