Antony Philip Whitlam was born on 7 January 1944 and is an Australian lawyer who has been a politician and judge.
11 Facts About Tony Whitlam
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Tony Whitlam is the son of Gough Whitlam and Margaret Whitlam.
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Tony Whitlam was called to the New South Wales bar in 1967.
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Labor was heavily defeated but Tony Whitlam easily won Grayndler.
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Tony Whitlam became only the second federal MP to serve in the House at the same time as his father.
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Tony Whitlam is the only child of an Australian Prime Minister to be a federal MP.
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Tony Whitlam ceded Labor preselection to the sitting Labor MP for Lang, Frank Stewart and stood for another seat, the marginal Liberal seat of St George, where he was defeated at the December 1977 election by the sitting Liberal member, Maurice Neil.
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Tony Whitlam attempted a return to federal politics in 1979, but was defeated in a preselection battle for the seat of Grayndler.
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Tony Whitlam returned to the Sydney bar, where he had a successful career.
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Tony Whitlam was appointed a judge of the Federal Court of Australia in 1993.
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Tony Whitlam was one of only six politicians to have served in both the Parliament of Australia and the Federal Court of Australia, alongside Nigel Bowen, Robert Ellicott, Merv Everett, John Reeves and Duncan Kerr.