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John Gorton

1911 - 2002

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Sir John Grey Gorton (9 September 1911 – 19 May 2002) was an Australian politician, farmer and airman who served as the 19th prime minister of Australia from 1968 to 1971. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, having previously been a senator for Victoria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Gorton has received more than 586,180 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). John Gorton is the 15,059th most popular politician (down from 13,699th in 2019), the 74th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 71st in 2019) and the 12th most popular New Zealander Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Gorton ranks 15,059 out of 15,577Before him are Dimitrios Drivas, Maurice Kouandété, Baldwin Spencer, Dimitris Avramopoulos, Dumuzid the Fisherman, and Alfred Francis Russell. After him are John F. Kelly, Patrick Roy, Timo Soini, John Adair, Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, and Ken Salazar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, John Gorton ranks 314Before him are Marie Kraja, Gedeon Barcza, Georg Dascher, Paul Grégoire, Garrett Birkhoff, and Maurice Perrin. After him are Terence Rattigan, Eric Williams, Dudley Senanayake, Basil Dearden, Harry Golombek, and Alf Martinsen. Among people deceased in 2002, John Gorton ranks 276Before him are Lily Carlstedt, Bob Hayes, Katya Paskaleva, Mary Carew, Ivano Blason, and Jovdat Hajiyev. After him are Jerome Biffle, Gregorio Fuentes, Mikhail Krug, Katrin Cartlidge, Vladimir Romashkin, and Jack Shea.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, John Gorton ranks 74 out of 248Before him are Te Atairangikaahu (1931), Andrew Adamson (1966), Peter Hambleton (1960), Hugh Walpole (1884), Keith Park (1892), and Neroli Fairhall (1944). After him are Geoff Murphy (1938), Antony Starr (1975), Alexander Aitken (1895), Anand Satyanand (1944), Walter Buller (1838), and Juliet Mitchell (1940).

Among POLITICIANS In New Zealand

Among politicians born in New Zealand, John Gorton ranks 12Before him are Catherine Tizard (1931), Jean Batten (1909), John Key (1961), Bill English (1961), David Lange (1942), and Te Atairangikaahu (1931). After him are Anand Satyanand (1944), Juliet Mitchell (1940), Tūheitia Paki (1955), Bill Pickering (1910), Mike Moore (1949), and Jenny Shipley (1952).