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Edward Gough Whitlam [a] AC QC (11 July 1916 – 21 October 2014) was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from 1972 to 1975. He held office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), of which he was the longest-serving.
Gough Whitlam became Australia’s 21st Prime Minister on 5 December 1972. His Labor government, the first after more than 2 decades, set out to change Australia through a wide-ranging reform program.
Jul 14, 2020 · The Queen was not informed in advance about the 1975 dismissal of Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, newly released letters show.
Gough Whitlam 5 December 1972 to 11 November 1975. Gough Whitlam came into office in late 1972. The Australian Labor Party had been in opposition for 23 years, and Whitlam, who had reformed Labor’s policies, was keen to bring a program of social reform to the people of Australia.
5 days ago · Gough Whitlam was an Australian politician and lawyer who introduced a number of policy measures and social reforms as prime minister of Australia (1972–75), but his troubled administration was cut short when he was dismissed by the governor-general.
In 1941 he enlisted in the RAAF, marrying Margaret Dovey the following year.4 They had four children. Discharged in 1945, Whitlam resumed his legal studies at the University of Sydney and was admitted to the Bar in 1947, taking silk in 1962. He entered federal Parliament in a 1952 by-election for Werriwa (NSW).
Mar 10, 2014 · Australia's 21st prime minister and a titan of the Australian Labor Party, Edward Gough Whitlam, has died, aged 98. Mr Whitlam leaves a legacy of unprecedented and unmatched change in Australian ...
Australian Prime Minister Whitlam Gough with his family: Antony, Catherine, Nicholas, daughter in law Sheena and her husband Stephen. Whitlam is seated holding his grandson Alexander with wife ...
Gough Whitlam became Australia's 21st prime minister when the Labor Party won office, replacing the Liberal-Country Coalition government led by Billy McMahon. Born 11 July 1916
Oct 22, 2014 · SYDNEY, Australia — Gough Whitlam, a former prime minister who introduced free university education and a national health care system in Australia — and who was also known for eclipsing ...
