Peter Dowding
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Peter Dowding (Melbourne, 6 oktober 1943) was de vierentwintigste premier van West-Australië.
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Peter McCallum Dowding SC (born 6 October 1943) is an Australian lawyer and former politician who served as the 24th Premier of Western Australia, from 25 February 1988 until his forced resignation on 12 February 1990. He was a member of parliament from 1980 to 1990.
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Peter Dowding
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Peter Dowding
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Peter Dowding
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Peter Dowding
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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1943-10-06
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Leader of the Labor Party
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in Western Australia
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Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council
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Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
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Brian Burke
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Himself
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Barrister and solicitor
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4
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David Parker
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1986-01-15
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1989-02-28
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1990-02-12
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1990-04-26
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1980-05-22
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1986-02-08
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1988-02-25
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Leader of the Labor Party in Western Australia
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Member for Maylands
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Member for the North Province
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1980
1986
1988
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Peter McCallum Dowding SC (born 6 October 1943) is an Australian lawyer and former politician who served as the 24th Premier of Western Australia, from 25 February 1988 until his forced resignation on 12 February 1990. He was a member of parliament from 1980 to 1990. Dowding graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Laws, and he subsequently worked as a solicitor and barrister. In 1980, he was elected to the North Province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, representing the Labor Party. He entered cabinet when Labor won the 1983 state election, and changed ministries several times over the ensuing years due to cabinet reshuffles. At the 1986 state election, Dowding transferred to the Legislative Assembly, winning the safe seat of Maylands. In December 1987, Premier Brian Burke announced that he would resign on 25 February 1988. Burke picked Dowding as his preferred replacement, with a secret opinion poll showing that he was the best candidate for the party to choose. After several other contenders dropped out of the contest, Dowding was voted in unanimously as the party's leader on 30 December. He was sworn in as the premier as scheduled on 25 February 1988. Following controversy caused by WA Inc, Dowding's government was losing popularity. On 12 February 1990, Dowding resigned as premier and leader of the Labor Party ahead of almost certainly losing a leadership spill. His replacement was Carmen Lawrence. Dowding soon resigned from parliament, and went back to practising law. The royal commission into WA Inc was scathing of Dowding, saying that he "presided over a disastrous series of decisions".
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Peter Dowding (Melbourne, 6 oktober 1943) was de vierentwintigste premier van West-Australië.
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Peter McCallum Dowding
