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Until 1994, a party's more senior whip held the title "Whip", while the more junior whip was styled "Deputy Whip". In 1994, those titles became "Chief Whip" and "Whip", respectively. The current Chief Government Whip in the House of Representatives is Joanne Ryan of the Australian Labor Party, in office since 31 May 2022. [1]
Labor elected its whip that day, and the Liberals appointed an additional whip on 2 June 1994, with the new whip responsible for business in the second chamber. [43] That arrangement persists today. Labor and the Liberals each have a chief whip and two whips in the House of Representatives and a chief whip and a two deputy whips in the Senate.
The deputy whip, Christabel Chamarette, had lost her seat at the election, and left the Senate just over a month after the announcement. The party lost its other seat (and its whip) at the 1998 election, with her leaving office in June 1999. The party only merged with the Australian Greens in 2003, after it lost its senators.
The Chief Whip is a political leader whose task is to enforce the whipping system, ... Australia – party whip (Australia) Bangladesh; Canada – Chief Government Whip;
Events in Parliament on Wednesday have put the role of Government whips under scrutiny again.
In the 2010 federal election, van Manen won the Division of Forde from the Australian Labor Party (ALP) incumbent Brett Raguse. He retained his seat at the 2013 federal election, 2016 federal election, 2019 federal elections, and the 2022 Australian federal election. In August 2016 he was appointed to the position of Government Whip. [2]
Office Officer Electorate State Term of office Leader of the House Tony Burke : Watson: NSW 1 June 2022 – current Chief Whip Joanne Ryan: Lalor
Chief Opposition Whip in the House: Chris Hayes: Fowler: NSW 14 May 2013-23 May 2022 Whip Graham Perrett: Moreton: Qld 30 August 2016-23 May 2022 Joanne Ryan: Lalor: Vic 16 October 2013-23 May 2022 Deputy Chair, House Standing Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources Brian Mitchell [2] Lyons: Tas Deputy Chair, Standing Committee on ...