Australian legislative election, 1993

Federal elections were held in Australia on 13 March 1993. All 147 seats in the House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives

The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years....

, and 40 seats in the 76-member Senate

Australian Senate

The Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives. Senators are popularly elected under a system of proportional representation. Senators are elected for a term that is usually six years; after a double dissolution, however,...

, were up for election. The incumbent

Incumbent

The incumbent, in politics, is the existing holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent. For example, in the 2004 United States presidential election, George W...

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

government led by Prime Minister of Australia

Prime Minister of Australia

The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the highest minister of the Crown, leader of the Cabinet and Head of Her Majesty's Australian Government, holding office on commission from the Governor-General of Australia. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful...

Paul Keating

Paul John Keating was the 24th Prime Minister of Australia, serving from 1991 to 1996. Keating was elected as the federal Labor member for Blaxland in 1969 and came to prominence as the reformist treasurer of the Hawke Labor government, which came to power at the 1983 election...

defeated the opposition Liberal Party of Australia

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

led by John Hewson

John Hewson

John Robert Hewson AM is an Australian economist, company director and a former politician. He was federal leader of the Liberal Party of Australia from 1990 to 1994 and led the party to defeat at the 1993 federal election.-Early life:...

with coalition

Coalition (Australia)

The Coalition in Australian politics refers to a group of centre-right parties that has existed in the form of a coalition agreement since 1922...

partner the National Party of Australia

National Party of Australia

The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...

led by Tim Fischer

Tim Fischer

Timothy Andrew Fischer, AC , is a former Australian politician. He served as Deputy Prime Minister in the Howard Government from 1996 before retiring from Cabinet in 1999...

House results

House of Reps (IRV
Instant-runoff voting
Instant-runoff voting , also known as preferential voting, the alternative vote and ranked choice voting, is a voting system used to elect one winner. Voters rank candidates in order of preference, and their ballots are counted as one vote for their first choice candidate. If a candidate secures a...

) — 1993-96 — Turnout 95.75% (CV
Compulsory voting
Compulsory voting is a system in which electors are obliged to vote in elections or attend a polling place on voting day. If an eligible voter does not attend a polling place, he or she may be subject to punitive measures such as fines, community service, or perhaps imprisonment if fines are unpaid...

) — Informal 2.97%
Party	Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	4,751,390	44.92	+5.49	80	+2
Liberal Party of Australia Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	3,923,786	37.10	+2.06	49	-6
National Party of Australia National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	758,036	7.17	-1.25	16	+2
Australian Democrats Australian Democrats The Australian Democrats is an Australian political party espousing a socially liberal ideology. It was formed in 1977, by a merger of the Australia Party and the New LM, after principals of those minor parties secured the commitment of former Liberal minister Don Chipp, as a high profile leader...	397,060	3.75	-7.51	0	0
Australian Greens Australian Greens The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is an Australian green political party.The party was formed in 1992; however, its origins can be traced to the early environmental movement in Australia and the formation of the United Tasmania Group , the first Green party in the world, which...	196,702	1.86	*	0	0
Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... s	328,084	3.10	+0.56	2	+1
Other	221,721	2.10	-1.21	0	0
Total	10,576,779			147	-1
Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	WIN	51.44	+1.54	80	+2
Liberal/National coalition Coalition (Australia) The Coalition in Australian politics refers to a group of centre-right parties that has existed in the form of a coalition agreement since 1922...		48.56	-1.54	65	-4

Independents: Ted Mack

Ted Mack (politician)

Edward Carrington Mack is an Australian politician. He is the only person ever to have been elected and re-elected as an independent to local, state and federal government in Australia, and is often referred to as the "father of the independents".-Early life:Mack was born in the Sydney suburb of...

, Phil Cleary

Phil Cleary

Philip Ronald Cleary is an Australian commentator on politics and sport, particularly Australian rules football, and a former independent politician elected at the 1992 Wills by-election.-Football playing career:...

Senate results

Senate (STV
Single transferable vote
The single transferable vote is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through preferential voting. Under STV, an elector's vote is initially allocated to his or her most preferred candidate, and then, after candidates have been either elected or eliminated, any surplus or...

GV
Group voting ticket
Group voting tickets are a way to simplify preferential voting, usually in an election held under the single transferable vote or the alternative vote system....

) — 1993-96 — Turnout 96.22% (CV
Compulsory voting
Compulsory voting is a system in which electors are obliged to vote in elections or attend a polling place on voting day. If an eligible voter does not attend a polling place, he or she may be subject to punitive measures such as fines, community service, or perhaps imprisonment if fines are unpaid...

) — Informal 2.55%
Party	Votes	%	Swing	Seats Won	Seats Held
Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	4,643,871	43.50	+5.10	17	30
Liberal/National (Joint Ticket)	2,605,157	24.40	-0.06	6
Liberal Party of Australia Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	1,664,204	15.59	+1.03	11	29
Australian Democrats Australian Democrats The Australian Democrats is an Australian political party espousing a socially liberal ideology. It was formed in 1977, by a merger of the Australia Party and the New LM, after principals of those minor parties secured the commitment of former Liberal minister Don Chipp, as a high profile leader...	566,944	5.31	-7.32	2	7
National Party of Australia National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	290,382	2.72	+0.12	1	6
Australian Greens Australian Greens The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is an Australian green political party.The party was formed in 1992; however, its origins can be traced to the early environmental movement in Australia and the formation of the United Tasmania Group , the first Green party in the world, which...	263,106	2.46	+0.43	0	0
WA Greens Greens Western Australia The Greens Western Australia is the state branch of the Australian Greens in Western Australia. The Greens WA was formed following the merger of the WA Greens and the Green Earth Alliance...	53,757	0.50	-0.27	1	2
Country Liberal Party Country Liberal Party The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the National and Liberal parties...	35,405	0.33	+0.04	1	1
Harradine Group Brian Harradine Richard William Brian Harradine , Australian politician, was an independent member of the Australian Senate from 1975 to 2005, representing the state of Tasmania. He was the longest-serving independent federal politician in Australian history, and a Father of the Senate.He was born in Quorn, South...	32,202	0.30	-0.10	1	1
Other	519,777	4.87	+0.62	0	0
Total	10,674,805			40	76

Seats changing hands

Seat	Pre-1993				Swing	Post-1993
Seat	Party		Member	Margin	Swing	Margin	Member	Party
Adelaide, SA Division of Adelaide The Division of Adelaide is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. The division was created in 1903 and is named for the city of Adelaide, South Australia's capital. The seat has always been based in the inner suburbs of Adelaide...		Labor	Bob Catley Bob Catley (Australian politician) Robert "Bob" Catley is a former Labor politician.Catley was born in Wales and received a BScEcon from the London School of Economics and a PhD from the Australian National University...	3.7	3.0	1.3	Trish Worth Trish Worth Patricia Mary "Trish" Worth , Australian politician, was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1993 to October 2004, representing the Division of Adelaide, South Australia...	Liberal
Bass, Tas Division of Bass The Division of Bass is an Australian Electoral Division in Tasmania. The division was created in 1903 and is named for the explorer George Bass. It has always been based on the city of Launceston and surrounding rural areas, and its boundaries have changed very little in the century since its...		Liberal	Warwick Smith Warwick Smith (politician) Warwick Leslie Smith AM is an Australian politician, and was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from December 1984 to March 1993 and again from March 1996 to October 1998, representing the Division of Bass, Tasmania....	4.3	4.8	0.0	Silvia Smith Silvia Smith Silvia Joy Smith is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1993 to 1996 and a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1997 to 2003....	Labor
Corinella, Vic Division of Corinella There have been two separate divisions of the Australian House of Representatives called Corinella:* Division of Corinella * Division of Corinella...		Liberal	Russell Broadbent Russell Broadbent Russell Evan Broadbent , Australian politician, was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as member for the Division of McMillan, Victoria for the Liberal Party of Australia at the 2004 federal election. He previously represented the Division of Corinella 1990-93 and McMillan 1996-98...	0.7	4.4	3.7	Alan Griffin Alan Griffin Alan Peter Griffin , an Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993, representing the Division of Corinella, Victoria 1993–96 and the Division of Bruce, Victoria, since March 1996. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria,...	Labor
Cowan, WA Division of Cowan The Division of Cowan is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia. The division was created in 1984 and is named for Edith Cowan, the first woman elected to an Australian Parliament. It is located in the northern suburbs of Perth, including the suburbs of Girrawheen, Greenwood,...		Labor	Carolyn Jakobsen Carolyn Jakobsen Carolyn Anne Jakobsen is a retired Australian politician. Born in Auckland, New Zealand, she was an electorate secretary and ministerial officer before entering politics. In 1984, she was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for the new seat of Cowan...	0.9	1.8	0.9	Richard Evans Richard Evans (Australian politician) Richard Evans is a former Australian politician, who served as a Liberal Party of Australia member in the Australian House of Representatives. He was the member for Cowan from 1993 to 1998. He was CEO of the Franchise Council of Australia until October 2007 and was the Executive Director of the...	Liberal
Dunkley, Vic Division of Dunkley The Division of Dunkley is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1984 and is named for Louisa Margaret Dunkley, a trade unionist and campaigner for equal pay for women. It is located in...		Liberal	Frank Ford Frank Ford (Australian politician) Frank Allen Ford was an Australian politician. Born in Adelaide, he was a businessman and company director before entering politics. In 1990, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for Dunkley in Victoria. He remained in Parliament until his defeat in 1993....	1.2	1.6	0.6	Bob Chynoweth	Labor
Franklin, Tas Division of Franklin The Division of Franklin is an Australian Electoral Division in Tasmania. The division was created in 1903 and is named for Sir John Franklin, the polar explorer who was Lt Governor of Van Diemen's Land 1843-46. It is located in southern Tasmania, including the Hobart suburbs of Bridgewater,...		Liberal	Bruce Goodluck Bruce Goodluck Bruce John Goodluck AM is a retired Australian politician. Born in Hobart, Tasmania, he was a company director before serving on Clarence Municipal Council from 1972-1975. He was President of the Australian Automobile Chamber of Commerce in 1974...	2.1	9.5	7.4	Harry Quick Harry Quick Harry Vernon Quick , is an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1993 until 2007, representing the electorate of Franklin. He sat as an Australian Labor Party representative from 1993 to 2007, when he was expelled from the party for failing to pay...	Labor
Gilmore, NSW Division of Gilmore The Division of Gilmore is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1984 and is named for Dame Mary Gilmore, the poet and author. It is located in the Shoalhaven the southern Illawarra regions, extending from Warilla in the north to Durras in the south, then...		National	John Sharp John Sharp (Australian politician) John Randall Sharp , Australian politician, is a former National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Divisions of Gilmore and Hume in New South Wales....	4.4	1.1	0.5	Peter Knott Peter Knott Peter John Knott was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the Australian House of Representatives. He represented Gilmore from 1993 to 1996 for the Australian Labor Party ....	Labor
Grey, SA Division of Grey The Division of Grey is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia.The division was created in 1903 and is named for Sir George Grey, who was Governor of South Australia 1841-45 ....		Labor	Lloyd O'Neil Lloyd O'Neil Lloyd Reginald Terrence O'Neil was an Australian Labor Party representative for the South Australian Division of Grey in the Australian House of Representatives. He served as the Member for Grey for 10 years from 5 March 1983 until his retirement on 2 February 1993.-References:...	6.5	4.3	2.1	Barry Wakelin Barry Wakelin Barry Hugh Wakelin, OAM , Australian politician, was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1993 until November 2007, representing the Division of Grey, South Australia...	Liberal
Hindmarsh, SA Division of Hindmarsh The Division of Hindmarsh is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia covering the western gulfside suburbs of Adelaide.The division was created in 1903 and is named for Sir John Hindmarsh, who was Governor of South Australia 1836-38. For many years it was one of the safest Labor seats...		Labor	John Scott John Scott (Australian politician) John Lynden Scott is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1980 to 1993.Scott was born in Hamilton, Scotland....	5.3	2.8	1.6	Christine Gallus Christine Gallus Christine Ann Gallus , Australian politician, was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1990, representing the Division of Hawker, South Australia 1990-93 and for Hindmarsh, South Australia 1993-2004...	Liberal
Hinkler, Qld Division of Hinkler The Division of Hinkler is anAustralian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1984 and is named for Bert Hinkler, the great pioneer Australian aviator....		Labor	Brian Courtice Brian Courtice Brian William Courtice was an Australian politician. Born in Bundaberg, Queensland, he was a cane farmer and an organiser of the Australian Workers' Union before entering politics. He was the nephew of Senator Ben Courtice. In 1987, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the...	4.0	4.2	0.2	Paul Neville	National
Kennedy, Qld Division of Kennedy The Division of Kennedy is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. The division is notable for its size, relative to other electoral divisions...		Labor	Rob Hulls Rob Hulls Rob Justin Hulls has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 1996, representing the electorate of Niddrie. As well as previously serving as the Deputy Premier of Victoria, he was also the state Attorney-General and Minister for Racing.Rob Hulls was born in Melbourne and was...	1.4	4.8	2.6	Bob Katter Bob Katter Robert Carl "Bob" Katter is an Australian federal politician, a member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993 for the Division of Kennedy, and the leader of Katter's Australian Party...	National
Lowe, NSW Division of Lowe The Division of Lowe was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It was located in the inner western suburbs of Sydney, on the south shore of the Parramatta River...		Liberal	Bob Woods Bob Woods Robert Leslie "Bob" Woods is an Australian former politician. He was a Liberal Senator for the state of New South Wales in Australia between 1993 and 1997. Woods was previously a Member of the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for Lowe between 1987 and 1993...	0.6	4.5	5.0	Mary Easson Mary Easson Mary Louise Easson was an Australian Labor Party Member of the House of Representatives for the Division of Lowe from 1993. She was defeated at the 1996 general election...	Labor
Lyons, Tas Division of Lyons The Division of Lyons is an Australian Electoral Division in Tasmania. The division was created in 1984 to replace the abolished Division of Wilmot and is named for Joseph Lyons, Prime Minister of Australia 1931-39, Member for Wilmot from 1929-39, and his wife Dame Enid Lyons, the first woman...		Liberal	Max Burr Max Burr Maxwell Arthur "Max" Burr is a retired Australian politician. Born in Launceston, Tasmania, he was educated at Launceston Business College before becoming an accountant and Secretary of the Tasmanian Farmers' Federation. In 1975, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the...	2.1	5.6	3.8	Dick Adams	Labor
Macquarie, NSW Division of Macquarie The Division of Macquarie is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for Lachlan Macquarie, who was Governor of New South Wales between 1810 and 1821...		Liberal	Alasdair Webster Alasdair Webster Alasdair Paine Webster, OAM is an Australian politician. Born in Maitland, New South Wales, he attended the University of New England before becoming a teacher and a superindendent at juvenile rehabilitation centres. He underwent military service in 1953...	3.6	2.2	0.1	Maggie Deahm Maggie Deahm Margaret Joan Deahm was an Australian Labor Party Member of the House of Representatives for the Division of Macquarie from 1993 until her defeat at the 1996 general election.-References:*...	Labor
McEwen, Vic Division of McEwen The Division of McEwen is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the centre of the state, north of the capital city of Melbourne...		Liberal	Fran Bailey Fran Bailey Frances Esther "Fran" Bailey is an Australianpolitician and Liberal member of theAustralian House of Representatives from 1990 to 1993 and again from 1996 to 2010, representing the electorate of McEwen in Victoria.-Personal life:...	3.2	3.9	0.7	Peter Cleeland Peter Cleeland Peter Robert Cleeland , Australian politician, was a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the electorate of McEwen in Victoria between 1984 and 1990, and subsequently between 1993 and 1996....	Labor
McMillan, Vic Division of McMillan The Division of McMillan is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the western part of the Gippsland region, which extends for the length of Victoria's eastern Bass Strait coastline. It includes the outer south-eastern Melbourne suburb of Pakenham, and also...		Liberal	John Riggall John Riggall John Peter Riggall was an Australian politician. Born in Melbourne, he was a dairy farmer and grazier before entering politics. He was elected to the Australian House of Representatives in 1990 as the Liberal member for McMillan, defeating Labor's Barry Cunningham. Riggall was defeated by...	4.4	4.8	0.4	Barry Cunningham Barry Cunningham Barry Thomas Cunningham was an Australian politician. Born in Pakenham, Victoria, he was a dairy and potato farmer and an agricultural contractor before entering politics...	Labor
Paterson, NSW Division of Paterson The Division of Paterson is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located just north of Newcastle, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. It extends to the Hunter Valley in the south, the Manning River in the north, and the Great Dividing Range in the west...		Liberal	notional - new seat	0.1	3.4	3.1	Bob Horne Bob Horne Robert Hodges "Bob" Horne is a former Australian politician. Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, he attended Newcastle University before becoming a teacher. He served on Dungog Shire Council from 1987–90 and Port Stephens Council from 1991-93. In 1993 he was elected to the Australian House of...	Labor
Stirling, WA Division of Stirling The Division of Stirling is an Australian Electoral Division in the inner northern and beachside suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. It includes the suburbs of Balcatta, Balga, Carine, Innaloo, Nollamara, North Beach, Scarborough, Stirling, Trigg and Yokine....		Labor	Ron Edwards Ron Edwards (Australian politician) Ronald Frederick "Ron" Edwards is a retired Australian politician. Born in Perth, Western Australia, he was educated at the University of Western Australia and the University of Sydney, after which he became a lecturer in economics and industrial relations...	0.1	1.7	1.5	Eoin Cameron Eoin Cameron Eoin Harrap Cameron is a popular radio personality in Perth, Western Australia. He currently works the ABC's Perth local station 720 ABC Perth breakfast show, regularly receiving top ratings for the most popular breakfast radio show....	Liberal

Members in italics did not contest their seat at this election

Background

This was the first election after the full totality of the late 80s/early 90s recession

Late 1980s recession

The recession of the early 1990s describes the period of economic downturn affecting much of the world in the late 1980s and early 1990s.-Causes:...

. The opposition Liberal Party

Liberal Party of Australia

under John Hewson

John Hewson

launched Fightback!

Fightback!

Fightback! was a radical economic policy package, 650 pages long, proposed by then Liberal Party leader John Hewson.-Key elements:The key elements of Fightback! were:...

, a radical prescription of tough, economically "dry" measures, including a radical overhaul of Medicare and Industrial Relations. But the contentious 15 percent Goods and Services Tax

Goods and Services Tax (Australia)

The GST is a broad sales tax of 10% on most goods and services transactions in Australia. It is a value added tax, not a sales tax, in that it is refunded to all parties in the chain of production other than the final consumer....

(GST) was the centrepiece of the campaign. Hewson had been forced by pressure group activity and public opinion to exempt food from the proposed GST, but this was not enough against the formidable campaigning skills of Prime Minister Paul Keating

Paul Keating

. The complexity surrounding what food was and wasn't to be exempt from the GST, and John Hewson's subsequent difficulty in explaining this to the Australian electorate was exemplified in the infamous birthday cake interview

Birthday Cake Interview

The "birthday cake interview" was a famous political interview in Australia that was carried out between interviewer Mike Willesee and Liberal Party Opposition Leader Dr. John Hewson shortly before the 1993 federal election...

, considered by some as a turning point in the whole campaign.

For the first time since 1966

Australian federal election, 1966

Federal elections were held in Australia on 26 November 1966. All 124 seats in the House of Representatives were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt with coalition partner the Country Party led by John McEwen defeated the...

, this election saw the incumbent government obtain both an increased share of the vote and an increased majority in the House of Representatives.

There was an unusual circumstance in the seat of Dickson

Division of Dickson

The Division of Dickson is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland, Australia. The division was formed in 1992 and is named after Sir James Dickson, a leading advocate in Australian Federation, Queensland Premier and Minister for Defence in first Australian Ministry. It is located in the...

. One of the candidates, an independent, died very shortly before the election, making it necessary to hold a supplementary election on 17 April. Following the return of the Labor Party to government, Keating announced the makeup of his new ministry

Second Keating Ministry

The Second Keating Ministry was the sixtieth Australian Commonwealth ministry. It was led by Paul Keating of the Australian Labor Party, and held office from 24 March 1993 to 11 March 1996...

to be sworn in on 24 March, but kept the portfolio of Attorney-General

Attorney-General of Australia

The Attorney-General of Australia is the first law officer of the Crown, chief law officer of the Commonwealth of Australia and a minister of the Crown. The Attorney-General is usually a member of the Federal Cabinet, but there is no constitutional requirement that this be the case since the...

open for Michael Lavarch

Michael Lavarch

Michael Hugh Lavarch is an Australian lawyer, educator and former politician. He was the Attorney-General of Australia between 1993 and 1996, and since 2004 has been Dean and Professor of Law at Queensland University of Technology , his alma mater.Lavarch commenced his legal career in Brisbane as...

subject to him winning Dickson on 17 April. He won the seat, and was appointed to the ministry on 27 April.

House results

Senate results

Seats changing hands

Background

See also