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Resignation of Edward Richard George Heath

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1974

Edward Richard George Heath4 March 1974

Government / Conservative Party Government

No Party wins an election majority & negotiations with the Liberals break down. Coalition negotiations with leaders of the Liberal Party fail & Heath resigns as Prime Minister & is replaced by Harold Wilson & a minority Labour Government

Names involved

Edward Richard George Heath

Provenance

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