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Blunt was immediately promoted to the opposition front bench, serving as shadow Minister for Social Services. In 1989 he organised a leadership coup against the veteran leader of the NPA, Ian Sinclair. Blunt aimed to modernise the NPA and bring it into closer alignment with the Liberal Party, particularly on issues of economic deregulation. He was also more socially liberal than most NPA members.
Unfortunately for Blunt, neither of these things was popular with rank and file NPA members, and he found his leadership under increasing attack from traditionalists. At the same time the seat of Richmond, which had been held by the NPA and its predecessor the Country Party since 1922, was becoming more urbanised. The antiwar campaigner Helen Caldicott announced that she would oppose Blunt in his electorate at the next election.
The culmination of these trends was a swing against the NPA at the 1990 elections, at which the HawkeRobert James Lee Hawke (born December 9 1929), Australian trade union leader and politician, was the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia. After a decade as leader of the Australian union movement, he entered politics and was Prime Minister within three years LaborThe Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australia's oldest political party. It is so-named because of its origins in and close links to the trade union movement. While Australians normally spell Labour with an "-our" ending, in the name of the party it is sp government was re-elected, and Blunt's defeat in Richmond. The fact that Blunt had no local connections worked against him in a country seat. The Labor Party won the seat on Caldicott's preferences2001 Australian federal election. Most Australian voters follow these cards when casting their vote The Australian electoral system has evolved over nearly 150 years of continuous democratic government, and has a number of distinctive features including c. Blunt's demise meant the end of attempts to shift the NPA away from its traditional conservatism.
After leaving politics Blunt went into business. He led a number of trade and investment missions to the United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in and was regular speaker at international trade and investment outlook conferences. In 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U he was National Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia.
| Preceded by: Ian Sinclair | Leaders of the National Party of Australia | Followed by: Tim FischerTimothy Andrew Fischer (born 3 March 1946), Australian politician, was born in Lockhart, in the Riverina district of New South Wales, son of a farmer of German descent. In 1966 he was conscripted into the Australian Army, and served in the Vietnam War an |