PM Transcripts

Transcripts from the Prime Ministers of Australia

Whitlam, Gough

Period of Service: 05/12/1972 - 11/11/1975
Release Date:
15/01/1973
Release Type:
Media Release
Transcript ID:
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Document:
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  • Whitlam, Edward Gough
DEATH OF THE HON WJ RIORDAN

0 j AIJS I ,1A PRESS STATEMENT NO. 34
January 1973
DEATH OF THE HON. W. J. RIORDAN
We have all been greatly saddened to learn of the death
of Bill Riordan, one of the few surviving members of the Chifley
Government. He was a staunch friend and a profoundly loyal Labor man.
He maintained a remarkable hold on the loyalty of his
electorate of Kennedy ( North Queensland) which was undeviatingly
a Labor stronghold until his retirement.
Arrangements are being made for a State funeral.
CANBERRA, A. C. T. 0.
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