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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.
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Sir John Grey Gorton ( Melbourne, 9 settembre 1911 – Sydney, 19 maggio 2002) è stato un politico australiano, diciannovesimo Primo Ministro d'Australia . Indice. 1 Biografia. 2 Il Governo Gorton. 3 Il declino. 4 Onorificenze. 5 Note. 6 Altri progetti. 7 Collegamenti esterni. Biografia.
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.
16 mar 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
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
Liberal. 10 January 1968 — 10 March 1971 3 years, 60 days. 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.
19 mag 2002 · John Gorton was the Prime Minister of Australia from 1968 to 1971. About John Gorton. 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.
