Bert Milliner

Bert Milliner
Senator for Queensland
In office
1 July 1968 – 30 June 1975
Succeeded byAlbert Field
Personal details
Born(1911-07-17)17 July 1911
Kelvin Grove, Queensland
Died30 June 1975(1975-06-30) (aged 63)
Brisbane, Queensland
NationalityAustralian
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
SpouseThelma Elizabeth Voght
OccupationUnionist

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.