First Howard ministry

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First Howard ministry
Labor
Opposition leaderKim Beazley
History
Election2 March 1996
Outgoing election3 October 1998
Legislature term38th
PredecessorSecond Keating ministry
SuccessorSecond Howard ministry
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John Howard

Prime Minister of Australia

Term of government (1996–2007)

Ministries

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  • Third Ministry
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Elections

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Government of Australia

The first Howard ministry (

Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 25th prime minister, John Howard. The first Howard ministry succeeded the second Keating ministry, which dissolved on 11 March 1996 following the federal election that took place on 2 March 1996, which saw the Coalition defeat Paul Keating's Labor Party. The ministry was replaced by the second Howard ministry on 21 October 1998 following the 1998 federal election.[1]

Cabinet

Party Minister Portrait Portfolio
Liberal Hon John Howard
(1939–)

MP for Bennelong
(1974–2007)

Nationals Hon Tim Fischer
(1946–2019)

MP for Farrer
(1984–2001)

Liberal Hon Peter Costello
(1957–)

MP for Higgins
(1990–2009)

Nationals Hon John Anderson
(1956–)

MP for Gwydir
(1989–2007)

Liberal Hon Robert Hill
(1946–)

Senator for South Australia
(1981–2006)

Liberal Hon Richard Alston
(1941–)

Victoria

(1986–2004)

Liberal Hon Peter Reith
(1950–2022)

MP for Flinders
(1984–2001)

Liberal Hon Jocelyn Newman
(1937–2018)

Senator for Tasmania
(1986–2002)

Liberal Hon Alexander Downer
(1951–)

MP for Mayo
(1984–2008)

Liberal Hon John Moore
(1936–)

MP for Ryan
(1975–2001)

Liberal
AO

(1936–)

MP for Barker
(1990–1998)

Nationals Hon John Sharp
(1954–)

MP for Hume
(1993–1998)

  • Minister for Transport and Regional Development
    (to 25 September 1997)
Liberal Hon Dr Michael Wooldridge
(1956–)

MP for Chisholm
(1987–1998)

MP for Casey
(1998–2001)

Liberal Hon John Fahey
(1945–2020)

MP for Macarthur
(1996–2001)

Liberal Hon Amanda Vanstone
(1952–)

Senator for South Australia
(1984–2007) (in Cabinet until 9 October 1997)

Liberal Hon Dr David Kemp
(1941–)

MP for Goldstein
(1990–2004) (in Cabinet from 9 October 1997)

Nationals Hon Mark Vaile
(1956–)

MP for Lyne
(1993–2008) (in Cabinet from 9 October 1997)

  • Minister for Transport and Regional Development
    (from 9 October 1997)
Liberal
QC

(1942–)

MP for Tangney
(1993–2004) (in Cabinet from 9 October 1997)

Outer ministry

Party Minister Portrait Portfolio
Liberal Hon Philip Ruddock
(1943–)

MP for Berowra
(1993–2016)

Nationals Hon Peter McGauran
(1955–)

MP for Gippsland
(1983–2008)

Liberal
Jim Short

(1936–)

Victoria

(1984–1997)

Liberal Hon Warwick Parer
(1936–2014)

Senator for Queensland
(1984–2000)

Liberal Hon Geoff Prosser
(1948–)

MP for Forrest
(1987–2007)

Liberal Hon Judi Moylan
(1944–)

MP for Pearce
(1993–2013)

Liberal Hon Bronwyn Bishop
(1942–)

MP for Mackellar
(1994–2016)

Liberal Hon Warwick Smith
(1954–)

MP for Bass
(1996–1998)

Nationals Hon Bruce Scott
(1943–)

MP for Maranoa
(1990–2016)

Liberal Hon John Herron
(1932–2019)

Senator for Queensland
(1990–2002)

Liberal Hon David Jull
(1944–2011)

MP for Fadden
(1984–2007)

Liberal Hon Rod Kemp
(1944–)

Victoria

(1990–2008) (in Ministry from 14 October 1996)

Liberal Hon Chris Ellison
(1954–)

Senator for Western Australia
(1993–2009) (in Ministry from 18 July 1997)

Liberal Hon Andrew Thomson
(1961–)

MP for Wentworth
(1995–2001) (in Ministry from 9 October 1997)

Liberal Hon Nick Minchin
(1953–)

Senator for South Australia
(1993–2011) (in Ministry from 9 October 1997)

Liberal Hon Alex Somlyay
(1946–)

MP for Fairfax
(1990–2013) (in Ministry from 9 October 1997)

Nationals Hon Warren Truss
(1948–)

MP for Wide Bay
(1990–2016) (in Ministry from 9 October 1997)

Parliamentary Secretaries

Party Minister Portrait Portfolio
Liberal Tony Abbott
(1957–)

MP for Warringah
(1994–2019)

Nationals Hon David Brownhill
(1935–)

Senator for New South Wales
(1984–2000)

Liberal Ian Campbell
(1959–)

Senator for Western Australia
(1990–2007)

Liberal Brian Gibson
(1936–2017)

Senator for Tasmania
(1993–2002)

  • Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer (to 15 October 1996)
Liberal Hon Chris Miles
(1947–)

MP for Braddon
(1984–1998)

Country Liberal Grant Tambling
(1943–)

Senator for Northern Territory
(1987–2001)

  • Parliamentary Secretary to the
    Minister for Transport and Regional Development
    (to 14 October 1996)
  • Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Security (from 14 October 1996)
Liberal Hon Bob Woods
(1947–)

Senator for New South Wales
(1994–1997)

Liberal Hon Michael Ronaldson
(1954–)

MP for Ballarat
(1990–2001)

  • Parliamentary Secretary to the
    Minister for Transport and Regional Development
    (from 14 October 1996)
Liberal Hon Ian Macdonald
(1945–)

Senator for New South Wales
(1990–2019)

  • Parliamentary Secretary to the
    Minister for the Environment
    (from 11 November 1996)
Liberal Hon Alan Cadman
(1937–)

MP for Mitchell
(1974–2007)

Liberal Hon Trish Worth
(1946–)

MP for Adelaide
(1993–2004)

Liberal Hon Kathy Sullivan
(1942–)

MP for Moncrieff
(1984–2001)

Liberal Hon Judith Troeth
(1940–)

Victoria

(1993–2011)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
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