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Sir John Grey Gorton GCMG AC CH (9 September 1911 – 19 May 2002) was an Australian politician, farmer and airman who served as the 19th prime minister of Australia from 1968 to 1971. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, having previously been a senator for Victoria.
Australia’s 19th Prime Minister. John Gorton. 10 January 1968 to 10 March 1971. John Gorton was the only senator ever to become Prime Minister. Traditionally, prime ministers come from the lower house – the House of Representatives. Shortly after becoming Prime Minister, Gorton stood for – and won – a seat in the House of Representatives.
John Gorton, the only Australian prime minister to come from the Senate, was judged variously to be ‘a national disaster’, who was ‘utterly unfitted for the post’; a man ‘ahead of his time’; and the leader who ‘could have been our greatest prime minister’.
- Geoffrey Browne
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May 15, 2024 · Sir John Grey Gorton (born September 9, 1911, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia—died May 19, 2002, Sydney, New South Wales) was a statesman who, as prime minister of Australia (1968–71), maintained his country’s military commitment in Vietnam and expanded the role of the federal government in education, science, and taxation.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 19, 2002 · Born: 9 September 1911. Died: 19 May 2002. Partner: Bettina Edith Gorton. Political party: Country Party. Liberal Country Party. Liberal Party of Australia (as PM) Image: NAA: A1200, L63640. On 10 January 1968, John Gorton became the 19th Prime Minister in unusual circumstances.
Jul 24, 1993 · John Gorton: fast facts. John Gorton was the Prime Minister of Australia from 1968 to 1971. Personal profile. Born. 9 September 1911, Wellington, New Zealand. Education. Geelong Grammar (1927-30) Brasenose College, Oxford (1932-35) Employment. orchardist. officer, Royal Australian Air Force (1940-44) politician. Memberships. Melbourne Club.
John Gorton became Australia's 19th prime minister when the Liberal Party elected him leader after the disappearance of Harold Holt while swimming at Cheviot Beach in Portsea, Victoria. Born 9 September 1911
