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          Dame Pattie Maie Menzies GBE (2 March – 30 August ) was the wife of Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies..

          Pattie Menzies

          Wife of Australian Prime Minister

          Dame Pattie Maie MenziesGBE (2 March &#;&#; 30 August ) was the wife of Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies.

          Dame Pattie Maie Menzies (–), prime minister's wife and charity worker, was born on 2 March at Alexandra, Victoria.

        1. Born Pattie Maie Leckie, she married Menzies on 27 September Pattie was daughter of John William Leckie (), who served in Menzies' first cabinet.
        2. Dame Pattie Maie Menzies GBE (2 March – 30 August ) was the wife of Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies.
        3. Charity worker () Victoria, Australia · prime minister's spouse () Federal, Australia · prime minister's spouse ().
        4. Daughter of John William (later Senator) and May Beatrice (née Johnston) Leckie, Pattie Mae Leckie was born in Alexandra, Victoria.

          5. Biography

          Menzies was born as 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 He won the federal seat of Indi in Pattie usually accompanied her father on electorate tours until he lost his seat in

          Pattie Leckie attended Fintona Girls' School in Melbourne, and during this time saw Robert Menzies, but they were not formally introduced until After they met, Menzies became a regular visitor at her father's home.

          On 27 September they were married at KewPresbyterian Church in Melbourne. Soon after their marriage, the Menzies bought the house in Howard Street, Kew, which would become their family home for 25 years. They had three surviving children: two sons a