1987 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill

Liberal Party of Australia
deputy leadership ballot, 1987
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Deputy Leader before election; Neil Brown;	Elected Deputy Leader ; Andrew Peacock;

A spill of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia took place on 18 July 1987, following John Howard's loss in the 1987 federal election by previous leader Andrew Peacock. The spill was won by Howard against Peacock by 41 votes to 28.^[1]

Peacock was then elected deputy leader with 36 votes over Fred Chaney with 24, Michael MacKellar with 6 and John Moore with 3.^[1]

Background

Candidates

John Howard, incumbent Leader, Member for Bennelong
Andrew Peacock, former Leader, Member for Kooyong

Results

The following tables gives the ballot results:

Leadership ballot

Candidate		Final ballot	%
	John Howard	41	59.4
	Andrew Peacock	28	40.6

Deputy leadership ballot

	Final ballot	%
Andrew Peacock	36	52.2
Fred Chaney	24	34.8
Michael MacKellar	6	8.7
John Moore	3	4.4

Other candidates in order of elimination:^[2]

Aftermath

References

^ ^a ^b Middleton, Karen (18 July 1987). "The Liberal leadership Blow-by-blow in the corridors of power". The Canberra Times. p. 6.
^ "'Liberals want monumental assurances' from NP before coalition". Canberra Times. 18 July 1987.

[spill-1] Middleton, Karen (18 July 1987). "The Liberal leadership Blow-by-blow in the corridors of power". The Canberra Times. p. 6.

[2] "'Liberals want monumental assurances' from NP before coalition". Canberra Times. 18 July 1987.

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