John Dawkins

John Dawkins
Dawkins in 1984
Treasurer of Australia
In office
27 December 1991 – 22 December 1993
Prime MinisterPaul Keating
Preceded byRalph Willis
Succeeded byRalph Willis
Minister for Employment, Education and Training
In office
24 July 1987 – 27 December 1991
Prime MinisterBob Hawke
Paul Keating
Preceded bySusan Ryan
Succeeded byKim Beazley
Minister for Trade
In office
13 December 1984 – 24 July 1987
Prime MinisterBob Hawke
Preceded byLionel Bowen
Succeeded byMichael Duffy
Minister for Finance
In office
11 March 1983 – 13 December 1984
Prime MinisterBob Hawke
Preceded byDame Margaret Guilfoyle
Succeeded byPeter Walsh
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Fremantle
In office
10 December 1977 – 4 February 1994
Preceded byKim Beazley
Succeeded byCarmen Lawrence
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Tangney
In office
18 May 1974 – 13 December 1975
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byPeter Richardson
Personal details
Born (1947-03-02) 2 March 1947 (age 77)
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
Spouses
  • Kate
Maggie Maruff
(m. 1987)
RelationsErnest Augustus Lee Steere (grandfather)
Ernest Henry Lee-Steere (uncle)
Children3 (and 1 step-child)
Alma materUniversity of Western Australia
OccupationEconomist

John Sydney "Joe"[1] Dawkins AO (born 2 March 1947) is an Australian former politician who was Treasurer in the Keating Labor government from December 1991 to December 1993. He is notable for his reforms of tertiary education as Minister for Employment, Education and Training, his period as Treasurer when he attempted to increase taxes in order to balance the budget and his abrupt exit from politics.

  1. ^ Ramsey, Alan (1 March 2003). "A stroll back up the stairs". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 June 2011.