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Sir Henry Edward Bolte was an Australian politician who served as the 38th premier of Victoria from 1955 to 1972. He held office as the leader of the Victorian division of the Liberal Party of Austral
Bolte in 1971.
Bolte with Prime Minister John Gorton in February 1970.
Henry Bolte and Albert Dunstan's statues at 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne
Bolte Bridge, looking back to the Melbourne CBD in June 2006
John Cain was an Australian politician who served as the 34th Premier of Victoria. He was the first Labor Party leader to win a majority in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, and is the only premier
Henry Bolte
…in 1952, and be replaced as leader by Trevor Oldham. When Oldham was killed on BOAC Flight 783 in May 1953, Bolte succeeded him. The Labor Party under John Cain Sr. had come to power at the 1952 elections, but in 1955 the party suffered a split over the issue of communist influence in the trade unions. With Cain's…
John Cain 1954
John Cain during the 1940s