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Young gough whitlam biography
Gough Whitlam
Prime Minister of Australia from to
"Whitlam" redirects here. For other uses, see Whitlam (disambiguation).
Edward Gough Whitlam[a] (11 July 21 October ) was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from December to November 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, Sir John Kerr, at the climax of the constitutional crisis.
Whitlam remains the only Australian prime minister to have been removed from office by a governor-general.
Whitlam was an air navigator in the Royal Australian Air Force for four years during World WarII, and worked as a barrister following the war.
He was first elected to the Australian House of Representatives in , becoming a member of parliament (MP) for the division of Werriwa. Whitlam became deputy l