1965 Conservative Party leadership election
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title:
1965 Conservative Party leadership election
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The 1965 Conservative Party leadership election was held in July 1965 to find a successor to Alec Douglas-Home. It was the first time that a formal election by the parliamentary party had taken place, previous leaders having emerged through a consultation process. This procedure had fallen into disrepute following the manoeuvrings over the leadership at the 1963 party conference which had led to the appointment of Douglas-Home, then a hereditary member of the House of Lords. The plans for how th
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British leadership election to replace Alec Douglas-Home
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_Conservative_Party_leadership_election
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2005-09-14T22:54:18Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T22:36:34Z
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