A spill of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia took place on 21 March 1975. It came about as a result of Malcolm Fraser's continued dissatisfaction with the party's direction under Billy
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John Gorton
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Sir John Grey Gorton 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 Australi
Official portrait, 1968
Gorton as a toddler in 1913
Gorton as a child and his mother Alice in 1915
Gorton (seated, left) with other senior students and a teacher at Geelong Grammar School, about 1930