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Commonwealth Government of Australia beginning 20 December 1991 - period in office of Prime minister Keating, Paul John ending on 11 March 1996



Period in office of prime minister (see Glossary entry for 'period in office' and related terms)

Prime minister
Keating, Paul John
Date of beginning of period in office
20 December 1991
Date of end of period in office
11 March 1996 
Reason for end of preceding period in office
Change of party leader 
Reason for end of this government
Loss of general election
Number of days in office
1,543 

Parliamentary support during period

Party affiliation of prime minister at start of period
Australian Labor Party
If coalition government
Coalition partner 1
--none--
Coalition partner 2
--none--
Coalition partner 3
--none--
Coalition partner 4
--none--
Party support in parliament at beginning of period
Majority
If change in parliamentary support during period
--none--  
If further change during period
--none--  

Number of ministers at beginning of period (this may vary during the period)

Total number of ministers
30
Number from party of prime minister
30
Number from coalition party 1
0
Number from coalition party 2
0
Number from upper house
7
Number who are women
3

House of Representatives elections contested as prime minister or after which became prime minister (see Glossary entry for 'after election')

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Election Prime minister at election Prime minister's party Prime minister after election Prime minister's party
COM 2 March 1996Paul John KeatingAustralian Labor PartyJohn Winston HowardLiberal Party
COM 13 March 1993Paul John KeatingAustralian Labor PartyPaul John KeatingAustralian Labor Party

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Notes

Government after election: The Carnell Liberal minority government became the Carnell Liberal Moore coalition minority government.

Sources

Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)

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