1968 Higgins by-election
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| Turnout | 35,158 (84.87%) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Higgins on 24 February 1968. It was triggered by the presumed drowning death of the Prime Minister and Liberal Party MP Harold Holt on 17 December 1967.