Not to be confused with First Holt Ministry or Second Holt Ministry.
Holt government
In office
26 January 1966 – 19 December 1967
Monarch
Elizabeth II
PrimeMinister
Harold Holt
Deputy
John McEwen
Parties
Liberal Country
Origin
Holt wins 1966 Liberal leadership election
Demise
Holt disappears, presumed drowned
Predecessor
Menzies government (II)
Successor
McEwen government
This article is part of a series about Harold Holt
Early life
Member for Fawkner (1935–1949)
Member for Higgins (1949–1967)
Minister without portfolio
World War II service
Minister for Labour and National Service (1940–41)
Child Endowment Act 1941
Minister for Labour and National Service (1949–58)
Minister for Immigration
Treasurer of Australia
Reserve Bank Act 1959
Credit squeeze and recession of 1960–61
1966 Liberal Party leadership election
Prime Minister of Australia
Term of government (1966–1967)
Decimalisation and dollar introduction
Migration Act 1966
1967 Indigenous referendum
All the way with LBJ
Australian involvement in the Vietnam War
Royal Commission into the Melbourne–Voyager collision
VIP aircraft affair
Disappearance
Ministries
First ministry
Second ministry
Elections
1966
1967 (Half-Senate)
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The Holt government was the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister Harold Holt. It was made up of members of a Liberal-Country Party coalition in the Australian Parliament from 26 January 1966 to 19 December 1967.
The Holtgovernment was the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister Harold Holt. It was made up of members of a Liberal-Country...
in 1945. When the Liberals came to office in 1949, Holt became a senior figure in the new government. As Minister for Immigration (1949–1956), he expanded...
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years as a government minister. The Liberal-Country Coalition returned to power in 1949, initially under Robert Menzies and then under Harold Holt. McEwen...
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The First Holt Ministry (Liberal–Country Coalition) was the 41st ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 17th Prime Minister...
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established by the Holtgovernment in 1967. In 1972, the OAA was transformed into a separate government department by the Whitlam government, replacing the...
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