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1960 University of Oxford Chancellor election information


1960 University of Oxford Chancellor election
1960 University of Oxford Chancellor election
← 1933 3 March 1960 1987 →
 
Candidate Harold Macmillan Sir Oliver Franks
Party Conservative Independent
Popular vote 1,976 1,697
Percentage 53.8% 46.2%

Chancellor before election

Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

Elected Chancellor

Harold Macmillan

The 1960 University of Oxford election for the position of Chancellor was called upon the death of the incumbent Chancellor, Lord Halifax, on 23 December 1959. It was the first election for Oxford Chancellor to be contested since 1925.

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