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Feneley is a serial political candidate for the Liberal Party. He was a candidate in the 2010 Australian federal election in the seat of Kingsford Smith , losing to Labor's Peter Garrett . Seven months later Feneley stood as the Liberal candidate in the 2011 New South Wales state election in the seat of Maroubra where he was defeated by Labor's ...
For the following months, the Democratic Party and Liberal Democratic Party joined the Liberal Party and were replaced by the new party's NSW division. In the 74 years since its foundation, the party has won eight state elections to the Labor Party 's 13, and has spent 27 years in office (1965 to 1976, 1988 to 1995 and 2011 to 2023) to Labor's 46.
The office was reconstituted as a fully independent "Department of Public Health" headed by the Minister (titled Minister for Health since 1930) in 1938. [8] The department existed until its abolition in 1972 with the passing of the Health Commission Act 1972 which created the "Health Commission of New South Wales" headed by the minister. [9]
The Party also has strong bases in Southern Sydney and Southern NSW, having continuously held the divisions of Cook, Hughes (excluding party resignations), Farrer and Hume for several decades. The party lost its traditional harbour-side base of seats including North Sydney, Warringah, Warringah and Wentworth to the teal movement between 2018 ...
He was a research officer with the NSW Liberal Party before becoming private secretary to Senator Sir Alister McMullin, the President of the Australian Senate, between 1963 and 1965 when he joined the Australian Diplomatic Service, and served in Sri Lanka, UN New York and Israel.
Coleman entered Liberal preselection contests for Cook in 2007 and Bradfield in 2010; but he was unsuccessful in receiving Liberal endorsement. [3] Before his election to Parliament, Coleman held directorships with ninemsn Pty Limited (2008–13), Australian News Channel Pty Limited (2008–13), and Yellow Brick Road Holdings Limited (2011–13 ...
Leeser joined the Liberal Party in 1992 and served as vice-president of the Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division) from 2015 to 2016. [2] In April 2016 he won Liberal preselection for the safe seat of Berowra. [15] He was elected to parliament at the 2016 federal election, succeeding the retiring Philip Ruddock in Berowra. [2]
Griffin was reported as a potential NSW Opposition Leader following the Coalition election loss in March 2023. [13] Identified as a rising star in the NSW Parliamentary Liberal Party, [14] Griffin was appointed a Member of the Legislation Review Committee in June 2017, and subsequently appointed Chair of the same committee in November 2017. The ...