First Howard ministry

First Howard ministry
60th Ministry of Australia
John Howard Tim Fischer
Date formed	11 March 1996
Date dissolved	21 October 1998
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor-General	Sir William Deane
Prime Minister	John Howard
Deputy Prime Minister	Tim Fischer
No. of ministers	35 (plus 13 Parliamentary Secretaries)
Member party	Liberal–National coalition
Status in legislature	Majority government 94 / 148
Opposition party	Labor
Opposition leader	Kim Beazley
History
Election	2 March 1996
Outgoing election	3 October 1998
Legislature term	38th
Predecessor	Second Keating ministry
Successor	Second Howard ministry

This article is part of a series about John Howard
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
v t e

The first Howard ministry (Liberal–National coalition) was the 60th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 25th prime minister, John Howard. The first Howard ministry succeeded the second Keating ministry, which dissolved on 11 March 1996 following the federal election that took place on 2 March 1996, which saw the Coalition defeat Paul Keating's Labor Party. The ministry was replaced by the second Howard ministry on 21 October 1998 following the 1998 federal election.^[1]