Gough Whitlam
Gough Whitlam | |
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Date of birth | 11 July 1916 |
Wife | Margaret Whitlam |
Party | Australian Labor Party |
Prime Minister | |
From | 5 December 1972 |
To | 11 November 1975 |
Succeeded | William McMahon |
Preceded | Malcolm Fraser |
The Hon. Edward Gough Whitlam was Australian Labor Party Prime Minister of Australia between 1972 and 1975. In Australian political history, he is most famously associated with the events of 1975, when he was dismissed from office in a controversial move by the Governor General, Sir John Kerr,[1] following a parliamentary impasse with the Senate (which was at the time controlled by the Opposition).
Sources
- National Museum of Australia, Gough Whitlam.
- National Archives of Australia, Australia's Prime Ministers: Gough Whitlam
References
- ↑ National Archives of Australia
Australian Prime Ministers | |||
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Edmund Barton (1901) Alfred Deakin (1903, 1905, and 1909) |
Stanley Bruce (1923) James Scullin (1929) |
Francis Forde (1945) Joseph Chifley (1945) |
Malcolm Fraser (1975) Robert Hawke (1983) |