Question: who was prime minister of australia in 1969
Answer: igned ) 1949 4th Menzies 1951 5th Menzies 1954 6th Menzies 1955 7th Menzies 1958 8th Menzies 1961 9th Menzies 1963 10th Menzies 17 Harold Holt ( 1908 -- 1967 ) Liberal ( Coalition ) 26 January 1966 19 December 1967 † Fawkner , Vic , 1935 -- 1949 Higgins , Vic , 1949 -- 1967 ( disappeared ) -- 1st Holt 1966 2nd Holt 18 John McEwen ( 1900 -- 1980 ) Country ( Coalition ) 19 December 1967 10 January 1968 Echuca , Vic , 1934 -- 1937 Indi , Vic , 1937 -- 1949 Murray , Vic , 1949 -- 1971 ( resigned ) -- McEwen 19 John Gorton ( 1911 -- 2002 ) Liberal ( Coalition ) 10 January 1968 10 March 1971 Senator 1950 -- 1968 ( resigned ) MP for Higgins , Vic , 1968 -- 1975 ( retired ) -- 1st Gorton 1969 2nd Gorton 20 William McMahon ( 1908 -- 1988 ) Liberal ( Coalition ) 10 March 1971 5 December 1972 Lowe , NSW , 1949 -- 1982 ( resigned ) -- McMahon 21 Gough Whitlam ( 1916 -- 2014 ) Labor 5 December 1972 11 November Werriwa , NSW , 1952 -- 1978 ( resigned ) 1972 1st Whitlam -- 2nd Whitlam 3rd Whitlam 22 Malcolm Fraser ( 1930 -- 2015 ) Libe