Division of Higgins
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The Division of Higgins was an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria for the Australian House of Representatives from 1949 until 2025. At the time of its abolition in 2025, the division covered 41
H. B. Higgins, the division's namesake
Harold Holt 1964
John Gorton 1968
Peter Costello
Harold Holt
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Harold Edward Holt was an Australian politician who served as the 17th prime minister of Australia from 1966 until his disappearance and presumed death in 1967. He held office as leader of the Liberal
Division of Higgins
…Higgins had historically been a stronghold for the Liberal Party. It was considered a "leadership seat", in part because the seat's first two members, Harold Holt and Sir John Gorton, were Prime Ministers of Australia in the period between 1966 and 1971. More recently, the seat was held by Peter Costello, a…
Holt at a SEATO leader's summit, 1966
Holt as a young man in the 1930s
Holt with Robert Menzies on 26 April 1939, the day Menzies first became prime minister
Holt in 1940