 A 1974 portrait of Gough Whitlam, Prime Minister of Australia Image by Work of the Australian Government, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed Public domain |
Sir Vince And The MaidensGough Whitlam Gough Whitlam Prime Minister of Australia from 1972 to 1975 "Whitlam" redirects here. For other uses, see Whitlam (disambiguation). 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, John Kerr, at the climax of the 1975 constitutional crisis. Whitlam remains the only Australian prime minister to have been removed from office by a governor-general. Quick facts 21st Prime Minister of Australia, Monarch ... The Honourable… (Source: Wikipedia)
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