1966 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election

The Liberal Party of Australia held a leadership ballot on 20 January 1966, following the resignation of Robert Menzies. Incumbent deputy leader Harold Holt was elected unopposed as his successor, and was sworn in as prime minister on 26 January. William McMahon defeated Paul Hasluck in the ballot to replace Holt as deputy leader.

Liberal Party of Australia
leadership election, 1966
20 January 1966
 
Candidate Harold Holt
First ballot Unopposed
Seat Higgins (Vic.)
Leader before election

Robert Menzies

 Elected Leader

Harold Holt

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.