Career
She was active in the Country Party and devoted her life to working for the public good. They had no children. They sold it and bought others, to eventually hold 3,000 acres (12 km²) in the Stanhope area.
She was appointed a Life Governor of Melbourne"s Prince Henry"s Hospital for her many years of voluntary work there.
She was also an active figure in the Country Party and remained so in the period of McEwen"s expulsion from the party from 1938 to 1943. She spoke at women"s meetings and was a key organiser in the Country Party during the early stages of her husband"s political career.
He was elected to the Federal Parliament in 1934 as member for Echuca. He later held the seats of Industrial from 1937–1949 and Murray from 1949–1971, when he retired from politics.
He became leader of the Country Party in 1958.
She continued this work during the war and took over an old mansion in the Melbourne suburb of Toorak as a recreation centre. On 1 January 1966, Anne McEwen was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in recognition of her long and active service in public life and for country people. Annie McEwen died at home in Toorak on 10 February 1967 following a long illness.
He was the only Australian Prime Minister to be single during his term, although he later remarried.