Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)

Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)
Leader	Mike Nahan
Ideology	Liberalism Liberal conservatism Classical liberalism
Political position	centre-right
National affiliation	Liberal Party of Australia
Legislative Assembly	14 / 59
Legislative Council	9 / 36
Website
https://www.waliberal.org.au/
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The Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division) is the division of the Liberal Party of Australia in Western Australia. Formed in 1945, the party has held power for five separate periods in coalition with the National Party (previously the Country party). The party has been in opposition in the state since the 2017 election.

Contents

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  1 Name
  


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  2 History
  


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  3 Leaders
  


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  4 Election results
  


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  5 See also
  


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  6 References
  


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  7 External links
  

Name

The party initially adopted the name Liberal Party. In 1949 the party changed the name to Liberal and Country League;^[1] unlike the party of the same name in South Australia this did not involve a merger with the state Country Party although one individual MLA did defect from the Country Party to the Liberals. In 1968 the party changed its name to the Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division).^[2]

History

Leaders

Leader	Date started	Date finished
Ross McDonald	1945	14 December 1946
Ross McLarty	14 December 1946	1 March 1957
David Brand	1 March 1957	5 June 1972
Charles Court	5 June 1972	25 January 1982
Ray O'Connor	25 January 1982	15 February 1984
Bill Hassell	15 February 1984	25 November 1986
Barry MacKinnon	25 November 1986	12 May 1992
Richard Court	12 May 1992	26 February 2001
Colin Barnett	26 February 2001	9 March 2005
Matt Birney	9 March 2005	24 March 2006
Paul Omodei	24 March 2006	17 January 2008
Troy Buswell	17 January 2008	4 August 2008
Colin Barnett	4 August 2008	21 March 2017
Mike Nahan	21 March 2017	present

Election results

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Government
1947	Ross McLarty	57,621	35.24	13 / 50	6	2nd	Coalition
1950	Ross McLarty	90,089	40.08	15 / 50	2	2nd	Coalition
1953	Ross McLarty	71,042	37.95	15 / 50	0	2nd	Opposition
1956	Ross McLarty	98,335	33.13	11 / 50	4	2nd	Opposition
1959	David Brand	98,335	37.48	17 / 50	6	2nd	Coalition
1962	David Brand	120,267	41.16	18 / 50	1	2nd	Coalition
1965	David Brand	144,178	48.02	21 / 50	3	1st	Coalition
1968	David Brand	141,271	44.00	19 / 51	2	2nd	Coalition
1971	David Brand	139,865	29.66	17 / 51	2	2nd	Opposition
1974	Charles Court	208,288	40.33	23 / 51	6	1st	Coalition
1977	Charles Court	287,651	49.35	27 / 55	4	1st	Coalition
1980	Charles Court	257,218	43.75	26 / 55	1	1st	Coalition
1983	Ray O'Connor	256,846	39.86	20 / 57	6	2nd	Opposition
1986	Bill Hassell	324,961	41.32	19 / 57	1	2nd	Opposition
1989	Barry MacKinnon	344,524	42.79	20 / 57	1	2nd	Opposition
1993	Richard Court	402,402	44.15	26 / 57	6	1st	Coalition
1996	Richard Court	384,518	39.90	29 / 57	3	1st	Coalition
2001	Richard Court	319,927	31.16	16 / 57	13	2nd	Opposition
2005	Colin Barnett	382,014	35.64	18 / 57	2	2nd	Opposition
2008	Colin Barnett	418,208	38.39	24 / 59	6	2nd	Coalition
2013	Colin Barnett	583,500	47.62	31 / 59	7	1st	Coalition
2017	Colin Barnett	412,710	31.23	13 / 59	18	2nd	Opposition

See also

• Category:Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia

References

1. 
   ^ "Parliament of Western Australia, Assembly election 1950 - Details of Australian election results in the Australian Politics and Elections Database". Elections.uwa.edu.au. Retrieved 2018-07-15. 
   


2. 
   ^ "Parliament of Western Australia, Assembly election 1971 - Details of Australian election results in the Australian Politics and Elections Database". Elections.uwa.edu.au. Retrieved 2018-07-15. 
   

External links

• Liberal Party of Western Australia

v t e Liberal Party of Australia
Leaders	Robert Menzies Harold Holt John Gorton William McMahon Billy Snedden Malcolm Fraser Andrew Peacock John Howard Andrew Peacock John Hewson Alexander Downer John Howard Brendan Nelson Malcolm Turnbull Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull
Deputy leaders	Eric Harrison Harold Holt William McMahon John Gorton Billy Snedden Phillip Lynch John Howard Neil Brown Andrew Peacock Fred Chaney Peter Reith Michael Wooldridge Peter Costello Julie Bishop
Governments	Menzies Holt Gorton McMahon Fraser Howard Abbott Turnbull
Ministries	Menzies 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Holt 1 2 Gorton 1 2 McMahon Fraser 1 2 3 4 5 Howard 1 2 3 4 Abbott Turnbull 1 2
Shadow cabinets	Downer Nelson Turnbull Abbott
State divisions	Australian Capital Territory New South Wales Northern Territory (Country Liberal Party) Queensland (Liberal National Party) South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia
Party Related Organisations	Coalition Young Liberals Young LNP Menzies Research Centre
Factions	Ginger Group (defunct) Lyons Forum (defunct)
History	Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division) Protectionist Party Free Trade Party Commonwealth Liberal Party National Labor Party Nationalist Party Liberal Union Australian Party United Australia Party
Leadership contests	1966 1968 1969 1971 1972 1975 1982 1983 1985 1987 1989 1990 1993 1994 1995 2007 2008 2009 2015 (Feb) 2015 (Sep)

v t e Current members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Labor (40)	Lisa Baker Tony Buti John Carey Robyn Clarke Roger Cook Josie Farrer Mark Folkard Janine Freeman Emily Hamilton Terry Healy Matthew Hughes Bill Johnston Dave Kelly Fran Logan Mark McGowan Simone McGurk David Michael Kevin Michel Simon Millman Yaz Mubarakai Mick Murray Lisa O'Malley Paul Papalia Stephen Price Don Punch John Quigley Margaret Quirk Michelle Roberts Cassie Rowe Rita Saffioti Amber-Jade Sanderson Jessica Shaw Jessica Stojkovski Chris Tallentire David Templeman Peter Tinley Peter Watson Reece Whitby Sabine Winton Ben Wyatt
Liberal (14)	Ian Blayney Liza Harvey Alyssa Hayden David Honey Peter Katsambanis Zak Kirkup Tony Krsticevic Sean L'Estrange Bill Marmion John McGrath Libby Mettam Mike Nahan Dean Nalder Kyran O'Donnell
National (5)	Vince Catania Mia Davies Shane Love Terry Redman Peter Rundle

v t e Current Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council
Labor (14)	Alanna Clohesy Stephen Dawson Kate Doust Sue Ellery Adele Farina Laurie Graham Alannah MacTiernan Kyle McGinn Martin Pritchard Samantha Rowe Matthew Swinbourn Sally Talbot Darren West Pierre Yang
Liberal (9)	Ken Baston Jim Chown Peter Collier Donna Faragher Nick Goiran Michael Mischin Simon O'Brien Tjorn Sibma Steve Thomas
National (4)	Martin Aldridge Jacqui Boydell Colin de Grussa Colin Holt
Greens (4)	Robin Chapple Tim Clifford Diane Evers Alison Xamon
One Nation (3)	Robin Scott Charles Smith Colin Tincknell
SFF (1)	Rick Mazza
Liberal Democrats (1)	Aaron Stonehouse

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