Fourth Howard ministry

Fourth Howard ministry
63rd ministry of Australia
John Howard John Anderson
Date formed	26 October 2004
Date dissolved	3 December 2007
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor-General	Michael Jeffery
Prime Minister	John Howard
Deputy Prime Minister	John Anderson Mark Vaile
No. of ministers	41 (plus 12 Parliamentary Secretaries)
Member party	Liberal–National coalition
Status in legislature	Majority government 87 / 150
Opposition cabinet	Latham Beazley Rudd
Opposition party	Labor
Opposition leader	Mark Latham Kim Beazley Kevin Rudd
History
Election	9 October 2004
Outgoing election	24 November 2007
Legislature term	41st
Predecessor	Third Howard ministry
Successor	First Rudd 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 fourth Howard ministry (Liberal–National coalition) was the 63rd ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 25th prime minister, John Howard. The fourth Howard ministry succeeded the third Howard ministry, which dissolved on 26 October 2004 following the federal election that took place on 9 October. The ministry was replaced by the first Rudd ministry on 3 December 2007 following the federal election that took place on 24 November which saw Labor defeat the Coalition.^[1]