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| | John Gorton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Gorton was born in Melbourne, Victoria, the son of an orchardist from Kerang, and educated at Geelong Grammar School and at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he completed an MA. |
 | | In the subsequent leadership struggle Gorton was championed by Army Minister Malcolm Fraser and Liberal Party Whip Dudley Irwin, and with their support he was able to defeat his main rival, External Affairs Minister Paul Hasluck, to become Liberal leader and Prime Minister. |
 | | Gorton was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1968, a Companion of Honour in 1971, a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1977 and a Companion of the Order of Australia in 1988. |
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