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John Gorton: my part in his downfall: with apologies to spike Milligan.
I WAS DOOR-KNOCKING a tough Sydney suburb when the Prime Minister, Harold Holt, drowned at Cheviot beach in December 1967. The idea was to win a seat in the state parliament in the election due any time. The voters were middle-aged ex-servicemen and their wives wore rollers. Today they might be called "aspirational".
Overnight my canvassing became easier Everyone wanted to know who I thought would be the new prime minister The candidates were appearing every night on television. Everyone hoped it would be John Gorton. His victory on January 1968 aroused almost universal euphoria. It also deepened the Askin landslide which carded me into parliament in the state ...
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