Who succeeded Robert Menzies as Prime Minister in 1966?
Joseph Lyons
John McEwen
Harold Holt
John Gorton
Answer
Harold Holt succeeded Robert Menzies as Prime Minister in 1966. Holt had previously served as Treasurer in the Menzies government and had been a member of the Liberal Party since the 1930s. He was a popular and successful Prime Minister, but his tenure was cut short when he disappeared while swimming in the ocean near Portsea, Victoria, in December 1967.
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