Sir John Kerr came off worse in the dismissal of Gough Whitlam's government

By Jacqueline Maley
Updated October 21 2014 - 5:13pm, first published 5:02pm

When Sir John Kerr presented the 1977 Melbourne Cup, it was almost exactly two years since he had committed his constitutional faux pas. He was dapper in a a three-piece suit and, it seemed, awfully drunk.

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