What the records say
- When
- 11 Nov 1975
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 52.73° N, 122.45° W
Placed at the town named in the title of the event it links, Australian.
Summary
Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Governor-General of Australia Sir John Kerr controversially dismisses the Whitlam Labor government and commissions Malcolm Fraser of the Liberal/National Country Coalition as caretaker Prime Minister.
1975 Australian constitutional crisis
Dismissal of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam
The 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, also called the Dismissal, culminated with the dismissal of the prime minister, Gough Whitlam of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), by Sir John Kerr, the governor-general of Australia, on 11 November 1975. Kerr then commissioned the leader of the opposition, Malcolm Fraser of the Liberal Party, as prime minister on the condition that he advise a new election.
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