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Fast facts: John Howard
Personal profile
Born:
26 July 1939, Dulwich Hill, Sydney
Education:
Canterbury Boys High (1952–56); University of Sydney (1957–61)
Employment:
solicitor
Marriage:
4 April 1971, St Peters Church, Watsons Bay, Sydney
Children:
Melanie (1974); Tim (1977); Richard (1980)
Honours:
Companion of the Order of Australia
Born:
1944
Memberships:
Liberal Party of Australia
Political profile
Terms as PM:
11 March 1996 – 3 December 2007
Terms as MP:
House of Representatives: 9 July 1974 – 12 December 2007 (Bennelong); Leader of the Opposition (September 1985 – May 1989 and January 1995 – March 1996)
Portfolios:
Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs: 22 December 1975 – 17 July 1977
Minister for Special Trade Negotiations: 17 July – 20 December 1977
Treasurer: 19 November 1977 – 11 March 1983
Political memberships:
Liberal Party of Australia (1954– )
Quiz facts
- Australia’s 25th Prime Minister
- 2nd prime minister to lose his seat
- only Liberal Party prime minister educated in government schools
- named after British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
- entered parliament on the 74th anniversary of the enactment of Australia’s Constitution on 9 July 1900
- active in Liberal Party politics from the age of 18
- campaigned for the Conservative Party in Britain’s 1964 election