John Hewson
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Dr John Hewson AM |
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Leader of the Opposition Elections: 1993 |
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In office 3 April 1990 – 23 May 1994 |
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| Prime Minister |
Bob Hawke Paul Keating |
| Deputy |
Peter Reith Michael Wooldridge |
| Preceded by | Andrew Peacock |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Downer |
| Leader of the Liberal Party | |
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In office 3 April 1990 – 23 May 1994 |
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| Deputy |
Peter Reith Michael Wooldridge |
| Preceded by | Andrew Peacock |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Downer |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Wentworth |
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In office 11 July 1987 – 28 February 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Coleman |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Thomson |
| Personal details | |
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28 October 1946 Sydney, New South Wales |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Other political affiliations |
Coalition |
| Spouse(s) |
Margaret Deaves (m. 1967; div. 1985) Carolyn Somerville (m. 1988; div. 2004) Jessica Wilson (m. 2007) |
| Children |
with Deaves; Timothy Hewson Rachel Hewson Micah Hewson with Sommerville; Suzannah Hewson with Wilson; Amelia Hewson Eliza Hewson |
| Education | Kogarah High School |
| Alma mater | |
John Robert Hewson AM (born 28 October 1946) is an Australian economist, company director and a former politician. Known for his 650-page Fightback! policy package, he was federal leader of the Liberal Party of Australia and Leader of the Opposition from 1990 to 1994. He led the Coalition to defeat at the 1993 federal election.
Hewson was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the son of a working-class, politically conservative engineer. He was educated at Kogarah High School and then at the University of Sydney where he graduated in economics. He then gained a master's degree from the Regina, Canada, campus of the University of Saskatchewan (which since 1974 has been the University of Regina) and a second master's and a doctorate in economics from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA. In 1967 he married Margaret Deaves.
Returning to Australia, Hewson worked as an economist for the Reserve Bank of Australia. From 1976 to 1983 he was employed as an economic advisor to two successive Liberal treasurers; Phillip Lynch and John Howard. During this period he developed a keen interest in politics and was determined to enter politics himself. While a strong Liberal, he was internally critical of what he saw as unconvincing and inconsistent economic Liberal Party policies. He was a supporter of some of the economic policies of Margaret Thatcher.
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