Charles Blunt
Charles William Blunt (born 19 January 1951) is a former Australian politician who served as leader of the National Party of Australia from 1989 to 1990.At a by-election on 18 February 1984, Blunt was elected to the House of Representatives for the Division of Richmond in northern New South Wales, despite having had no previous connections with the area.Unfortunately for Blunt, neither of these things was popular with rank and file NPA members, and he found his leadership under increasing attack from traditionalists.Some argue that the growing unpopularity of the National Party state government in Queensland influenced federal voting intentions.After the election, Blunt was again the focus of political controversy when he was accused of inappropriately using publicly funded mailouts of election-related material: Yesterday I was asked by the honourable member for Wannon a series of questions relating to postal allowances.