Australian Politics and Policy - Senior, 2019a

Australian Politics and Policy
Election* Premier/s
between
elections**
Main support in Assembly
Government
status
John Robertson Robertson faction Minority
1877 John Robertson
James Farnell
Henry Parkes
Robertson faction
Independents
Parkes and Robertson factional coalition
Minority
Minority
Majority
1880 Henry Parkes Parkes and Robertson factional coalition Majority
1882 Alexander Stuart
George Dibbs
1885 John Robertson
Patrick Jennings
Henry Parkes
1887 Henry Parkes
George Dibbs
Stuart–Dibbs–Jennings faction
Dibbs–Jennings faction
Robertson faction
Dibbs–Jennings faction
Free Trade
Free Trade
Protectionist
Minority
Minority
Minority
Minority
Minority
Minority
Minority
1889 Henry Parkes Free Trade Minority
1891 Henry Parkes
George Dibbs
Free Trade
Protectionist
Minority
Minority
1894 George Reid Free Trade Minority
1895 George Reid Free Trade Minority
1898 George Reid
William Lyne
John See
Free Trade
Protectionist
Progressive
Minority
Minority
Minority
*Year of first day of voting if voting occurred on multiple days.
**The first premier listed next to each election date is the first leader who secured office as
a result of the election. Premiers who continued to govern for short periods after losing an
election until a successor was sworn in are not included.
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