Marriage and Children
She married Gough Whitlam a Royal Australian Air Force officer in April 1942 in St Michael's Church of England, Vaucluse. Gough's 194cm (6'4") height was one of the reasons that Margaret described him as "quite the most delicious thing I'd ever seen". Her husband was elected to federal parliament in 1952 and became federal opposition leader and parliamentary leader of the Australian Labor Party in 1967. Margaret was described as "deeply and loyally in love" with her husband. Together, they had four children: sons, Nicholas, who became a prominent banker and a controversial figure in his own right; Tony, who was briefly a federal MP; Stephen and daughter, Catherine, who is married to News Limited Chief Executive Officer Kim Williams.
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