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|party=Conservative Party
|party=Conservative Party
|term_start=June 19 1970
|term_start=June 19, 1970
|term_end=March 4 1974
|term_end=March 4, 1974
|previous=Harold Wilson
|previous=Harold Wilson
|next=Harold Wilson
|next=Harold Wilson
|birth_date=July 9 1916
|birth_date=July 9, 1916
|birth_place=Broadstairs, Kent
|birth_place=Broadstairs, Kent
|death_date=July 17 2005 (aged 89)
|death_date=July 17, 2005 (aged 89)
|death_place=Salisbury, Wiltshire
|death_place=Salisbury, Wiltshire
|spouse=
|spouse=
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}}
'''Sir Edward Heath''', KG, MBE (July 9 1916 - July 17 2005), was the [[Conservative Party|Conservative]] [[Prime Minister]] of the [[United Kingdom]] from 1970 to 1974.
'''Sir Edward Heath''', KG, MBE (July 9, 1916 - July 17, 2005), was the [[Conservative Party|Conservative]] [[Prime Minister]] of the [[United Kingdom]] from 1970 to 1974.
Heath's electoral victory in 1970 was something of a surprise, as the incumbent [[Labour Party]] was comfortably ahead in the polls. Some have attributed the sudden souring of public opinion to [[England]]'s defeat in the soccer [[World Cup]] the week before, or, perhaps more plausibly, to some bad economic figures that emerged during the election campaign.
Heath's electoral victory in 1970 was something of a surprise, as the incumbent [[Labour Party]] was comfortably ahead in the polls. Some have attributed the sudden souring of public opinion to [[England]]'s defeat in the soccer [[World Cup]] the week before, or, perhaps more plausibly, to some bad economic figures that emerged during the election campaign.