Peter McCallum Dowding
Australian politician
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Peter McCallum Dowding served as the Premier of Western Australia from 1988 to 1990. He took office following the "WA Inc." scandal and the imprisonment of his predecessor, Brian Burke. Dowding resigned in 1990, and was succeeded by Carmen Lawrence, who became Australia's first female premier. Dowding's premiership occurred during a period of significant political and economic turmoil in Western Australia, marked by the fallout from the "WA Inc." dealings and subsequent corruption scandals.1
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