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The Victorian Liberal Party, officially known as the Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) and branded as Liberal Victoria, [11] is the state division of the Liberal Party of Australia in Victoria. It was formed in 1949 as the Liberal and Country Party (LCP) and simplified its name to the Liberal Party in 1965. [12]
The Victorian Liberal Party (VLP), often called the Hollway Liberals, was an independent political party formed on 27 October 1954 from a grouping of supporters of Thomas Hollway, a former leader of the Liberal and Country Party and Premier of Victoria. The extant Liberal and Country Party was the actual Victorian division of the Liberal Party.
Following the Coalition's defeat at the 2014 Victorian state election under then Premier Denis Napthine, Matthew Guy, who was minister for planning and minister for multicultural affairs and citizenship, was elected as the leader of the Liberal Party and subsequently opposition leader with Peter Walsh as his deputy from the National Party.
The 2024 Victorian Liberal Party leadership spill took place on 27 December 2024 to elect the leader of the Victorian Liberal Party and, ex officio, Leader of the Opposition. [6] [7] Incumbent leader John Pesutto, a moderate, lost a spill motion and was replaced by Brad Battin, a conservative, in the subsequent leadership spill. [8] [9]
The 2021 Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) leadership spills were two spill motions on 16 March and 7 September 2021 against the leader of the Victorian branch of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition Michael O'Brien, who had held these roles since December 2018. The September spill motion was successful and resulted in a ...
The Liberal–National Coalition, commonly known simply as the Coalition, is an alliance of centre-right political parties that forms one of the two major groupings in Victorian politics. [2] The two partners in the Coalition are the Liberal Party and the National Party (the latter previously known as the Country Party and the United Country ...
The Liberal Party of Australia is a centre-right [16] [17] political party in Australia. [18] It is one of the two major parties in Australian politics, the other being the Australian Labor Party. The Liberal Party was founded in 1944 as the successor to the United Australia Party.
Bradley William Battin (born 12 December 1975 [1]) is an Australian politician who has served as the leader of the Victorian Liberal Party since 27 December 2024, and as member for Berwick in the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2022.