1993, liberal, party, australia, leadership, spill, spill, leadership, liberal, party, australia, took, place, march, 1993, following, 1993, federal, election, spill, incumbent, leader, john, hewson, over, former, leader, john, howard, votes, while, backbenche. A spill of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia took place on March 23 1993 following the 1993 federal election The spill was won by incumbent leader John Hewson over former leader John Howard by 47 votes to 30 while backbencher Bruce Reid attracted only one sole vote presumably his own For the Deputy leadership Michael Wooldridge won against Peter Costello 1 2 Liberal Party of Australia Leadership spill 1993 1990 23 March 1993 1994 LIBCandidate John Hewson John Howard Bruce ReidCaucus vote 47 30 1Percentage 60 2 38 4 1 4 Seat Wentworth NSW Bennelong NSW Bendigo Vic Leader before electionJohn Hewson Elected Leader John Hewson Contents 1 Background 2 Candidates 3 Results 3 1 Leadership ballot 3 2 Deputy leadership ballot 4 Aftermath 5 ReferencesBackground EditAfter John Hewson was blamed for losing the 1993 unloseable election because of his staunch promotion of a Goods and Services Tax and an inability to sell his policies to voters Hewson initially stated he would not recontest but was convinced to do so to block John Howard from winning Candidates EditJohn Hewson incumbent Leader Member for Wentworth John Howard Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations Employment and Training Member for Bennelong Bruce Reid Member for BendigoResults EditLiberal Party of Australia deputy leadership ballot 1993 19901994 LIB Candidate Michael Wooldridge Peter CostelloFinal ballot 45 57 1 33 42 9 Seat Casey Vic Higgins Vic Deputy Leader before electionPeter Reith Elected Deputy Leader Michael WooldridgeThe following tables gives the ballot results Leadership ballot Edit Name Votes PercentageJohn Hewson 47 60 2John Howard 30 38 4Bruce Reid 1 1 4Deputy leadership ballot Edit Candidate Final ballot Michael Wooldridge 45 57 1Peter Costello 33 42 9Other candidates in order of elimination 3 Ken Aldred David Connolly and Alexander Downer Wilson Tuckey Peter Reith David JullAftermath EditOver the following year Hewson s leadership was undermined by the likes of Peter Costello 4 and Bronwyn Bishop This led to his defeat in May 1994 by Alexander Downer References Edit Politics will get you The Liberals Episode 5 1995 The Canberra Times March 24 1993 Hewson pledges change but still hails Fightback Canberra Times Act 1926 1995 24 March 1993 p 1 Out of the rough Kennett and Kroger end feud The Age 22 June 2005 Retrieved 13 July 2013 This article about an Australian political party is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1993 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill amp oldid 1171374749, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,