Edward Gough Whitlam was the 21st prime minister of Australia,serving from December 1972 to November 1975. To date the longest-serving leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP),he was notable for being the head of a reformist and socially progressive administration that ended with his controversial dismissal by the governor-general of Australia,Sir John Kerr,at the climax of the 1975 constitutional crisis. Whitlam is the only Australian prime minister to have been removed from office by the governor-general.
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 caretaker prime minister. It has been described as the greatest political and constitutional crisis in Australian history.
Sir John Robert Kerr,was an Australian barrister and judge who served as the 18th governor-general of Australia,in office from 1974 to 1977. He is primarily known for his involvement in the 1975 constitutional crisis,which culminated in his decision to dismiss the incumbent prime minister Gough Whitlam and appoint Malcolm Fraser as his replacement,which led to unprecedented actions in Australian federal politics.
Simon Findlay Crean was an Australian politician and trade unionist. He was the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and leader of the opposition from 2001 to 2003. He represented the seat of Hotham in the House of Representatives from 1990 to 2013 and was a cabinet minister in the Hawke,Keating,Rudd and Gillard governments.
Kim Edward Beazley was an Australian politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1945 to 1977,representing the Labor Party. He was Minister for Education in the Whitlam government from 1972 to 1975.
Laurence John Brereton is an Australian former politician who was a state minister,a federal member of cabinet,and kingmaker in the election of several Australian Labor Party leaders,including Paul Keating and Mark Latham. He was a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1990 to October 2004,representing the Division of Kingsford Smith,New South Wales. He is credited with building Sydney's controversial monorail.
Lance Herbert BarnardAO was an Australian politician and diplomat. He was the deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1967 to 1974 and held senior ministerial office in the Whitlam government,most notably as the third deputy prime minister of Australia from 1972 to 1974.
Lionel Frost BowenAC was an Australian politician. He was the deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1977 to 1990 and served as the sixth deputy prime minister of Australia in the Hawke government from 1983 to 1990.
The Division of Grayndler is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. It is currently represented by Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the Australian Labor Party,Anthony Albanese.
Albert Jaime Grassby,AM was an Australian politician who served as Minister for Immigration in the Labor Whitlam government. He completed reforms in immigration and human rights,and is often known as the father of Australian "multiculturalism". He gained notoriety by acting as an agent of influence for the Calabrian criminal network that murdered anti-drugs campaigner Donald Mackay.
Edward John Ward was an Australian politician who represented the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in federal parliament for over 30 years. He was the member for East Sydney for all but six and a half weeks from 1931 until his death in 1963. He served as a minister in the Curtin and Chifley governments from 1941 to 1949,and was also known for his role in the ALP split of 1931.
Steven John Chaytor is an Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 2005 to 2007,representing the southwest Sydney electorate of Macquarie Fields.
The Whitlam government was the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam of the Australian Labor Party. The government commenced when Labor defeated the McMahon government at the 1972 federal election,ending a record 23 years of continuous Coalition government. It was terminated by Governor-General Sir John Kerr following the 1975 constitutional crisis and was succeeded by the Fraser government—the sole occasion in Australian history when an elected federal government was dismissed by the governor-general.
Francis Eugene Stewart was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served as Minister for Tourism and Recreation in the Whitlam government from 1973 to 1975. He was a member of the House of Representatives representing Lang from 1953 to 1977 and subsequently Grayndler from 1977 until his death in 1979.
The 2005 Werriwa by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Werriwa in south-western Sydney on 19 March 2005,after the resignation of Labor MP Mark Latham,who had represented the electorate since 1994. Latham had been federal Opposition Leader since 2 December 2003 and led Labor to defeat at the 2004 election. He had become increasingly dissatisfied with politics and was struggling with recurring pancreatitis. He announced his resignation from parliament on 18 January 2005.
Grant Anthony McBride was an Australian politician who was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of The Entrance on the New South Wales Central Coast for the Labor Party between 1992 and 2011.
The 1974 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 18 May 1974. All 127 seats in the House of Representatives and all 60 seats in the Senate were up for election,due to a double dissolution. The incumbent Labor Party led by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam defeated the opposition Liberal–Country coalition led by Billy Snedden. This marked the first time that a Labor leader won two consecutive elections.
Jason Dean Clare is an Australian politician serving as Minister for Education since 1 June 2022. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has represented the Division of Blaxland in Western Sydney since 2007.
Barry Cohen AM was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served in federal parliament from 1969 to 1990,representing the Division of Robertson in New South Wales. He held ministerial office in the Hawke government from 1983 to 1987.
The 2013 Australian federal election to elect the members of the 44th Parliament of Australia took place on Saturday 7 September 2013. The centre-right Liberal/National Coalition opposition led by Opposition leader Tony Abbott of the Liberal Party of Australia and Coalition partner the National Party of Australia,led by Warren Truss,defeated the incumbent centre-left Labor Party government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in a landslide. It was also the third time in history that a party won 90 or more seats at an Australian election. Labor had been in government for six years since being elected in the 2007 election. This election marked the end of the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd Labor government and the start of the 9 year long Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Liberal-National Coalition government. Abbott was sworn in by the Governor-General,Quentin Bryce,as Australia's new prime minister on 18 September 2013,along with the Abbott Ministry. The 44th Parliament of Australia opened on 12 November 2013,with the members of the House of Representatives and territory senators sworn in. The state senators were sworn in by the next Governor-General Peter Cosgrove on 7 July 2014,with their six-year terms commencing on 1 July.
