1994 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill information
Liberal Party of Australia Leadership spill, 1994
← 1993
23 May 1994
1995 →
Candidate
Alexander Downer
John Hewson
Caucus vote
43
36
Percentage
54.4%
45.6%
Seat
Mayo (SA)
Wentworth (NSW)
Leader before election
John Hewson
Elected Leader
Alexander Downer
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.
^Canberra Times, 24 May 1994
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