Another holder of this office mysteriously disappeared in December 1967, while swimming in Cheviot Beach, and was replaced by John Gorton, when John McEwen refused to support his deputy, William McMahon.
George Reid is the only member of the Free Trade party to have held this office. The longest-serving holder of this office, maintained power through a coalition between the Liberal Party and the Country Party. Another holder of this office mysteriously disappeared in December 1967, while swimming in Cheviot Beach, and was replaced by John Gorton, when John McEwen refused to support his deputy, William McMahon. One holder of this office refused to condemn illegal, multi-billion dollar loans obtained from Tirath Khemlani by his Minister for Minerals and Energy, Rex Connor, leading to his country's 1975 Constitutional Crisis. That crisis led Governor General John Kerr to replace that holder of this office, Gough Whitlan, with Malcolm Fraser. For 10 points, John Howard, Robert Menzies, and Kevin Rudd were all holders of what position, currently held by Julia Gilliard?
George Reid is the only member of the Free Trade party to have held this office.
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