- 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.
- He was awarded the A.C. (Companion of the Order of Australia) in the 1988 Queen's Birthday Honors List for his services to Australia.
- He had three children, a daughter Joanna and two sons, Michael and Robin.
- He is buried in Melbourne General Cemetery in Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
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