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Harold Holt
Sign in to saveAlso known as Harold Edward Holt, The Right Honourable Harold Holt
Australian politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (1908-1967)
Key facts
- Monarch
- Elizabeth II
- Governor general
- Lord Casey
- Deputy
- John McEwen ( de facto )
- Preceded by
- Robert Menzies
- Succeeded by
- John McEwen
- Leader
- Robert Menzies
- Prime minister
- Robert Menzies
- Born
- Harold Edward Holt , ( 1908-08-05 ) 5 August 1908, Stanmore, New South Wales , Australia
- Died
- c.17 December 1967 (1967-12-17) (aged 59), Cheviot Beach , Victoria , Australia (presumed)
- Cause of death
- Drowning (presumed)
- Party
- United Australia (until 1945), Liberal (after 1945)
- Spouse
- Zara Dickins Fell ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1946 )
- Relations
- Vera Pearce (aunt)
- Alma mater
- University of Melbourne
- Profession
- Lawyer
- Nickname
- Gunner Holt
- Branch service
- Australian Imperial Force
- Years of service
- 1939–1940
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Harold
- Family name
- Holt
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Stanmore
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Political party
- Liberal Party of Australia
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- Vietnam War
- Image
- Harold Holt SEATO.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Work location
- Canberra
- Significant event
- disappearance of Harold Holt
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- Commons category
- Harold Holt
- date of birth
- 1908-08-05
- date of death
- 1967-12-19
- date of disappearance
- 1967-12-17
- name in native language
- Harold Edward Holt
- cause of death
- drowning
- relative
- Vera Pearce
- manner of death
- accidental death
- writing language
- English language
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
Early life
Member for Fawkner (1935–1949)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Harold Holt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.