Division of Mayo
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The Division of Mayo is an Australian electoral division located to the east and south of Adelaide, South Australia. Created in the state redistribution of 3 September 1984, the division is named afte
Helen Mayo, the division's namesake
Alexander Downer
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Alexander Downer
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Alexander John Gosse Downer is an Australian former politician and diplomat who served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 2007, and was a member of parliament for the South Australian di
Division of Mayo
…seats of Barker and Boothby. A safe Liberal seat, it began with a notional 12.3 per cent Liberal two-party margin ahead of the 1984 election. Liberal Alexander Downer retained Mayo for the Liberals and would hold the seat for 24 years. At the 1990 election, the Australian Democrats, who traditionally polled better…
Official portrait, 2014
Downer during the 1990s.
Downer with former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer at Parliament House, Canberra, February 2005