Bert Milliner | |
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Senator for Queensland | |
In office 1 July 1968 – 30 June 1975 | |
Succeeded by | Albert Field |
Personal details | |
Born | Kelvin Grove, Queensland | 17 July 1911
Died | 30 June 1975 Brisbane, Queensland | (aged 63)
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Australian Labor Party |
Spouse | Thelma Elizabeth Voght |
Occupation | Unionist |
Bertie Richard "Bert" Milliner (17 July 1911 – 30 June 1975) was an Australian trade unionist, politician and Senator, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He would have been a minor figure in Australia's political history but for the events that followed his sudden death. Those circumstances contributed to the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, which culminated in the dismissal of the Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam, by the Governor-General, Sir John Kerr.