Editing Alick Downer (section)

{{Short description|Australian politician (1910–1981)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]  
| name = Sir Alick Downer
| birth_name = Alexander Russell Downer
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|KBE}}
| image = Alecdowner.jpg
| office = [[Minister for Immigration (Australia)|Minister for Immigration]]
| caption = Official portrait, 1950
| primeminister = [[Robert Menzies]]
| term_start = 19 March 1958
| term_end = 18 December 1963
| predecessor = [[Athol Townley]]
| successor = [[Hubert Opperman]]
| office2             = [[List of High Commissioners of Australia to the United Kingdom|High Commissioner to the United Kingdom]]
| term_start2         = 25 October 1964	
| term_end2           = 24 October 1972	
| predecessor2        = [[Eric Harrison]]
| successor2          = [[John Armstrong (Australian politician)|John Armstrong]]
| constituency_MP3 = [[Division of Angas (1949–77)|Angas]]
| parliament3 = Australian
| predecessor3 = ''New seat''
| successor3 = [[Geoffrey Giles]]
| term_start3 = 10 December 1949
| term_end3 = 23 April 1964
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1910|4|7}}
| birth_place = [[North Adelaide]], [[South Australia]], Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1981|3|30|1910|4|7}} 
| death_place = [[Tanunda, South Australia|Tanunda]], South Australia, Australia
| nationality = Australian
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Mary Downer|Mary Gosse]]|23 April 1947}}
| party = [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| father = [[John Downer|John William Downer]]
| children = 4, including [[Alexander Downer|Alexander]]
| residence = [[Arbury Park, South Australia|Arbury Park]], South Australia
| alma_mater = [[University of Oxford]]
|allegiance         = Australia
|branch             = [[Second Australian Imperial Force]]
|serviceyears       = 1940–1945
|rank               = [[Sergeant]]
|unit               = [[2/14th Field Regiment (Australia)|2/14th Field Regiment]]
|battles            =
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* [[Second World War]]
** [[Battle of Singapore]]
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}}
'''Sir Alexander Russell "Alick" Downer''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|KBE}} (7 April 1910 – 30 March 1981) was an Australian politician and diplomat. He was a member of the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] between 1949 and 1963, representing the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]], and served as [[Minister for Immigration (Australia)|Minister for Immigration]] in the [[Menzies Government (1949–66)|Menzies Government]]. He was later [[Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom|High Commissioner to the United Kingdom]] from 1963 to 1972.