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Higgins by-election, 1968

Index Higgins by-election, 1968

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Higgins on 24 February 1968. [1]

15 relations: Australian Council for Educational Research, Australian federal election, 1966, Australian House of Representatives, Australian Labor Party, By-election, Democratic Labor Party (historical), Disappearance of Harold Holt, Division of Higgins, Harold Holt, John Gorton, Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, 1968, List of Australian federal by-elections, Prime Minister of Australia, Psephos.

Australian Council for Educational Research

The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), established in 1930, is an independent educational research organisation based in Camberwell, Victoria and with offices in Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Dubai, London, Jakarta and New Delhi.

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Australian federal election, 1966

Federal elections were held in Australia on 26 November 1966.

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Australian House of Representatives

The Australian House of Representatives is one of the two Houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia.

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Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party (ALP, also Labor, was Labour before 1912) is a political party in Australia.

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By-election

By-elections, also spelled bye-elections (known as special elections in the United States, and bypolls in India), are used to fill elected offices that have become vacant between general elections.

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Democratic Labor Party (historical)

The Democratic Labor Party (DLP) was an Australian political party.

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Disappearance of Harold Holt

Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, disappeared while swimming near Portsea, Victoria, on 17 December 1967.

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Division of Higgins

The Division of Higgins is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria for the Australian House of Representatives.

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Harold Holt

Harold Edward Holt, (5 August 190817 December 1967), was an Australian politician who served as the 17th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1966 until his presumed drowning death in 1967.

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John Gorton

Sir John Grey Gorton (9 September 1911 – 19 May 2002) was the 19th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1968 to 1971.

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Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is a major centre-right political party in Australia, one of the two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-left Australian Labor Party (ALP).

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Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, 1968

A leadership election in the Liberal Party of Australia, the party of government in the Parliament of Australia, was held on 9 January 1968.

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List of Australian federal by-elections

This is a list of by-elections for the Australian House of Representatives from its creation in 1901 until the present day.

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Prime Minister of Australia

The Prime Minister of Australia (sometimes informally abbreviated to PM) is the head of government of Australia.

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Psephos

Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive is an online archive of election statistics, and claims to be the world's largest online resource of such information.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgins_by-election,_1968

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