John Button (Australian politician)

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The Honourable John Button
Leader of the Government in the Senate
In office 11 March 1983 – 24 March 1993
Prime Minister	Bob Hawke Paul Keating
Preceded by	John Carrick
Succeeded by	Gareth Evans
Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce
In office 13 December 1984 – 24 March 1993
Prime Minister	Bob Hawke Paul Keating
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Alan Griffiths
Minister for Industry and Commerce
In office 11 March 1983 – 13 December 1984
Prime Minister	Bob Hawke
Preceded by	Andrew Peacock
Succeeded by	Himself
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
In office 7 November 1980 – 11 March 1983
Preceded by	Ken Wriedt
Succeeded by	Fred Chaney
Senator for Victoria
In office 18 May 1974 – 31 March 1993
Succeeded by	Kim Carr
Personal details
Born	(1933-06-30)30 June 1933 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Died	8 April 2008(2008-04-08) (aged 74) Melbourne, Victoria
Political party	Labor
Spouse(s)	Marjorie Batten, 1961-1983 (div), Dorothy O’Neil, 1984 - 2000 (div), Joan Grant
Children	3

John Norman Button (30 June 1933 – 8 April 2008) was an Australian politician, who served as a senior minister in the Hawke and Keating Labor governments. He was notable for the Button car plan, which involved downsizing and eventually ending Australia's car industry by reducing tariffs and government protection.^[1]