What is Henry Bolte?
{{Infobox governor | honorific_prefix = | name = Henry Bolte | honorific_suffix = [[GCMG]] | image = | alt = | order = | office = Premier of Victoria | term_start = 7 June 1955 | term_end = 23 August 1972 | lieutenant = | predecessor = [[John Cain (Premier of Victoria)|John Cain]] | successor = [[Rupert Hamer]] | birth_date =20 May 1908 | birth_place =Ballarat, Australia | death_date =4 January 1990 (aged 81) | death_place =Ballarat, Australia }} '''Henry Bolte''' (20 May 1908 - 4 January 1990) was [[Premier of Victoria]] from 1955 until 1972, he received criticism for refusing to commute [[Ronald Ryan]]'s death sentence, this cost him support, allowing Dick (Rupert) Hamer to become the 39th Premier of Victoria. == Birth == Bolte was born on 20 May 1908 in Ballarat, [[Australia]]. == Death penalty controversy == When [[Ronald Ryan]] was sentenced to death, Henry Bolte supported this and said it would go on no matter what, which made him unpopular, he was compared to the Nazi leader [[Adolf Hitler]]. == Drink driving controversy == On 24 March 1984, Bolte was involved in a serious head-on accident when he was driving home after an evening in the local hotel near his property at Bamganie. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bolte, Henry}} [[Category:1908 births]] [[Category:1990 deaths]] [[Category:Premiers of Victoria]] [[Category:Politicians from Ballarat]] {{bio-stub}}