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An Overview Of The Whitlam Dismissal

Title: An Overview Of The Whitlam Dismissal
Category: /History/Asian History
Details: Words: 1167 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
An Overview Of The Whitlam Dismissal
On Tuesday November 11th, 1975, the Governor-General of Australia, Sir John Kerr, dismissed Mr Gough Whitlam as Prime Minister and appointed Mr Malcolm Fraser as a caretaker Prime Minister. The dismissal was the most dramatic event in the history of the Australian federation. For the first time, an unelected vice-regal representative had removed from office a government, which commanded a majority in the House of Representatives. A Double Dissolution election was held on December 13th, 1975, at …showed first 75 words of 1167 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1167 total…majorities in both houses of parliament, he was rehabilitated in the public mind during the 1990s. He campaigned against racism and media monopolies, supported an Australian republic and acted as Chairman of Care Australia. Gough Whitlam retired from Parliament in 1978, following another massive election defeat in 1977. Ironically, he was appointed by the Hawke government as Ambassador to UNESCO in the early 1980s. When he turned 80, even Prime Minister John Howard issued a congratulatory press release.

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