Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 1994

Liberal Party of Australia
Leadership spill, 1994

23 May 1994



Candidate	Alexander Downer	John Hewson
1st Rd.	43	36
1st Rd. %	54.4%	45.6%

Leader before election

John Hewson

Elected Leader

Alexander Downer

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A leadership spill of the federal parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party of Australia was held on 23 May 1994. The incumbent, John Hewson, was defeated by Alexander Downer in a vote of Liberal Party Members of Parliament (MPs) by 43 votes to 36 votes.^[1] Downer thus became the Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of Australia.

References

↑ Canberra Times, 24 May 1994

Liberal Party of Australia

Leaders	Robert Menzies Harold Holt John Gorton William McMahon Billy Snedden Malcolm Fraser Andrew Peacock John Howard Andrew Peacock John Hewson Alexander Downer John Howard Brendan Nelson Malcolm Turnbull Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull

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