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Australian constitutional crisis of 1975
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1975 Australian constitutional crisis
The
1975 Australian constitutional crisis
, also known simply as "
the Dismissal
", has been described as the greatest political and
constitutional crisis
in
Australian history
. It culminated on 11 November 1975 with the dismissal from office of the Prime Minister,
Gough Whitlam
of the
Australian Labor Party
(ALP), by
Governor-General
Sir John Kerr
, who then appointed the
Leader of the Opposition
,
Malcolm Fraser
of the
Liberal Party
, as
caretaker
Prime Minister.
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