 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 23 May 1975, Gorton akazivisa kusiya kwake Liberal Party uye chinangwa chake chokuva mukwikwidzi akazvimirira kune imwe yenzvimbo itsva dzeSeneti yeAustralia Capital Territory ACT. Aitarisira kubatana naSteele Hall pachigaro chokutonga ndokuchengetedza mwero wesimba. Kuongorora kwevanhu nguva pfupi pashure pokuzivisa kwake kwakaratidza kuti akanga awana 55 muzana yemavhoti okutanga. Kugadzwa kwake kwakagamuchira tsigiro kubva kumapazi maduku omunzvimbomo eLiberal Movement neAustralia Party. Gough Whitlam akabviswa pakuva mutungamiri wehurumende musi wa11 Mbudzi, zvichikonzera sarudzo dzenguva pfupi musi wa13 Zvita. Mukati medambudziko remutemo rakatangira, Gorton akanga ashora zviito zvaFraser mukudzivisa kugoverwa muSeneti. Pakusarudzwa, akawana 11.9 muzana yemavhoti eSeneti yeACT achikwikwidzana naHarold Hird. Yakanga iri yechipiri-yakakwirira zvikuru muzana nokuda kwomumiriri akazvimirira munyika yose, pashure pe12.8 muzana yaBrian Harradine muTasmania, asi kwete pedyo zvakakwana kuti akunde sarudzo. Akanga aita mushandirapamwe zvikurukuru panhau dzomunzvimbomo, idzo dzakapofumadza kukwikwidza kwake munzira yakati musarudzo iyo yakanga iri referendamu chaiyo paHurumende yaWhitlam. 