John Grey Gorton. An Informal Biography
North Melbourne, Cassell Australia, 1969.
Octavo, 251 pages with an illustration plus 12 pages of plates.
Papered boards slightly bumped at the extremities; an excellent copy with the very good price-clipped dustwrapper rubbed and a little marked.
Inscribed The front flyleaf is inscribed in ink 'With all good wishes from John Gorton, Prime Minister of Australia'. On 10 January 1968 John Grey Gorton (1911-2002) 'became the 19th Prime Minister in unusual circumstances. He was elected Liberal Party leader to replace Harold Holt, who had disappeared the previous month while swimming off the Victorian coast, and was presumed dead. Gorton also left the job in unusual circumstances he declared himself out of office after a tied party vote of confidence in his leadership on 10 March 1971' (National Archives of Australia website).
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