Talk:Paul Hasluck

The Holt/McMahon/McEwen/Gorton affair
''When the Prime Minister Harold Holt died in December 1967, Hasluck was determined that the Treasurer, William McMahon, of whom he had a very low opinion, should not become Prime Minister. Although he had no great ambition to be Prime Minister himself, he put his name forward mainly to provide an alternative to McMahon. But many Liberal MPs saw him as too old at 64 and too conservative to compete with the Labor leader, Gough Whitlam, and they chose the younger and more aggressive John Gorton.''


 * This gives a very inaccurate picture of what happened. It excludes any mention of John McEwen, who was actually PM between Holt and Gorton (albeit not for long), and his crucial role in ensuring that McMahon did not become PM.  Afaik, McMahon was not even a candidate at the January 1968 election at which Gorton was elected, because McEwen had publicly stated back in December 1967 that he and his Country Party would not serve in any coalition government that was led by McMahon.  The January election was between Gorton and Hasluck, not between Gorton, McMahon and Hasluck.  The Hasluck-McMahon mutual dislike was certainly part of the overall picture, and it might have played a more significant part if McEwen had not snookered McMahon in December.  But he did. --  JackofOz (talk) 01:04, 17 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I've added the appropriate words. --   Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  22:07, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Place of Birth
The infobox lists his place of birth as Gosnells, but the article lists Fremantle. While these two places are close-ish (about 20k apart), they are NOT the same place. Was he born in Gosnells or Fremantle? Grover (talk) 02:19, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 02:27, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

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