The Australian Prime Minister, who  hosted the 1969 Australian Film Awards, was a serving minister under the House of Representatives born prime minister,  Harold Holt.
Sir John Grey Gorton {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (9 September 1911  19 May 2002) was the 19th Prime Minister of Australia and long serving minister in the governments of Sir Robert Menzies, Harold Holt, Sir John McEwen and Sir William McMahon. 
 He was born in Stanmore, New South Wales and won a scholarship to study law at the University of Melbourne. 
 Australian Prime Minister John Gorton hosted the ceremony. 
