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What party did the person who defeated McMahon in the 1972 election belong to?
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The Labor Party was the party that defeated McMahon in the 1972 election. McMahon was the incumbent prime minister at the time, and he was defeated by Gough Whitlam, who led the Labor Party. The Labor Party won the election by a landslide, and Whitlam became prime minister. The Labor Party remained in power for the next three years, until it was defeated in the 1975 election.
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