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Edward Gough Whitlam [a] (11 July 1916 – 21 October 2014) was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from December 1972 to November 1975.To date the longest-serving federal leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), he was notable for being the head of a reformist and socially progressive government that ended with his controversial dismissal by the then-governor-general of Australia ...
The Lodge, the official residence of the prime minister. The prime minister of Australia is the leader of the Australian Government and the Cabinet of Australia, with the support of the majority of the House of Representatives. [1] [2] Thirty-one people (thirty men and one woman) have served in the position since the office was created in 1901. [3]
The 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, also known simply as the Dismissal, culminated on 11 November 1975 with the dismissal from office of the prime minister, Gough Whitlam of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), by Sir John Kerr, the Governor-General who then commissioned the leader of the Opposition, Malcolm Fraser of the Liberal Party, as prime minister to hold a new election.
15 June – The South Australian Australian Labor Party conference gives Prime Minister Gough Whitlam a mixed reception. The Australian Workers' Union , in particular, is offended by his recent demotion of Clyde Cameron , for decades a leading figure in South Australia's Labor and Industrial Affairs.
The Fraser government was the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser.It was made up of members of a Liberal–Country party coalition in the Australian Parliament from November 1975 to March 1983.
Whitlam travelled extensively as prime minister, and was the first Australian prime minister to visit China while in office. [19] He was criticised for this travel, especially after Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin; he interrupted an extensive tour of Europe for 48 hours (deemed too brief a period by many) to view the devastation. [25]
John Malcolm Fraser AC CH GCL PC (/ ˈ f r eɪ z ər /; 21 May 1930 – 20 March 2015) was an Australian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, and is the fourth longest-serving prime minister in Australian history.
(1945–1975) 26 August 1958 26 May 1969 10 years, 273 days: 13 years, 240 days 1959 1964 1972: 3 May 1972 31 March 1975 2 years, 332 days 7. WA: Sir David Brand (1912–1979) KCMG: Liberal: MLA for Greenough (1945–1975) 2 April 1959 3 March 1971 11 years, 335 days 1959 1962 1965 1968 8. TAS: Joseph Lyons (1879–1939) CH: Labor: MHA for ...