Federal Parliament · House of Representatives

Alexander Downer

Member for Mayo · Liberal Party · SA · Former member

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How they voted on policies

Each policy groups related divisions. Counts are this member's recorded votes from 16 Feb 2006 to 5 June 2008; the score is They Vote For You's weighted agreement across all years. A voting record shows how someone voted, not necessarily what they personally believe.

No policy voting record yet.

Recent recorded votes

05 June · Voted No
National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 — Third Reading
Read a third time · Ayes in the majority
05 June · Voted No
National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 — Second Reading — Read a second time
Ayes in the majority
05 June · Voted No
National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) Bill 2008 — Third Reading
Read a third time · Ayes in the majority
05 June · Voted No
National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) Bill 2008 — Second Reading — Read a second time
Ayes in the majority
05 June · Voted No
National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) Bill 2008 — Second Reading — Keep motion to read a second time unchanged
Ayes in the majority
04 June · Voted Aye
Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008
Third Reading - Read a third time · Third reading agreed to · +1 other vote that day
19 Mar · Voted Aye
Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008
Suspend standing orders · Noes in the majority · +1 other vote that day

Participation covers recorded divisions, not all parliamentary work. Many decisions pass without a recorded vote.

Time in Parliament

Terms of service and ministerial or shadow ministerial roles, from OpenAustralia's hand-maintained records of the Parliamentary Handbook.

Terms of service

House of Representatives
1 Dec 1984 – 14 July 2008 · Resigned

Ministerial and shadow roles

Minister for Foreign Affairs
13 Oct 1996 – 3 Dec 2007