Results
The following table gives the ballot results:
To date, Gorton is the only Australian Senator to be sworn in as Prime Minister. He later won Holt's vacant seat of Higgins at a by-election. Hasluck was later nominated and accepted the position of Governor-General from Gorton in 1969 and Snedden became party leader in December 1972. Bury later served as Treasurer of Australia under both Gorton and McMahon respectively.
See also
- Other leadership ballots held following the death of a prime minister:
- Gorton Government
References
- ↑ Gaul, Jonathan (10 January 1968). "Gorton's Sweeping Victory". The Canberra Times. p. 1.
- ↑ "The 'devilish race' for leadership of the country". The Canberra Times. 3 June 1984. p. 7.
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