Peter Johnson (Australian politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Australian politician, born 1943
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Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
About Peter Johnson (Australian politician)
- Peter Francis Johnson (born 27 August 1943) was an Australian politician.
- Born in Sydney, he was a wholesaler and exporter before entering politics.
- In 1975, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for Brisbane, defeating Labor MP Manfred Cross amid the massive Coalition landslide that year.
- Johnson was behind in initial counting, but benefited from the National Country Party opting to contest seats outside its traditional rural heartland; he won on the third count when the National Country candidate's preferences flowed overwhelmingly to him.
- A redistribution ahead of the 1977 election technically made Brisbane a safe Liberal seat, but Johnson narrowly saw off a spirited challenge from Cross that year.
- Cross defeated him in another rematch in 1980.
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