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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.
Having said during the campaign that the result would be a "verdict on the leaders", Dutton said afterwards that he accepted responsibility for the result, but still deserved to remain Liberal leader. [147] In April 2023, Dutton announced that the Liberal Party would be opposing the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum.
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]
David Tonkin, as leader of the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia, became premier at the 1979 election for one term, losing office at the 1982 election. The Liberals returned to power at the 1993 election, led by Premiers Dean Brown, John Olsen and Rob Kerin through two terms, until their defeat at the 2002 election.
No Party Alignment: MP for Ipswich (1860–1868) (1872–1876) 1 February 1866 20 July 1866 169 days: 3 years, 296 days 7 August 1866 15 August 1867 1 year, 8 days: 8 January 1874 5 June 1876 2 years, 149 days 119. SA: John Jenkins (1851–1923) Non-Party Liberalism: MP for Torrens (1901–1905) 15 May 1901 1 March 1905 3 years, 290 days 1902 ...
Australians awoke on Sunday to a new prime minister in Anthony Albanese, the center-left Labor Party leader whose ascension to the nation’s top job from being raised in social housing by a ...
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]
The Liberal National Party of Queensland, formed in 2008, is a branch of the Liberal Party, but it is affiliated with the Nationals and members elected to federal parliament may sit as either Liberals or Nationals. [10] The Country Liberal Party was formed in 1978 when the Northern Territory gained responsible government. [11]