Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)
Liberal Party of Australia (NSW Division) | |
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Leader | Mike Baird |
President | Trent Zimmerman (acting) |
Headquarters | East Sydney |
Ideology | Australian conservatism Economic liberalism |
National affiliation | Liberal Party of Australia |
Legislative Assembly |
41 / 93
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Legislative Council |
12 / 42
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NSW Seats in the House of Representatives |
22 / 46
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NSW Seats in the Senate |
4 / 12
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NSW Local Councillors |
184 / 1,480
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Politics of Australia Political parties Elections |
Liberal Party of Australia (NSW Division) is the state division of the Liberal Party of Australia in New South Wales. The party currently governs in New South Wales in coalition with the National Party of Australia (NSW), despite having a majority in its own right. The party is part of the federal Liberal Party of Australia which governs nationally in Coalition with the National Party of Australia. In the 66 years since its foundation the party has won seven state elections to the Australian Labor Party's 13, and has spent 20 years in office (1965 to 1976, 1988 to 1995 and 2011 to the present) to Labor's 46. Six leaders have become Premier of New South Wales; of those, four, Sir Robert Askin, Nick Greiner, Barry O'Farrell and Mike Baird, have won at least one state election.
Parliamentary party leaders
Leader of the Liberal Party | |
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Inaugural holder | Reginald Weaver |
Formation | 20 April 1945 |
Deputy | The Hon. Gladys Berejiklian MP |
The position of leader of the Liberal Party of Australia New South Wales Division is a formal role held by a Liberal member of the Parliament of New South Wales. As the Liberal Party has, since its foundation in 1945, been either the largest or second largest party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, its leader is usually either the Premier or the Leader of the Opposition, depending on the majority or minority respectively of the party. The current leader of the Liberal Party is Mike Baird, and the deputy leader is Gladys Berejiklian. Both have served in those roles since 17 April 2014. Baird is currently Premier of New South Wales, a post he has held since 17 April 2014.
The role is selected by state members of the parliamentary party, but the position is non-fixed in duration, and is usually only vacated upon resignation, retirement from politics, or a spill motion with the support of the majority of the parliamentary members.
The leader only has a role in a parliamentary context; the party division as a whole is governed by a President and Vice Presidents, who act on the advice of the party division's Director and Deputy Directors. The division also gathers annually at a State Conference to vote on and develop policy to be used by the party's elected representatives. The majority of the twenty Liberal Leaders have been deposed, either after losing elections or when their colleagues determined they could not win an election.
# | Party leader[1] | Assumed office[2] | Left office[2] | Premier | Reason for departure | Time in office |
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1 | Reginald Weaver | 20 April 1945 | 12 November 1945 | Death in office | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days | |
2 | Alexander Mair | 13 November 1945 | 20 March 1946 | 1939–1941 | Resignation; Premier under UAP | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days |
3 | Sir Vernon Treatt | 20 March 1946 | 10 August 1954 | Resignation | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |
4 | Murray Robson | 17 August 1954 | 20 September 1955 | Deposed | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |
5 | Pat Morton | 20 September 1955 | 17 July 1959 | Deposed | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |
6 | Sir Robert Askin | 17 July 1959 | 3 January 1975 | 1965–1975 | Retirement | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
7 | Tom Lewis | 3 January 1975 | 23 January 1976 | 1975–1976 | Deposed | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
8 | Sir Eric Willis | 23 January 1976 | 16 December 1977 | 1976 | Resignation | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
9 | Peter Coleman | 16 December 1977 | 7 October 1978 | Loss of seat at 1978 election | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days | |
10 | John Mason | 24 October 1978 | 29 May 1981 | Deposed | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |
11 | Bruce McDonald | 1 June 1981 | 12 October 1981 | Loss of seat at 1981 election | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. days | |
12 | John Dowd | 20 October 1981 | 15 March 1983 | Resignation | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |
13 | Nick Greiner | 15 March 1983 | 24 June 1992 | 1988–1992 | Resignation prior to no confidence motion | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
14 | John Fahey | 24 June 1992 | 4 April 1995 | 1992–1995 | Resignation following 1995 election | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
15 | Peter Collins | 4 April 1995 | 7 December 1998 | Deposed | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |
16 | Kerry Chikarovski | 7 December 1998 | 28 March 2002 | Deposed | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |
17 | John Brogden | 28 March 2002 | 29 August 2005 | Resignation | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |
18 | Peter Debnam | 1 September 2005 | 4 April 2007 | Resignation following 2007 election | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |
19 | Barry O'Farrell | 4 April 2007 | 16 April 2014 | 2011–2014 | Resignation | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
20 | Mike Baird | 17 April 2014 | present | 2014–present | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Deputy leaders
Party Leader | Start of Term | End of Term |
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Athol Richardson | 1945 | 1945 |
Vernon Treatt | 1946 | 1946 |
Walter Howarth | 1946 | 1954 |
Robert Askin | 1954 | 1959 |
Eric Willis | 1959 | 1975 |
John Maddison | 1975 | 1977 |
John Mason | 1977 | 1978 |
Bruce McDonald | 1978 | 1981 |
Jim Cameron | 1981 | 1981 |
Kevin Rozzoli | 1981 | 1983 |
Rosemary Foot | 1983 | 1986 |
Peter Collins | 1986 | 1992 |
Bruce Baird | 1992 | 1994 |
Kerry Chikarovski | 1994 | 1995 |
Ron Phillips | 1995 | 1999 |
Barry O'Farrell | 1999 | 2002 |
Chris Hartcher | 2002 | 2003 |
Barry O'Farrell | 2003 | 2007 |
Jillian Skinner | 2007 | 2014 |
Gladys Berejiklian | 2014 | Incumbent |