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Australian federal election, 1990 |
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| Australian federal election, 1990 All 148 seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 40 (of the 76) seats in the Australian Senate |
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| March 24, 1990 | ||||
| First Party | Second Party | |||
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| Leader | Bob Hawke | Andrew Peacock | ||
| Party | Labor | Liberal/National coalition | ||
| Leader since | February 3, 1983 | 9 May 1989 | ||
| Leader's seat | Wills | Kooyong | ||
| Last election | 86 seats | 62 seats | ||
| Seats won | 78 | 69 | ||
| Seat change | -8 | +7 | ||
| Popular vote | 4,930,834 | 4,950,069 | ||
| Percentage | 49.90% | 50.10% | ||
| Swing | -0.93% | +0.93% | ||
Federal elections were held in Australia on 24 March 1990. All 148 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Senate were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Bob Hawke defeated the opposition Liberal Party of Australia led by Andrew Peacock with coalition partner the National Party of Australia led by Charles Blunt.
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| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Australian Labor Party | 3,904,138 | 39.44 | -6.39 | 78 | -8 | |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 3,468,570 | 35.04 | +0.48 | 55 | +12 | |
| Australian Democrats | 1,114,216 | 11.26 | +5.22 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Party of Australia | 833,557 | 8.42 | -3.10 | 14 | -5 | |
| Independents | 252,116 | 2.55 | +0.94 | 1 | +1 | |
| Other | 327,077 | 3.30 | +2.85 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 9,899,674 | 148 | ||||
| Australian Labor Party | WIN | 49.90 | -0.93 | 78 | -8 | |
| Liberal/National coalition | 50.10 | +0.93 | 69 | +7 |
Independents: Ted Mack
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats Won | Seats Held | |
| Australian Labor Party | 3,813,547 | 38.41 | -4.42 | 15 | 32 | |
| Liberal/National (Joint Ticket) | 2,429,552 | 24.47 | +10.70 | 5 | ||
| Liberal Party of Australia | 1,445,872 | 14.56 | -6.41 | 12 | 28 | |
| Australian Democrats | 1,253,807 | 12.63 | +4.15 | 5 | 8 | |
| National Party of Australia | 258,164 | 2.60 | -4.49 | 1 | 5 | |
| Australian Greens | 201,618 | 2.03 | * | 0 | 0 | |
| WA Greens | 76,381 | 0.77 | * | 1 | 1 | |
| Country Liberal Party | 29,045 | 0.29 | +0.08 | 1 | 1 | |
| Other | 421,779 | 4.25 | -0.56 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harradine Group | 1 | |||||
| Total | 9,929,765 | 40 | 76 |
The 1990 election resulted in a swing to the Coalition, which was attributedwho? to the late 80's/early 90's recession, although Labor retinaed government. This was Labor’s fourth successive electoral victory with Bob Hawke as leader, a level of political success which no previous Labor government or Labor leader had enjoyed. The election was to be Hawke’s last as Prime Minister and Australian Labor Party leader; he was replaced by Paul Keating in December 1991.
John Howard lost the 1987 election to Hawke, and Andrew Peacock was elected Deputy Leader in a show of party unity. In May 1989 Peacock's supporters mounted a party room coup which returned Peacock to the leadership. Peacock, now 50, cultivated a new mature image,citation needed enhanced by a second marriage to Margaret St George. Hawke's Treasurer, Paul Keating, ridiculed him by asking: "Can the soufflé rise twice?" and calling him "all feathers and no meat." Although Hawke's government was in political trouble, with high interest rates and a financial crisis in Victoria, Peacock failed to defeat Hawke at the 1990 elections and he subsequently resigned.
This election saw the peak of the Australian Democrats' popularity under Janine Haines, and a WA Greens candidate won a seat in the Australian Senate for the first time - although the successful candidate, Jo Vallentine, was already a two-term senator, having previously won a seat for the Nuclear Disarmament Party at the 1984 election, and the Vallentine Peace Group at the 1987 election. As of 2008[update], this has been the only post-war election where a third party (excluding splinter state parties and the Nationals) has won more than 10% of the primary vote for elections to the Australian House of Representatives.
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