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Liberal Party (Australia)

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The Liberal Party of Australia (Liberals, or LIB for short), in coalition with the National Party of Australia (Nationals, or NAT for short), is a center-right party that is one of the two main political groups in Australian politics (the other being the Social Democratic Australian Labor Party (ALP). The Liberals/Nationals are the more conservative of the two main parties. It was founded by Sir Robert Menzies in 1944. They lost government to the ALP in the Australian federal election held on 24 November 2007. This was after 11 years in government under the previous Liberal leader, John Howard.

LeaderSussan Ley
Deputy LeaderTed O'Brien
Senate LeaderSimon Birmingham
Deputy Senate LeaderMichaelia Cash
PresidentJohn Olsen
Preceded byUnited Australia
HeadquartersR. G. Menzies House, Barton, Australian Capital Territory
Student wingLiberal Students' Federation
Youth wingYoung Liberals
Women's wingFederal Women's Committee
Overseas wingAustralian Liberals Abroad[1]
Membership (2020)Increase70–80,000[2][3]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right
National affiliationLiberal–National Coalition
International affiliationInternational Democracy Union
Colours     Blue
Governing bodyFederal Council
Party branches
House of Representatives
40 / 151
[note 1]
Senate
25 / 76
[note 2]
State and territorial governments
1 / 8
State and territorial lower house members
166 / 455
State upper house members
41 / 155
Website
www.liberal.org.au

The Liberal/National coalition were in control in the Federal Parliament of Australia after beating the ALP during an election on 7 September 2013. They lost control after losing many seats in the 2022 election.

The current party leader is Sussan Ley since 13 May 2025.[21]

Liberal Prime Ministers of Australia

Sir Robert Menzies
Sir John Gorton
Malcolm Fraser
John Howard
Tony Abbott

Federal Parliamentary Leaders of the Liberal Party of Australia

Current Liberal leaders of States and Territories

²In Queensland the Liberal and National parties merged into the Liberal National Party of Queensland ³In the Northern Territory the party is called the Country Liberal Party.

Other notable Liberals

Notes

  1. ↑ The Liberal National Party of Queensland was formed as a merger of the Queensland branch of the Liberal Party and the National Party. It mainly functions at the state-level.
  2. ↑ Menzies is the party's most prominent co-founder, having been the party's first and longest serving leader. Furthermore, he is often cited as the "founder"[12] or "father" of the party.[13][14]
  3. ↑ The Liberal Party acknowledges the party's formation date to be 13 October 1944,[15] which was the first day of a three-day meeting called the "Conference of Representatives of Non-Labour Organisations" in Canberra.[16][17][18] The name and objectives were adopted at the conference, with the party constitution and organisation being decided two months later at the Albury Conference (15–16 December 1944). The only other date that has been cited for the founding of the party is 31 August 1945.
  1. ↑ Including the 15 LNP MPs who sit in the Liberal party room.
  2. ↑ Including the 4 LNP Senators who sit in the Liberal party room.

References

  1. ↑ Australian Liberals Abroad (12 June 2013).
  2. ↑ Our Structure (in en-au). Liberal Party of Australia (2013-06-12). Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  3. ↑ Davies, Anne. Party hardly: why Australia's big political parties are struggling to compete with grassroots campaigns (in en). The Guardian (13 December 2020). Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  4. ↑ Hancock, Ian. The Origins of the Modern Liberal Party (1994). Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  5. ↑ Steketee, Mike. The revolt of the Liberal moderates (in en-AU). The Canberra Times (2021-03-12). Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  6. ↑ Australia's Welfare Wars Revisited: The Players, the Politics and the Ideologies (2007)Springer Nature. p. 123. ISBN 9780868409917.
  7. ↑ Keywords in Australian Politics (2006)Cambridge University Press. p. 103. ISBN 9780521672832. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  8. ↑ Williams, John R.. The Emergence of the Liberal Party of Australia. The Australian Quarterly 39 (1) (1967)JSTOR. p. 7–27. doi:10.2307/20634106. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  9. ↑ Massola, James. Who's who in the Liberals' left, right and centre factions? (in en). The Sydney Morning Herald (2021-03-20). Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  10. ↑ Nicole A. Thomas. Right-Wing Politicians Prefer the Emotional Left. PLOS ONE 7 (5) (2012). p. 4. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0036552.
  11. ↑ Political party name abbreviations & codes, demographic ratings and seat status (18 January 2016)Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  12. ↑ Brandis, George. Taking liberties with Menzies' politics betrays his life and legacy. smh.com.au (24 October 2022)The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  13. ↑ Hutchens, Gareth. Robert Menzies wouldn't recognise the Liberal Party's employment policies today (3 October 2021)ABC News. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  14. ↑ Walker, Tony. Malcolm Fraser's political manifesto would make good reading for the Morrison government (28 August 2018)The Conversation. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  15. ↑ Our History. liberal.org.au (12 June 2013)Liberal Party of Australia. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  16. ↑ Forming the Liberal Party of Australia – Record of the Conference of Representatives of Non-Labor Organisations (16 October 1944). Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  17. ↑ Formation of the Liberal Party of Australia. Party HistoryLiberal Party of Australia—Queensland Division. Retrieved 11 April 2007.
  18. ↑ Ian Hancock. The Origins of the Modern Liberal Party. Harold White FellowshipsNational Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2007.
  19. ↑ Ferguson, Richard (14 April 2021). "Liberals' flag fiasco". The Australian. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/strewth/liberals-flag-fiasco/news-story/43fa20d2d1b1e1dea0e4af7309909945. Retrieved 31 December 2022. 
  20. ↑ Wilkinson, Jamie. A short history of political party branding – Liberals. news.canningspurple.com.au (27 June 2016). Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  21. ↑ Truu, Maani (13 May 2025). "Sussan Ley becomes first woman to lead Liberal Party" (in en-AU). ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-13/liberal-party-new-leader-sussan-ley/105285148. Retrieved 2025-05-13. 
  22. ↑ corporateName=National Archives of Australia; address=Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes. About - Robert Menzies (26 April 1939 – 29 August 1941; 19 December 1949 – 26 January 1966) and Pattie Menzies. primeministers.naa.gov.au. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  23. ↑ corporateName=National Archives of Australia; address=Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes. About - Harold Holt (26 January 1966 – 19 December 1967) and Zara Holt. primeministers.naa.gov.au. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  24. ↑ corporateName=National Archives of Australia; address=Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes. About - John Gorton (10 January 1968 – 10 March 1971) and Bettina Gorton. primeministers.naa.gov.au. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  25. ↑ corporateName=National Archives of Australia; address=Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes. About - William McMahon (10 March 1971 – 5 December 1972) and Sonia McMahon. primeministers.naa.gov.au. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  26. ↑ corporateName=National Archives of Australia; address=Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes. About - Malcolm Fraser (11 November 1975 – 11 March 1983) and Tamie Fraser. primeministers.naa.gov.au. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  27. ↑ corporateName=National Archives of Australia; address=Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes. About - John Howard (11 March 1996 – 3 December 2007) and Janette Howard. primeministers.naa.gov.au. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  28. ↑ corporateName=National Archives of Australia; address=Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes. About - Tony Abbott (September 2013 –) and Margaret Abbott. primeministers.naa.gov.au. Retrieved 2013-09-28.


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