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Peter Dowding

Peter Dowding
24th Premier of Western Australia
Elections: 1989
In office
25 February 1988 – 12 February 1990
Monarch Elizabeth II
Governor Gordon Reid
Deputy David Parker
Preceded by Brian Burke
Succeeded by Carmen Lawrence
Constituency North Province
Maylands
Personal details
Born (1943-10-06) 6 October 1943 (age 73)
Melbourne
Nationality Australian
Political party Australian Labor Party
Profession Barrister

Peter McCallum Dowding SC (born 6 October 1943 in Melbourne) was the 24th Premier of Western Australia, serving from 25 February 1988 until his resignation on 12 February 1990 after an internal party dispute.

The son of Presbyterian minister and activist Keith Dowding, he was educated at three independent schools: Caulfield Grammar School, The Scots College and Hale School, in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth respectively. He earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Western Australia in 1964.

Dowding was elected as a member of Western Australia's Legislative Council for the Australian Labor Party from 1979 to 1986 representing the North Province and, in 1986, was elected as the member for Maylands in the Legislative Assembly.

Having succeeded Brian Burke as premier on 25 February 1988, during the time known as the WA Inc period, he was involved in unravelling a number of business transactions. At the 1989 state election he led the ALP to its third consecutive victory; but later, as the government's position in the polls deteriorated, he resigned from the premiership on 12 February 1990. Carmen Lawrence succeeded him, becoming the first female premier of any Australian state. A royal commission later found that:


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