ID 0032
Commonwealth Government of Australia beginning 11 March 1983 - period in office of Prime minister Hawke, Robert James Lee ending on 20 December 1991
Period in office of prime minister (see Glossary entry for 'period in office' and related terms)
Prime minister
Hawke, Robert James Lee
Date of beginning of period in office
11 March 1983
Date of end of period in office
20 December 1991
Reason for end of preceding period in office
Loss of general election
Reason for end of this government
Change of party leader
Number of days in office
3,206
Parliamentary support during period
Party affiliation of prime minister at start of period
Australian Labor Party
If coalition government
Coalition partner 1
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
27
Number from party of prime minister
27
Number from coalition party 1
0
Number from coalition party 2
0
Number from upper house
6
Number who are women
1
House of Representatives elections contested as prime minister or after which became prime minister (see Glossary entry for 'after election')
| Election | Prime minister at election | Prime minister's party | Prime minister after election | Prime minister's party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COM 24 March 1990 | Robert James Lee Hawke | Australian Labor Party | Robert James Lee Hawke | Australian Labor Party |
| COM 11 July 1987 | Robert James Lee Hawke | Australian Labor Party | Robert James Lee Hawke | Australian Labor Party |
| COM 1 December 1984 | Robert James Lee Hawke | Australian Labor Party | Robert James Lee Hawke | Australian Labor Party |
| COM 5 March 1983 | John Malcolm Fraser | Liberal Party | Robert James Lee Hawke | Australian Labor Party |
Previous period in this series for COM | Next period in this series for COM
Notes
For details of all Commonwealth prime ministers, see Michelle Grattan (editor) Australian Prime Ministers (Sydney: New Holland, 2000).
Sources
Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1975-1984, Rushcutters Bay, NSW: Australian National University Press, 1986 (ISBN 0 08 033038 X).
There are small discrepancies in calculating the total valid vote given by Hughes (1986), and differences between these figures and those given by Jaensch (1986).