Leeberal Pairty o Australie

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*

## Leeberal Federal Depute Leaders
:*Shown in chronological order of leadership*

## Leeberal State an Territory Pairlamentary Leaders the nou

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

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* Leeberal Pairty o Australie ephemera digitised an helt bi the Naitional Leebrar o Australie
* Records o the Victorian diveesion o the Leeberal Pairty  helt at the University o Melbourne Archives