Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 1994

Liberal Party of Australia
Leadership spill, 1994

23 May 1994

Candidate Alexander Downer John Hewson 1st Rd. 43 36 1st Rd. % 54.4% 45.6%

Leader before election John Hewson Elected Leader Alexander Downer

A leadership spill of the federal parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party of Australia was held on 23 May 1994. The incumbent, John Hewson, was defeated by Alexander Downer in a vote of Liberal Party Members of Parliament (MPs) by 43 votes to 36 votes. Downer thus became the Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of Australia.