Given the question: Information: - The 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, also known simply as the Dismissal, has been described as the greatest political and constitutional crisis in Australian history. It culminated on 11 November 1975 with the dismissal from office of the Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), by Governor-General Sir John Kerr, who then commissioned the Leader of the Opposition, Malcolm Fraser of the Liberal Party, as caretaker Prime Minister. - The Deputy Prime Minister of Australia is the second-most senior officer in the Government of Australia. The office of Deputy Prime Minister was created as a ministerial portfolio in 1968. The Deputy Prime Minister is appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister. - The Government of the Commonwealth of Australia (also referred to as the Australian Government, the Commonwealth Government, or the Federal Government) is the government of the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy. - Edward Gough Whitlam (11 July 191621 October 2014) was the 21st Prime Minister of Australia, serving from 1972 to 1975. The Leader of the Labor Party from 1967 to 1977, Whitlam led his party to power for the first time in 23 years at the 1972 election. He won the 1974 election before being controversially dismissed by the Governor-General of Australia, Sir John Kerr, at the climax of the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis. Whitlam remains the only Australian prime minister to have his commission terminated in that manner. - Lance Herbert Barnard AO ( 1 May 1919 -- 6 August 1997 ) , Australian politician , was Deputy Prime Minister of Australia for most of the Labor government of Gough Whitlam . A Tasmanian by birth , raised in Launceston , Barnard was the son of Claude Barnard , who was a Labor MP from Tasmania from 1934 to 1949 and a Minister in the Chifley government . He was a teacher before being elected in 1954 to the House of Representatives for the Division of Bass , his father 's old seat . In 1967 , he became Deputy Leader of the Labor Party and when it won office under Whitlam in 1972 Barnard was Deputy Prime Minister.As Minister for Defence , Barnard personally ensured the recommendations of the Jess Committee and new Defense Force Retirements Benefits Scheme was implemented in 1972 . For the first two weeks of Whitlam 's government , before the full electoral result was known , Whitlam and Barnard formed a two - man ministry , known as a duumvirate , to govern until a full ministry could be announced . Barnard held 14 portfolios including Defence and Immigration . Following the announcement of a complete ministry , Barnard served as Minister for Defence . Following the 1974 election , Barnard lost the Labor Deputy Leadership to Dr. Jim Cairns and shortly thereafter he retired from politics . Prime Minister Gough Whitlam appointed Barnard Ambassador to Norway , Finland , and Sweden in 1975 . Bass was resoundingly lost to the Liberals at the ensuing by - election , a shock result that was seen by many as the beginning of the end for the Whitlam government , which was dismissed five months later . After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'lance barnard' exhibits the relationship of 'member of political party'. Find the answer from the choices below. Choices: - australian labor party - constitutional monarchy - labor party
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australian labor party