article_snippet: Mr Fraser was prime minister from November 1975 until March 1983.
article_snippet: Mr Fraser controversially came to power as caretaker prime minister following the dismissal of Labor leader Gough Whitlam by Governor-General Sir John Kerr.
article_snippet: Mr Fraser was prime minister from November 1975 until March 1983.
article_snippet: Mr Fraser was elected to federal Parliament when Mr Fraser was just 25 .
article_snippet: Mr Fraser Mr Fraser strides down the steps of Old Parliament House, on the day Labor leader Gough Whitlam was dismissed .
article_snippet: The method in which Mr Fraser rose to power did not endear Mr Fraser to much of the population during the politically turbulent period of the 1970s .
article_snippet: Mr Fraser became critical of the Liberal Party - later resigning Mr Fraser membership - and Mr Fraser opinions, often broadcast on Twitter in Mr Fraser later years, tended to run against the grain of the modern party.
article_snippet: The night Mr Fraser lost Mr Fraser trousers': The former prime minister's most embarrassing moment came about in 1986, when The former prime minister was found confused and dressed only in a towel at Memphis hotel frequented by prostitutes and drug dealers .
article_snippet: Former leaders: Australia's seven surviving prime ministers past and present posed for a photograph at Gough Whitlam's memorial service last year.
article_snippet: Now Mr Fraser is no longer among Former leaders: Australia's seven surviving prime ministers past and present number.
article_snippet: From left to right: Mr Fraser, Julia Gillard, Bob Hawke, Tony Abbott, John Howard, Kevin Rudd and Paul Keating .
article_snippet: Mr Fraser was first elected to federal Parliament for Mr Fraser seat of Wannon when Mr Fraser was just 25 .
highlights_snippet: Former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Fraser was appointed caretaker prime minister in 1975 following the dismissal of Gough Whitlam .
  