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The 1992 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 3 October 1992, was for the 52nd Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect all 88 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council. The Labor government of Premier Joan Kirner, who had replaced John Cain on 10 August 1990, was defeated by the Liberal–National Coalition led by Jeff Kennett and Pat McNamara, who had campaigned on comprehensive economic and structural reform as well as changes to industrial relations. ==Background== At the 1988 state election, the Labor government had won a third term, gaining 46 of the 88 Legislative Assembly seats, but was sent reeling by a budget crisis. Despite this, polling indicated that the Liberal Opposition had been unable to gain any ground under Alan Brown, who had succeeded Jeff Kennett on 23 May 1989. Brown was, however, able to persuade the Nationals to agree to contest the next election as a Coalition, the first time the two main non-Labor parties in Victoria had fought an election together since 1950. The Liberals had actually won a majority of the two-party vote in 1988, but came up five seats short of making achieving government. It was believed that they had lost seats due to a number of three-cornered contests in rural areas. When it became apparent that Labor would stand no chance of winning the next election under his leadership, Cain resigned, and was succeeded by Education Minister Joan Kirner. While Kirner was able to win some respect, she was unable to change Labor's fortunes. Her position became more difficult when Kennett's supporters launched a party room coup that returned him to the leadership on 23 April 1991. Kirner waited as long as she could before calling the election. While she remained more personally popular than Kennett, by nearly all accounts Labor stood no chance of winning a fourth term. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Victorian state election, 1992」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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