The Division of Stirling was an Australian electoral division in the inner northern and beachside suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, which included a large portion of the local government area of the City of Stirling.
Sir James Stirling, the division's namesake
Image: Harry Webb 1962
Image: Harry Webb 1967
Image: Ian Viner
1972 Australian federal election
The 1972 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 2 December 1972. All 125 seats in the House of Representatives were up for election, as well as a single Senate seat in Queensland. The incumbent Liberal–Country coalition government, led by Prime Minister William McMahon, was defeated by the opposition Labor Party led by Gough Whitlam. Labor's victory ended 23 years of successive Coalition governments that began in 1949 and started the three-year Whitlam Labor Government.
Image: Gough Whitlam 1972 (cropped)
Image: William Mc Mahon 1966
Whitlam giving Labor's policy speech at the Blacktown Civic Centre in Sydney
Supporters of McMahon hold up his placards at a rally during the election.