First Hawke ministry

First Hawke ministry
54th Ministry of Australia
Bob Hawke Lionel Bowen
Date formed	11 March 1983
Date dissolved	13 December 1984
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor-General	Sir Ninian Stephen
Prime Minister	Bob Hawke
Deputy Prime Minister	Lionel Bowen
No. of ministers	27
Member party	Labor
Status in legislature	Majority government
Opposition party	Liberal–National coalition
Opposition leader	Andrew Peacock
History
Election	5 March 1983
Outgoing election	1 December 1984
Legislature term	33rd
Predecessor	Fourth Fraser ministry
Successor	Second Hawke ministry

This article is part of a series about Bob Hawke
Early life President of the ACTU Member for Wills (1980–1992) Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations, Employment and Youth 1982 Labor Party Spill 1983 Labor Party Spill June 1991 Labor Party spill December 1991 Labor Party spill Prime Minister of Australia Term of government (1983–1991) Prices and Incomes Accord Floating the Australian dollar Financial deregulation 1984 Australian referendum Medicare Australia Act 1988 Australian referendum Gulf War RCIADIC Ministries First Ministry Second Ministry Third Ministry Fourth Ministry Elections 1983 1984 1987 1990
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The first Hawke ministry (Labor) was the 54th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 23rd Prime Minister, Bob Hawke. The first Hawke ministry succeeded the Fourth Fraser ministry, which dissolved on 11 March 1983 following the federal election that took place on 5 March which saw Labor defeat Malcolm Fraser's Liberal–National Coalition. The ministry was replaced by the second Hawke ministry on 13 December 1984 following the 1984 federal election.^[1]

As of 21 October 2023, Ralph Willis, Paul Keating, Gareth Evans and John Dawkins are the last surviving members of Cabinet of the first Hawke ministry.