1987 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill

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]

Liberal Party of Australia
leadership election, 1987
18 July 1987
 
Candidate John Howard Andrew Peacock
Caucus vote 41 28
Percentage 59.43 40.57
Leader before election

John Howard

 Elected Leader

John Howard

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

Results

The following table gives the ballot results:

Name Votes Percentage
John Howard 41 59.43
Andrew Peacock 28 40.57
gollark: Wait, *can* I contact him? They're not on here.
gollark: I see.
gollark: You removed the "she/her trial" thing so I reserve the right to use real-world-thingied pronouns.
gollark: But you can not do much and also remain fairly transparent.
gollark: I think most of the complaining was bizarre metacomplaining about how people might be happy, and also about him not being actually meant to do much.

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