Federal Politics
Holding resigned as Opposition Leader after the 1976 election, and in 1977 he was elected to the House of Representatives as member for the seat of Melbourne Ports, which then included Holding's base in Richmond. He defeated Simon Crean, son of Holding's predecessor, to win Labor pre-selection. After the 1980 election, at which Hawke was elected to federal Parliament, Holding emerged as Hawke's key "numbers man" in his campaign to become leader of the federal Labor Party.
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