 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakupera kwa 1967, Holt akanyangarika achishambira mumakungwa ane dutupedyo neMelbourne; mutumbi wake hauna kuzombobudiswazve. John McEwen, somutungamiri womubatanidzwa muduku, Country Party, akatora nzvimbo saMutungamiriri wehurumende kwevhiki nhatu kusvikira maLiberals angasarudza mutungamiri mutsva. Seneta John Gorton akakunda musarudzo ndokuva mutungamiriri wehurumende. Mushandirapamwe wokutungamirira wakaitwa zvikurukuru neterevhizheni, uye Gorton airatidzika kuva nechitarisiko chinodiwa kuti Whitlam arege kuva muhofisi. Gorton akasiya chigaro chake muSeneti, uye muna Kukadzi 1968 akakunda sarudzo yechigaro chaHolt cheHiggins muVictoria. Kwenguva yasara yegore racho, Gorton airatidzika kuva nani kuna Whitlam muImba yeVamiririri. Zvisinei, munyori wezvakataurwa naGraham Freudenberg mubhuku rake remakore aWhitlam, akataura kuti maitiro aGorton asina kurongeka, kusimbisa kwaWhitlam bato rake, uye zviitiko kunze kweAustralia zvakadai seHondo yeVietnam zvakaderedza kutonga kwevaLiberals. 