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The Leader of the Liberal Party, also known as Leader of the Parliamentary Liberal Party, is the highest office within the Liberal Party of Australia and the Liberal–National Coalition. The position is currently, and has been since 30 May 2022, held by Peter Dutton, who represents the Division of Dickson in Queensland.
Peter Dutton was elected unopposed as leader, while Sussan Ley was elected unopposed as deputy leader. [3] Dutton, who is from Queensland, is the first leader outside of New South Wales to lead the Liberal Party since Alexander Downer in 1995 from South Australia. Simon Birmingham was re-elected leader of the Liberal Party in the Senate. [4] [5]
The Liberal Party was founded in 1944 as the successor to the United Australia Party. Historically the most successful political party in Australia’s history, the Liberal Party is now in opposition at a federal level, although it presently holds government in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Tasmania at a sub-national level.
He is the current Leader of the Opposition, holding office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia since May 2022. He has been the member of Parliament (MP) for the division of Dickson since 2001. Dutton previously served as the minister for Defence from 2021 to 2022 and the minister for Home Affairs from 2017 to 2021.
The politics of Australia has a mild two-party system, with two dominant political groupings in the Australian political system, the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal/National Coalition. Federally, 17 of the 151 members of the lower house (Members of Parliament, or MPs) are not members of major parties, as well as 21 of the 76 members of ...
No Party Alignment: MLA for Illawarra (1880–1885) 4 January 1883 7 October 1885 2 years, 276 days 162. NSW: Mike Baird (1968–) Liberal: MLA for Manly (2007–2017) 17 April 2014 23 January 2017 2 years, 275 days 2015 163. SA: Sir William Morgan (1828–1883) KCMG: No Party Alignment: Member of the Legislative Council (1867–1884) 27 ...
The current leader of the faction is Leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton. [21] [failed verification] As of the 2022 Australian federal election, the National Right is the Liberal Party's largest faction, with 27 of 65 Liberal MPs aligned with the faction. [22]
By 1961, there were three branches of the Liberal Party in the ACT, and a branch of the Young Liberals was created around the same time. [2] The party held a number of seats in the Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly throughout its existence. In the first election under self-government in 1989 the Liberal Party won four seats. [3]