Leeberal Pairty o Australie

This airticle is aboot the modren Australien poleetical pairty. For the Australien Leeberal pairty active frae 1909 tae 1916, see Commonweel Leeberal Pairty.

Leeberal Pairty o Australie
Leader	Peter Dutton MP
Depute Leader	Sussan Ley MP
Ideology	Conservative leeberalism, Leeberal conservatism, New Right
Poleetical poseetion	Centre-right
Internaitional affiliation	Internaitional Democrat Union
Colours	Blue
Hoose o Reprasentatives	44 / 150
Senate	32 / 76
Website
http://www.liberal.org.au/

The Leeberal Pairty o Australie is an Australie poleetical pairty.

Foondit yin year efter the 1943 federal election tae replace the Unitit Australie Pairty, the centre-right Leeberal Pairty maistly competes wi the centre-left Australien Labor Pairty fir poleetical office. When in govrenment federally hit tradeetionally govrens in a coalition wi the Naitional Pairty.

Federal politics, the Leeberal Pairty is in opposition syne losing the 2007 federal election, haein held pouer syne the 1996 election. The state an territory level, the Leeberals hold govrenment in yin jurisdiction, a minority govrenment in Wastren Australie.

Syne the Leeberal Pairty o Australie leadership election o 2009, the federal leader o the pairty hae been Tony Abbott, an Julie Bishop wis electit depute.

Philosophies an Factionalism

Modren Leeberalism in Australie is muckle reprasentit bi the Leeberal Pairty o Australie, wham ar generally an advocate o economic leeberalism (see New Right). Houaniver, during Leeberal govrenments afore the Howard Govrenment, the pairty wis quite interventionist in hits economic policy an maintainit Australie's hie tariffs. At that time, the Leeberals' coalition pairtner, the Kintra Pairty, the aulder o the twa in the coalition (kent as "Naitional Pairty" the nou), had conseederable influence oer the Govrenment's economic policies.

The Leeberal Party is kent as a conservative party the nou, awtho hit has aye had a social leeberal weeng. Recently, in the Prime Meenistership o John Howard, the pairty moved til a maire socially conservative policy agenda. The pairty has twa unorganised factions, the majority conservative right an the minority moderate left. Historically, moderates hae creatit thair ain pairties, fir ensaumple the Australien Democrats.

Leeberal Federal Leaders

Shown by default in chronological order of leadership

Year	Name	Term in office	Period	Time in office
1945	Sir Robert Menzies	Prime Meenister (UAP 1939–41),1949–66	Februar 1945-26 Januar 1966	20y 11m
1966	Harold Holt	Prime Meenister 1966–67	26 Januar 1966 – 17 December 1967	01y 10m 23d
1968	Sir John Gorton	Prime Meenister 1968–71	10 Januar 1968 – 10 Mairch 1971	03y 02m
1971	Sir William McMahon	Prime Meenister 1971–72	10 Mairch 1971 – 5 December 1972	01y 08m
1972	Sir Billy Snedden		December 1972 – Mairch 1975	02y 03m
1975	Malcolm Fraser	Prime Meenister 1975–83	Mairch 1975-11 Mairch 1983	08y 00m
1983	Andrew Peacock	First term	Mairch 1983 – September 1985	02y 06m
1985	John Howard	First term	September 1985 – Mey 1989	03y 08m
1989	Andrew Peacock	Seicont term	Mey 1989 – Mairch 1990	00y 10m
1990	John Hewson		Aprile 1990 – Mey 1994	04y 02m
1994	Alexander Downer		Mey 1994 – Januar 1995	00y 08m
1995	John Howard	Prime Meenister 1996–2007	30 Januar 1995 – 29 November 2007	12y 10m
2007	Brendan Nelson		29 November 2007 – 16 September 2008	00y 10m
2008	Malcolm Turnbull		16 September 2008 – 1 December 2009	01y 03m
2009	Tony Abbott		1 December 2009–the nou	Incumbent

Leeberal Federal Depute Leaders

Shown in chronological order of leadership

Year	Name	Notes
1944	Sir Eric Harrison
1956	Harold Holt	Efter Prime Meenister 1966–67
1966	Sir William McMahon	Efter Prime Meenister 1971–72
1971	Sir John Gorton	Foregane Prime Minister 1968–71
1971	Sir Billy Snedden	Efter Leader
1972	Sir Phillip Lynch
1982	John Howard	Efter Prime Meenister 1996-07
1985	Neil Brown
1987	Andrew Peacock	Foregane & Efter Leader
1989	Fred Chaney
1990	Peter Reith
1993	Michael Wooldridge
1994	Peter Costello
2007	Julie Bishop	Incumbent

Leeberal State an Territory Pairlamentary Leaders the nou

Leeberal Pairty o Australie
24 / 93
34 / 89
18 / 47
10 / 25
23 / 88
24 / 59

State/ Territory	Leader	Notes
ACT	Zed Seselja	Leader syne 2007
NSW	Barry O'Farrell	Leader syne 2007
NT	Terry Mills	Leader syne 2008 1
QLD	John-Paul Langbroek	Leader syne 2009 2
SA	Isobel Redmond	Leader syne 2009
TAS	Will Hodgman	Leader syne 2006
VIC	Ted Baillieu	Leader syne 2006
WA	Colin Barnett	Premier o Wastren Australie syne 2008

¹ The Northren Territory is reprasentit bi the Kintra Leeberal Pairty, which is endorsed as the Territory diveesion o the Leeberal Pairty.

² Queensland is reprasentit bi the Leeberal Naitional Pairty o Queensland, this pairty is a merger o the Queensland Diveesion o the Leeberal Pairty an the Queensland Naitional Pairty tae contest elections as a single pairty.

Leeberal Federal Preses

Shown in chronological order of presidency

• 1945 – Sir Malcolm Ritchie (first term)
• 1947 – Richard Casey, Baron Casey
• 1950 – Sir Malcolm Ritchie (seicont term)
• 1951 – Sir William Anderson
• 1956 – Lyle Moore
• 1960 – Sir Philip McBride
• 1965 – Sir John Pagan
• 1970 – Sir Robert Southey
• 1975 – Sir John Atwill
• 1982 – Dr Jim Forbes
• 1985 – John Valder
• 1987 – John Elliott
• 1990 – Prof Ashley Goldsworthy
• 1993 – Tony Staley
• 1999 – Shane Stone
• 2005 – Chris McDiven
• 2008 – Alan Stockdale

See an aw

• Kintra Leeberal Pairty (Northren Territory)
• Young Leeberal Movement o Australie
• History o Australi
• Leeberal conservatism
• Leeberalism in Australie
• Leet o poleetical pairties in Australie
• Centre-Right
• Shaidae Caibinet o Australie
• New Sooth Wales Diveesion o the Leeberal Pairty

Faurder readin

• Henderson, Gerard (1994). Menzies' Child: The Liberal Party of Australia 1944–1994, Allen an Unwin, Sydney, New Sooth Wales.
• Jaensch, Dean (1994) The Liberals, Allen an Unwin, Sydney, New Sooth Wales.
• Nethercote, John (ed.)(2001), Liberalism and the Australian Federation, Federation Press, Annandale, New Sooth Wales. ISBN 1862874026
• Simms, Marian (1982) A Liberal Nation: The Liberal Party and Australian Politics, Hale and Iremonger, Sydney, New Sooth Wales. ISBN 086806033X
• Starr, Graeme (1980) The Liberal Party of Australia: A Documentary History, Drummond/Heinemann, Richmond, Victoria. ISBN 0-85859-223-1
• Tiver, P.G. (1978), The Liberal Party. Principles and Performance, Jacaranda, Milton, Queensland. ISBN 0-7016-0996-6

Airtins

• Offeecial wabsteid
• Leeberal Pairty o Australie ephemera digitised an helt bi the Naitional Leebrar o Australie
• Records o the Victorian diveesion o the Leeberal Pairty Archived 2009-01-13 at the Wayback Machine helt at the University o Melbourne Archives