Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 1990

Liberal Party of Australia
leadership election, 1990

3 April 1990



Candidate	John Hewson	Peter Reith	Alasdair Webster
Caucus vote	62	13	5
Percentage	75.5%	16.25%	6.25%

Leader before election

Andrew Peacock

Elected Leader

John Hewson

A spill of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia took place on 3 April 1990, following the defeat of the Liberal Party at the federal election five days earlier. The spill was won by John Hewson over Peter Reith by 62 votes to 13.^[1] Reith was then elected deputy leader of the Party.

An election for the deputy leadership of the party was held, as under Liberal Party rules, all leadership positions are declared vacant after a general election, no matter what the outcome.

References

↑ Canberra Times, 4 April 1990

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

Deputy leaders	Eric Harrison Harold Holt William McMahon John Gorton Billy Snedden Phillip Lynch John Howard Neil Brown Andrew Peacock Fred Chaney Peter Reith Michael Wooldridge Peter Costello Julie Bishop

Ministries	Menzies 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Holt 1 2 Gorton 1 2 McMahon Fraser 1 2 3 4 Howard 1 2 3 4 Abbott Turnbull

Shadow cabinets	Downer Nelson Turnbull Abbott

Leadership contests	1989 1990 1994 1995 2007 2008 2009 February 2015 September 2015

Organisations	Coalition Liberal National Party (QLD) Country Liberal Party (NT) Liberal Party (NSW) Liberal Party (SA) Young Liberals Ginger Group Lyons Forum Menzies Research Centre

History	Protectionist Party Free Trade Party Commonwealth Liberal Party National Labor Party Nationalist Party of Australia Liberal Union Australian Party United Australia Party

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