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|dob=11 July
|yob=1916
|birthplace=Kew, Victoria
|dod=
|yod=
|wife=Margaret Whitlam
|party=Australian Labor Party
|succ={{Succession
|hdg=Prime Minister
|start-date=5 December
|start-year=1972
|end-date=11 November
|end-year=1975
|prev=William McMahon
|next=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]]<ref>National Archives of Australia</ref>, following a parliamentary impasse with the Senate (which was at the time controlled by the Opposition).
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== Sources ==
* National Museum of Australia, [http://www.nma.gov.au/education/school_resources/websites_and_interactives/primeministers/gough_whitlam/ Gough Whitlam].
* National Archives of Australia, [http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/meetpm.asp?pmId=21 Australia's Prime Ministers: Gough Whitlam]
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