To date, Gorton is the only Australian Senator to be sworn in as Prime Minister. He later won Holt's vacant seat of Higgins at a by-election. Hasluck was later nominated and accepted the position of Governor-General from Gorton in 1969 and Snedden became party leader in December 1972. Bury later served as Treasurer of Australia under both Gorton and McMahon respectively.
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Other leadership ballots held following the death of a prime minister: