Born in 1908 and elected for the federal electorate of Fawkner in 1935, Holt's time in office was mainly notable for his personal support of the Vietnam War, winning a huge majority in the 1966 election on policies of increasing Australian deployment.
In 1967, Holt disappeared when swimming off a beach near Portsea?, a seaside resort near Melbourne. His body was never recovered. While police reports found no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death, it attracted many conspiracy theories including stories of supposed Russian involvement in his disappearance, though no evidence has ever been found to support such speculation.
Holt's accidental death resulted in a notable memorial being constructed - a swimming pool in suburban Melbourne named the Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Centre.
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