After a decade as president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, he entered parliament as a Labor MP at the 1980 federal election and became Prime Minister within three years, leading Labor to victory at four consecutive federal elections: 1983, 1984, 1987 and 1990.

The first democratic elections since 1976 were held in December 1984 and were won by the Grenada National Party under Herbert Blaize who won 14 out of 15 seats in elections and served as Prime Minister until his death in December 1989.

Following a name-change, they contested the 1984 European Parliament elections, with their party founder winning 1. 9 % in the Dublin constituency.

The Communist Party ( PCL ), which received 10 %- 18 % of the vote in national elections from World War II to the 1960s, won only two seats in the 1984 elections, one in 1989, and none in 1994.

President Taya, who won elections in 1992 and 1997, first became chief of state through a December 12, 1984 bloodless coup which made him chairman of the committee of military officers that governed Mauritania from July 1978 to April 1992.

In 1984 he became a member of the Knesset when Kach gained one seat in parliamentary elections.

In the 1984 legislative elections, Kahane's Kach party received 25, 907 votes, enough to give the party one seat in the Knesset, which was taken by Kahane.

The primary opposition candidate was the U. S .- backed Arturo Cruz, who succumbed to pressure from the United States government not to take part in the 1984 elections ; later US officials were quoted as saying, " the ( Reagan ) Administration never contemplated letting Cruz stay in the race, because then the Sandinistas could justifiably claim that the elections were legitimate.

After the 1984 elections had proved inconclusive with neither the Alignment nor Likud able to form a government, a national unity government was formed with a rotating prime ministership – Shimon Peres took the first two years, and was replaced by Shamir midway through the Knesset term.

To take advantage of this landmark, early elections were called in 1984, in which the NRP captured all 3 seats on Nevis, and the PAM party capturing 6 seats on St. Kitts, compared to the labour party's 2, despite overall the labour party winning the nationwide popular vote.

Expecting an easy victory for the SVLP in 1984, Cato called early elections.

Despite acquiring an increasing percentage of the popular vote — 34 % overall in 2006 — opposition parties gained small numbers of seats in the general elections of 1984 ( 2 seats of 79 ), 1988 ( 1 seat of 81 ), 1991 ( 4 seats of 81 ), 1997 ( 2 seats of 83 ) and 2001 ( 2 seats of 84 ).

In 1984 elections were held and described as free and fair by international observers but were boycotted by some opposition parties.

The State of Emergency was not lifted during the 1984 elections.

Following promulgation of a new populist constitution, Nicaragua held national elections in 1984.

Although initially willing to stand in the 1984 elections, the UNO, headed by Arturo Cruz ( a former Sandinista ) declined participation in the elections based on their own objections to the restrictions placed on the electoral process by the State of Emergency and the official advisement of President Ronald Reagan's State Department, who feared that their participation would legitimize the election process.

Following the referendum the armed forces announced a plan for the return to civilian rule, and national elections were held in 1984.

National elections were held in 1984 ; Colorado Party leader Julio María Sanguinetti won the presidency and, following the brief interim Presidency of Rafael Addiego Bruno, served from 1985 to 1990.

The ALP won renewed mandates in the general elections in 1984 and 1989.

In the 1984 elections Labour promised to calm down the increasing tensions, while making no specific promises ; it scored a landslide victory.

It was quoted by President Ronald Reagan in a speech to Congress, and used during the 1984 presidential elections.

Having first joint the National Party in the 70s, he was first elected to Parliament for Rangitikei in the 1984 election, defeating Social Credit Party leader Bruce Beetham.

" This Oscar was lost in a fire in 1983 and replaced at the 1984 Academy Awards.

The 1984 season started off badly when shortstop Dickie Thon was hit in the head by a pitch and was lost for the season.

The number of working days lost in the country due to strikes rose sharply to more than 25, 000, 000 in 1984, though most of these were miners on strike, and from then on the number of working days lost in Britain due to strikes remained in the low millions.

Subsequently both the statehood faction and the commonwealth shared control on a 50-50 basis from 1984 to 1988 and lost control that year as a result of their defeat in an internal primary that year between PDP forces led by then Senate president Miguel Hernández Agosto and NPP forces led by former Gov.

Varying from arcane to combative to humorous, and ranging from midshipmen to very senior naval aviators who sought command of aircraft carriers ( which sometimes lapsed into ego battles ), the content of most of these interviews has been lost to history, though some were later chronicled in the several books on Rickover's career, as well as in a rare personal interview with Diane Sawyer in 1984.

In 1984 the British Virgin Islands, trying to recapture some of the lost offshore business, enacted a new form of companies legislation, the International Business Companies Act, under which an offshore company which was exempt from local taxes could be formed.

The GLC did not take control of public transport from the London Transport Board until 1970 and lost control to London Regional Transport in 1984.

In the return test series in New Zealand in 1984, New Zealand completed a remarkable 3 day innings victory ( including one day lost to rain ) over England at Christchurch, in which England were dismissed for less than 100 in both of their innings.

To approximate his tropical year Hipparchus created his own lunisolar calendar by modifying those of Meton and Callippus in On Intercalary Months and Days ( now lost ), as described by Ptolemy in the Almagest III. 1 ( Toomer 1984, p. 139 ).

In 1984, the Pistons lost a tough five-game series to the underdog New York Knicks, three games to two.

In 1984 – 85, they made it to the Western Conference finals after being perennial playoff contenders, and they lost in 5 games to the Los Angeles Lakers.

In 1984, the Rockets drafted Hakeem Olajuwon who, paired with Ralph Sampson and both collectively known as the " Twin Towers ", led them to the 1986 Finals in their second and third year respectively, where in another brave effort they lost again to the Boston Celtics.

After an off-year in 1984, the Hawks again faced a now fresh-off-a-ring Edmonton offensive juggernaut of a team and lost in the third round in 1985.

Although most charges were eventually dropped, The Sydney Morning Herald published the names of those arrested in full, leading to many people being outed to their friends and places of employment, and many of those arrested lost their jobs as homosexuality was a crime in New South Wales ( NSW ) until 1984.

The Clippers lost championship games to Ansonia in 1984 and to Trinity Catholic in 1993.

* William Neff Patman-Former U. S. Representative ( Texas's 14th congressional district 1981-1985 ) from Texarkana who made Ganado his home after he lost his bid for re-election in 1984 for a seat in the House of Representatives.

The lost gardens of Het Loo were fully restored starting in 1970, in time to celebrate its tricentennial in 1984.

The channel struggled at first, having lost $ 10 million by 1984, mostly due to a lack of successful programs including failed shows such as Against the Odds and Going Great, and finishing dead last among the cable channels.

Following her tournament victory in Berlin, Graf suffered one of the worst defeats of her career in a French Open semifinal where she won only two games against Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and lost her first 6 – 0 set since 1984.

McMahon battled injuries for the rest of his career although at one point between the 1984 and 1987 seasons, he won 22 consecutive regular-season ( 25 including playoffs, & The Super Bowl ) starts, the longest " regular season winning streak " by an NFL quarterback at the time, now held by Peyton Manning, who won 23 in 2009 ( but lost a Super Bowl during his " winning streak ").

In 1984 he lost a bitterly contested race for the U. S. Senate seat held by Jesse Helms, and left elective politics for several years.

O ' Malley had lost the Fianna Fáil whip in the Dáil in 1984 because of his support for the New Ireland Forum report and was finally expelled from Fianna Fáil early in 1985 for " conduct unbecoming " a member when he refused to support Fianna Fáil's opposition to the introduction of contraception.

But after a tough two-week stint in Bermuda in July 1984, Larry lost his voice one day into the gig due to a combination of air-conditioning and high humidity.

Their follow-up album, Paint and Paint, was released in 1984 but the momentum was lost and the album was not a commercial success.