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John Sydney Dawkins was the Treasurer of Australia from December 1991 to December 1993.
Dawkins was first elected to Federal Parliament as the Australian Labor Party (ALP) member for Tangney, Western Australia, in the House of Representatives in 1974 but lost his seat more than a year later in 1975 in the election following the dismissal of the Whitlam Government.
In 1977 he returned to Parliament as the member for Fremantle succeeding Kim Edward Beazley, the father of current ALP leader Kim Christian Beazley. Upon the election of the Hawke ALP Government in 1983 he became a minister. From 11 March 1983 to December 13 1984 he was Minister for Finance and was also Minister assisting the Prime Minister on Public Service Matters (28 July 1983 to December 13 1984). In the second Hawke Ministry he was Minister for Trade and minister assisting the Prime Minister for Youth Affairs (December 13 1984 to July 24 1987). From July 24 1987 to December 27 1991 he was Minister for Employment, Education and Training.
A key supporter of Paul Keating, Dawkins became Treasurer following Keating's unseating of Hawke as ALP leader and Prime Minister in his second and successful leadership challenge.
Mere months after presenting his second Budget which aroused a lot of controversy, Dawkins announced his retirement from politics in Parliament in December 1993. It was during his farewell speech that he suggested that the date of presenting the Budget be moved from August to May, a practice that would be started by his successor Ralph Willis in May 1994.
Dawkins resigned as Treasurer in December 1993 and from Parliament in February 1994. He was succeeded in Fremantle by former Premier Dr Carmen Lawrence.
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