- Born
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- Birth nameJohn Grey Gorton
- Height5′ 11½″ (1.82 m)
- John Gorton was born on September 9, 1911 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was married to Nancy Home and Bettina Brown. He died on May 19, 2002 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- SpousesNancy Home(1993 - May 19, 2002) (his death, 3 children)Bettina Brown(1935 - 1983) (her death)
- ParentsJohn Rose GortonAlice Sinn
- Was Prime Minister of Australia.
- He was a classmate of Errol Flynn.
- Prime Minister of Australia from 1968 to 1971. He became Prime Minister when the Prime Minister at the time, Harold Holt, drowned while surfing near Melbourne in December 1967.
- In 1971 he was challenged for his party's leadership, and decided the matter by voting against himself rather than use his casting vote to stay in power.
- He was awarded the C.H. (Companion of Honor) in the Queen's Birthday Honors List in 1971, Knighthood of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in the 1977 Queen's Birthday Honors List, and the Australian Centenary Medal in the Queen's 2001 New Years Honors List for his services and contributions to Australia.
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