1987 Australian federal election
The 1987 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 11 July 1987, following the granting of a double dissolution on 5 June by the Governor-General Sir Ninian Stephen. Consequently, all 148 seats in the House of Representatives as well as all 76 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party, led by Prime Minister Bob Hawke, defeated the opposition Liberal Party of Australia, led by John Howard and the National Party of Australia led by Ian Sinclair. This was the first, and to date only, time the Labor Party won a third consecutive election.
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All 148 seats in the House of Representatives 75 seats were needed for a majority in the House All 76 seats in the Senate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 10,353,213 4.90% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 9,715,440 (93.84%) (0.35 pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1987 Australian federal election |
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This was the last federal election prior to the Old Parliament House ending it's parliamentary session after 61 years of service then a year later it's replaced by today's Parliament House.
Future Opposition Leader John Hewson entered parliament at this election.
Since the introduction in the previous election in 1984 of leaders' debates, this was the only election in which there was not at least one leaders' debate due to Hawke's refusal to debate Howard.