Blurb: Bolte was a lucky politician. Even his short, easily manipulated, name was fortunate with the media. Right timing put him into office in the first place and although he can be credited with much of Victoria’s prosperity during his long term of office, the time was right for growth, particularly in the city of Melbourne. He was fortunate in the people with whom he worked most closely. His Chief Secretary and Deputy, Sir Arthur Rylah, was a think-alike politician and human dynamo, who could make decisions on the run and with bull’s eye accuracy, but, on his own admission, his greatest stroke of good fortune was in his life partner. ‘There were two of us working but only one on the payroll’, Lady Bolte was his most hard working partner and she allied this contribution with the happiness and security of a perfect marriage.