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Sir John Robert Kerr AK GCMG GCVO PC war ein australischer Politiker und Generalgouverneur Australiens. Bekannt wurde er durch die noch heute kontrovers diskutierte Entlassung des amtierenden Premierministers Gough Whitlam am 11. November 1975 im Rahmen der australischen Verfassungskrise.
Sir John Robert Kerr, AK, GCMG, GCVO, QC (24 September 1914 – 24 March 1991) was an Australian barrister and judge who served as the 18th governor-general of Australia, in office from 1974 to 1977.
John Robert Kerr (1914–1991), lawyer, judge, and governor-general, was born on 24 September 1914 at Balmain, Sydney, eldest of eight children of New South Wales-born parents Harry Kerr, boilermaker, and his wife Laura May, née Cardwell. John attended Rozelle Junior Technical and Fort Street Boys’ High Schools.
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Die Australische Verfassungskrise von 1975 bezieht sich auf Ereignisse, auf deren Höhepunkt der damalige Generalgouverneur von Australien, Sir John Robert Kerr, den Premierminister Gough Whitlam der Australian Labor Party entließ und stattdessen den Oppositionsführer Malcolm Fraser zum Premierminister ernannte. Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Hintergrund.
He was appointed Chief Justice of New South Wales in 1972. Kerr was sworn in as the 18th Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Force on 11 July 1974, succeeding Sir Paul Hasluck.
John Robert Kerr, Governor-General of Australia, 1974–77. John Robert Kerr was born in Balmain on 24 September 1914. He studied law at the University of Sydney, and was admitted to the NSW Bar in 1938. Kerr enlisted in the second AIF in 1942.
Of all Australia’s Governors-General, John Kerr (1914-1991) is the most well-known, the most significant, and the most controversial, his achievements as a barrister and judge eclipsed by the notoriety of his dismissal of the Whitlam Government.1.
