<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_constitutional_crisis_of_1975" id="mwAUk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Australian constitutional crisis of 1975">Australian constitutional crisis of 1975</a>: Australian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor-General_of_Australia" id="mwAUo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Governor-General of Australia">Governor-General</a> Sir <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerr_(governor-general)" id="mwAUs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John Kerr (governor-general)">John Kerr</a> dismisses the government of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gough_Whitlam" id="mwAUw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gough Whitlam">Gough Whitlam</a>, appoints <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Fraser" id="mwAU0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Malcolm Fraser">Malcolm Fraser</a> as caretaker <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Australia" id="mwAU4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Prime Minister of Australia">Prime Minister</a> and announces a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Australian_federal_election" id="mwAU8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1975 Australian federal election">general election to be held in early December</a>.