| 词条 | 1960 University of Oxford Chancellor election | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| country = United Kingdom | type = presidential | flag_image = | ongoing = no | previous_election = University of Oxford Chancellor election, 1933 | previous_year = 1933 | election_date = 3 March 1960 | next_election = University of Oxford Chancellor election, 1987 | next_year = 1987 | image1 = The National Archives UK - CO 1069-1-17(cropped).jpg | candidate1 = Harold Macmillan | party1 = Conservative Party (UK) | colour1 = | popular_vote1 = 1,976 | percentage1 = 53.8% | image2 = File:Oliver Sherwill Franks 1990.jpg | candidate2 = Sir Oliver Franks | party2 = Independent (politician) | popular_vote2 = 1,697 | percentage2 = 46.2 | title = Chancellor | before_election = Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax | after_election = Harold Macmillan }} The 1960 University of Oxford election for the position of Chancellor was called upon the death of the incumbent Chancellor, Lord Halifax on 23 December 1959. It was the first election for Oxford Chancellor to be contested since 1925. ElectorateThe electorate consisted of all members of the University holding the rank of Master of Arts, of which there were around 30,000 at the time. Votes had to be cast in person at Oxford in academic dress. The election was by first past the post. To stand a candidate had to be nominated by two electors. CandidatesAt first, the university authorities came up with only one candidate, the wealthy Chairman of Lloyds Bank and former British Ambassador to Washington Sir Oliver Franks. However, Hugh Trevor-Roper, installed less than three years earlier as Regius Professor of Modern History by the Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, proposed the Prime Minister as an alternative candidate. Course of the electionTrevor-Roper orchestrated the Macmillan campaign, writing to graduates to encourage them to travel to Oxford to vote for Macmillan. ResultThe results were as follows:
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