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Australian federal election, 1972
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Australian federal election, 1972
Federal elections
for the
House of Representatives
were held in Australia on 2 December 1972, and were won by the
Australian Labor Party
led by
Gough Whitlam
.
Labor
won 67 of the 125 seats contested and defeated the
Liberal Party
led by
Prime Minister
William McMahon
and
Coalition
partner the
Country Party
led by
Doug Anthony
. The elections ended 23 years of successive
Coalition governments
which held power since
1949
.
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