Third Howard ministry

Third Howard ministry
62nd Ministry of Australia
John Howard John Anderson
Date formed	26 November 2001
Date dissolved	26 October 2004
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor-General	Peter Hollingworth Michael Jeffery
Prime Minister	John Howard
Deputy Prime Minister	John Anderson
No. of ministers	34 (plus 14 Parliamentary Secretaries)
Member party	Liberal–National coalition
Status in legislature	Majority government 82 / 150
Opposition cabinet	Crean Latham
Opposition party	Labor
Opposition leader	Simon Crean Mark Latham
History
Election	10 November 2001
Outgoing election	9 October 2004
Legislature term	40th
Predecessor	Second Howard ministry
Successor	Fourth Howard ministry

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Early life Member for Bennelong (1974–2007) Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs Minister for Special Trade Negotiations Treasurer of Australia Early 1980s recession 1983 Liberal Party leadership election 1985 Liberal Party leadership spill Joh for Canberra debacle 1987 Liberal Party leadership spill One Australia 1989 Liberal Party leadership spill Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations 1993 Liberal Party leadership spill 1995 Liberal Party leadership spill Prime Minister of Australia Term of government (1996–2007) Gun control Workplace Relations Act 1996 1996 Parliament House riot Wik Peoples v Queensland Waterfront dispute Native Title Amendment Act 1998 Work for the Dole scheme 1998 Australian Constitutional Convention Republic referendum Australian intervention in East Timor GST and taxation Tampa affair The Pacific Solution Australian involvement in the War in Afghanistan Australian involvement in the Iraq War Marriage Amendment Act 2004 WorkChoices Northern Territory intervention Ministries First Ministry Second Ministry Third Ministry Fourth Ministry Elections 1987 1996 1998 2001 2004 2007 Lazarus Rising
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The third Howard ministry (Liberal–National coalition) was the 62nd ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 25th prime minister, John Howard. The third Howard ministry succeeded the second Howard ministry, which dissolved on 26 November 2001 following the federal election that took place on 10 November. The ministry was replaced by the fourth Howard ministry on 26 October 2004 following the 2004 federal election.^[1]

As of 2021, this is the earliest ministry in which all of its members are still alive.