26-557: Kernot is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Cheryl Kernot (born 1948), Australian politician and academic Edith Betty Kernot Australian golfer Edith Latham Kernot Australian community worker in Geelon William Charles Kernot (1845–1909), Australian engineer See also [ edit ] Kernot railway station, Victoria [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
52-734: A 'danger in the Lodge ' ". In February 1990, the Liberal Party's deputy Senate leader Austin Lewis was sacked from shadow cabinet after suggesting Peacock would be removed as leader if the Coalition failed to win the election. Lewis's comments reportedly reignited leadership tensions within the Liberal Party and were influential in Hawke deciding to set an election date in March, two months before
78-562: A fourth successive term, the first time the ALP had won four consecutive terms. After John Howard lost the 1987 election to Hawke, Andrew Peacock was elected Deputy Leader in a show of party unity. In May 1989, Peacock's supporters mounted a successful leadership challenge which returned Peacock to the leadership. Hawke's Treasurer, Keating, ridiculed Peacock by asking: "Can the soufflé rise twice?" and calling him, in reference to Peacock's name, "all feathers and no meat". Hawke's government
104-688: A platform of "Change politics". She was not successful. Kernot was one of Australia's first fully qualified female cricket umpires. She was patron of the Australian women's cricket team from 1994 to 2000. Kernot is on the founding committee of a UK charity which works to provide shelter and education for street children in Kampala, Uganda. In 2014 Kernot became the first patron of the Women in Prison Advocacy Network (WIPAN). WIPAN
130-554: A political activist while working as a school teacher in New South Wales and Queensland . She also worked as an electorate officer and freelance radio producer. In 1984, Kernot was elected Queensland Secretary of the Australian Democrats, and later in the year, Queensland State President, a position she held until 1999. Kernot served as Deputy National President of the party between 1988 until her election to
156-414: A record 10 years in government with Bob Hawke as leader, a level of political success not previously seen by federal Labor. The election was to be Hawke's last as Prime Minister and Labor leader, he was replaced by Paul Keating on 20 December 1991 who would go on to lead Labor to win a record fifth successive election and a record 13 years (to the day) in government resulting from the 1993 election . At
182-548: Is a grassroots community charity dedicated to advancing the prospects and wellbeing of women and female youth affected by the criminal justice system. It does so through individual mentoring and advocacy. 1990 Australian federal election Bob Hawke Labor Bob Hawke Labor The 1990 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 24 March 1990. All 148 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in
208-575: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Cheryl Kernot Cheryl Zena Kernot (née Paton , formerly Young ; born 5 December 1948) is an Australian politician, academic, and political activist. She was a member of the Australian Senate representing Queensland for the Australian Democrats from 1990 to 1997, and the fifth leader of the Australian Democrats from 1993 to 1997. In 1997, she resigned from
234-532: The 1996 election and obtaining a primary vote of over 13% for herself. On 15 October 1997, Kernot abruptly moved to the Australian Labor Party , resigning her Senate seat and leaving the leadership of the Democrats to her deputy, Meg Lees, in what was described by journalist Monica Attard as a "defection [that] took the country by storm". In her resignation speech, Kernot did not criticise
260-409: The surname Kernot . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kernot&oldid=1190702712 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
286-643: The 1987 election. Until 2010, this was the only post-war election where a third party (excluding splinter state parties and the Nationals) has won more than 10% of the primary vote for elections to the Australian House of Representatives. It also saw the Nationals' leader, Charles Blunt , defeated in his own seat of Richmond by Labor challenger Neville Newell —only the second time that a major party leader had lost his own seat. Newell benefited from
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#1732787425078312-465: The 76-member Senate were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party , led by Bob Hawke , defeated the opposition Liberal Party of Australia , led by Andrew Peacock , with its coalition partner, the National Party of Australia , led by Charles Blunt , despite losing the nationwide popular and two-party-preferred vote . The result saw the re-election of the Hawke government for
338-592: The Australian Democrats, joined the Australian Labor Party , and won the seat of Dickson at the 1998 federal election . She was defeated at the 2001 federal election . Kernot was an unsuccessful independent candidate to represent New South Wales in the Australian Senate in the 2010 federal election . Kernot was born Cheryl Paton in Maitland, New South Wales , on 5 December 1948. She grew up working class and her father worked two jobs to provide for
364-634: The Democrats to Labor. On 3 July 2002, in his regular weekly column in The Bulletin , political journalist Laurie Oakes criticised Kernot for failing to mention an extramarital affair she had with Gareth Evans while she was leader of the Democrats. Evans was deputy leader of the Labor Party and key advocate of her move to Labor. Oakes claimed that the relationship began several years before Kernot joined Labor, and ended in October 1999. He made
390-499: The Democrats' Senate leader after the 1993 election . Meg Lees was elected as her deputy. Inside the party, she spearheaded a drive for central control of the state-based organisations, which resulted in protest resignations of members and the temporary closure of the Western Australian Division. Externally, however, she became a popular media spokesperson, leading the party to one of its best-ever results in
416-599: The Democrats, saying her motivation was due to a "growing sense of outrage at the damage being done to Australia by the Howard Government " and that her position leading a minor party in the Senate meant she "had a limited capacity to help minimise that damage". She also stated that she was "well aware of the political risks in this course of action". Some derided Kernot because of her ambition; and, according to journalist Julia Baird , she "found herself at odds with
442-695: The Director of Learning at the School for Social Entrepreneurs in London. Kernot is currently the Director of Social Business at the Centre for Social Impact, based at the University of New South Wales . She has also expressed support for Australia becoming a republic . On 30 July 2010, Kernot announced that she would run as a candidate for the Australian Senate representing New South Wales as an independent on
468-572: The Senate in 1990. Kernot was first elected as a Senator for Queensland at the 1990 election , taking over from the retiring Democrats Senator Michael Macklin . Kernot surprised party members by immediately contesting the parliamentary deputy leadership, even before taking her place in the Senate on 1 July 1990. In 1991, she controversially acted to discredit and depose the elected leader, Janet Powell , resulting in Powell's replacement by John Coulter . Kernot finally achieved her ambition to become
494-479: The Shadow Ministry, and held the roles of Shadow Minister for Regional Development, Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Services from 1998 to 1999, and Shadow Minister for Employment and Training from 1999 to 2001. After retiring from politics, Kernot wrote an autobiography called Speaking for Myself , which was published in 2002. This book was focused on her political career, particularly her move from
520-615: The claim based on leaked emails in his possession that proved Kernot had a five-year relationship with Evans. Initially, Kernot and Evans made themselves unavailable for comment; however, Evans subsequently confirmed the nature of their relationship. Kernot worked in the United Kingdom as Programme Director at the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurs at the Said Business School at Oxford University and as
546-490: The election, the Coalition won a slim majority of the two-party vote, and slashed Labor's majority from 24 seats to nine, most of the gains made in Victoria. However, it only managed a two-party swing of 0.9 percent, which was not nearly enough to deliver the additional seven seats the Coalition needed to make Peacock Prime Minister. Despite having regained much of what the non-Labor forces had lost three years earlier, Peacock
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#1732787425078572-468: The family. Her maternal grandfather was an organiser for the Australian Labor Party in the Hunter Valley coalfields. She attended East Maitland Primary School and Maitland Girls' High School . Kernot received a Commonwealth scholarship to attend the University of Sydney , where she studied government. She received a teaching diploma from the University of Newcastle and spent twelve years as
598-401: The last possible date for the election. Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election. Where redistributions occurred, the pre-1990 margin represents the redistributed margin. The 1990 election resulted in a modest swing to the opposition Coalition. Though Labor had to contend with the late 80s/early 90s recession , they won a record fourth successive election and
624-507: The leadership of the Labor Party". Baird went on to say "...[Kernot]...unravelled publicly under the stress, and she was portrayed in print as a has-been, a whinger and a poor performer". Kernot narrowly won the outer metropolitan Brisbane seat of Dickson for Labor at the 1998 election , before losing it at the 2001 election to the Liberal Party candidate Peter Dutton . During her period as Member for Dickson, Kernot served in
650-581: Was forced to resign after the election. This election saw the peak of the Australian Democrats ' popularity under Janine Haines , and a WA Greens candidate won a seat in the Australian Senate for the first time – although the successful candidate, Jo Vallentine , was already a two-term senator, having previously won a seat for the Nuclear Disarmament Party at the 1984 election , and the Vallentine Peace Group at
676-540: Was in political trouble, with high interest rates and a financial crisis in Victoria. The controversy over the Multifunction Polis boiled over during the federal election campaign. Peacock, declared that a future Coalition Government would abandon the project. He shared the Asian "enclave" fears of RSL president Alf Garland and others. The following day, The Australian newspaper ran a headline "Peacock
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