A federal election was held on 2 March 1996 to elect members of the 38th Parliament of Australia. All 148 seats of the House of Representatives were up for election, along with 40 of the 76 seats in t
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Paul John Keating is an Australian former politician and trade unionist who served as the 24th prime minister of Australia and leader of the Labor Party from 1991 to 1996. He previously served as trea
1996 Australian federal election
…seats in the Senate. The Liberal–National Coalition led by Opposition Leader John Howard defeated the incumbent Labor government led by Prime Minister Paul Keating in a landslide victory. The Coalition won 94 seats in the House of Representatives, at the time the largest number of seats won by a federal government…
Keating aged 34, second from left, with Labor figures (from left) Colin Jamieson, Peter Walsh and Stewart West in Wickham, 1978
Keating with OECD Secretary-General Jean-Claude Paye, 1985
Keating and his Cabinet, 1994