1995 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill information
1995 Liberal Party of Australia Leadership spill
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30 January 1995
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Candidate
John Howard
Caucus vote
Unopposed
Seat
Bennelong (NSW)
Leader before election
Alexander Downer
Elected Leader
John Howard
A leadership spill of the federal parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party of Australia was held on 30 January 1995 after the resignation of Alexander Downer following several months of poor personal ratings for him.[1] John Howard was elected unopposed in a vote of Liberal Party Members of Parliament.[2] Howard thus became the Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of Australia. Peter Costello remained deputy leader. Howard became the first Liberal leader to be elected unopposed since Harold Holt in 1966.
^"Newspoll Archive". Newspoll.com. 2015. Archived from the original on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
^Canberra Times, 31 January 1995
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