43 36 Date 23 May 1994 | 54.4% 45.6% Location Australia | |
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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.
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