The Whitlam Government lost office following the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis and dismissal by Governor-General John Kerr after the Coalition blocked supply in the Senate after a series of political scandals, and was defeated at the 1975 election [REF].
Hayden increased the Labor vote at the 1980 election, but was replaced by Bob Hawke in 1983, who led Labor back to office at the 1983 election.