{"slug": "john-gorton", "label": "John Gorton", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gorton", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q356411", "qid": "Q356411", "description": "Australian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (1911–2002)", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1911, 2002], "span_label": ["1911 CE", "2002 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "prime-minister-of-australia", "label": "Prime Minister of Australia", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "liberal-party-of-australia", "label": "Liberal Party of Australia", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "australian-senate", "label": "Australian Senate", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "australian-house-of-representatives", "label": "Australian House of Representatives", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "australian-labor-party", "label": "Australian Labor Party", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "national-party-of-australia", "label": "National Party of Australia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "coalition-australia", "label": "Coalition (Australia)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "gough-whitlam", "label": "Gough Whitlam", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "melbourne", "label": "Melbourne", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1911, "year_label": "1911 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "September 9", "text": "September 9 – Sir John Gorton, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2002)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373497014#September", "title": "1911", "revid": 1373497014, "section": "Births › September"}}, {"year": 1967, "year_label": "1967 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "December 17", "text": "December 17 – Harold Holt, 17th Prime Minister of Australia, disappears when swimming at Cheviot Beach, 60 km from Melbourne. He was briefly replaced as prime minister by John McEwen, until the Liberal Party elected Minister for Education and Science John Gorton as leader.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370160888#December", "title": "1967", "revid": 1370160888, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1968, "year_label": "1968 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 10", "text": "January 10 – John Gorton is sworn in as 19th Prime Minister of Australia, taking over from John McEwen after being elected leader of the Liberal Party the previous day, following the disappearance of Harold Holt. Gorton becomes the only Senator to become Prime Minister, though he immediately transfers to the House of Representatives through the 1968 Higgins by-election in Holt's vacant seat.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310387#January–February", "title": "1968", "revid": 1371310387, "section": "Events › January–February"}}, {"year": 1969, "year_label": "1969 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 25", "text": "October 25 – 1969 Australian federal election: John Gorton's Liberal/Country Coalition government is narrowly re-elected with a sharply reduced majority, defeating a resurgent Labor Party led by Gough Whitlam. Prime Minister Gorton survived a leadership challenge by his deputy William McMahon as well as David Fairbairn in the immediate aftermath of the election.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373164180#October", "title": "1969", "revid": 1373164180, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1970, "year_label": "1970 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 21", "text": "November 21 – 1970 Australian Senate election: The Liberal/Country Coalition government led by Prime Minister John Gorton and the Labor Party led by Gough Whitlam each end up with 26 seats, both suffering a swing against them. The Democratic Labor Party wins an additional seat and holds the balance of power in the Senate. This is the last occasion on which a Senate election is held without an accompanying House of Representatives election.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370420699#November", "title": "1970", "revid": 1370420699, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2002, "year_label": "2002 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 19", "text": "May 19 – Sir John Gorton, 90, 19th Prime Minister of Australia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366929250", "title": "Deaths in May 2002", "revid": 1366929250, "section": "Deaths › May"}}]}