Liberal Party of Australia
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| Party leader | Scott Morrison |
| Deputy Chairman | Josh Frydenberg |
| founding | August 31, 1945 |
| Headquarters | Cnr Blackall & Macquarie St Barton ACT 2600 |
| Youth organization | Young Liberals |
| newspaper | Liberal News |
| Alignment |
Conservatism , economic liberalism |
| Colours) | blue |
| House of Representatives |
44/150 |
| senate |
26/76 |
| Number of members | 80,000 |
| International connections | IDU |
| European party | EKR (regional partner ) |
| Website | www.liberal.org.au |
The Liberal Party of Australia is one of the two major political parties in Australia alongside the Australian Labor Party . Since it was founded in 1945, it has been the Australian Prime Minister for the most part (1949–1972, 1975–1983, 1996–2007 and since 2013) . Your traditional coalition partner is the National Party of Australia . The Liberal Party can be assigned to the conservative political spectrum, where socio-politically conservative and economically liberal views dominate.
history
The Liberal Party emerged from the United Australia Party in 1943 as a result of a severe election defeat and the consequent disintegration of the United Australia Party . It was officially founded in February 1945 and united various conservative groups alongside the UAP. As with the UAP, Robert Menzies took over the chairmanship and led the party to government in 1949, where it was to remain until 1972. In 1975 she succeeded in taking over government again under Malcolm Fraser . After they had to surrender power to the Labor Party led by Bob Hawke in 1983 , John Howard won a federal election again in 1996.
In the seventies and eighties it increasingly broke away from its protectionist roots; since then it has postulated a policy of free trade and economic deregulation. In 1977 the liberal wing split off under the leadership of Don Chipp , who were represented in the Federal Senate until 2007 under the name Australian Democrats .
With the election defeat in 2007 and the subsequent resignation of longtime Prime Minister John Howard , the party was in the opposition. After Brendan Nelson and Malcolm Turnbull held the office of party chairman for a short time, Tony Abbott led the party in the 2010 general election , where it achieved an extensive stalemate. Since the Greens and the non-party candidates sided with Julia Gillard's Australian Labor Party , the party had to continue to be content with the role of the opposition.
After the 2013 general election , the Liberal Party formed a coalition with the Liberal National Party , the National Party and the Country Liberal Party . Tony Abbott became Australia's new Prime Minister on September 18, 2013.
Chairperson
- Robert Menzies 1945–1966, Prime Minister 1949–1966
- Harold Holt 1966–1967, Prime Minister 1966–1967
- John Gorton 1968–1971, Prime Minister 1968–1971
- William McMahon 1971–1972, Prime Minister 1971–1972
- Billy Snedden 1972-1975
- Malcolm Fraser 1975–1983, Prime Minister 1975–1983
- Andrew Peacock 1983–1985, again 1989–1990
- John Howard 1985–1989, again 1995–2007, Prime Minister 1996–2007
- John Hewson 1990-1994
- Alexander Downer 1994-1995
- Brendan Nelson 2007-2008
- Malcolm Turnbull 2008–2009, again 2015–2018, Prime Minister 2015–2018
- Tony Abbott 2009-2015, Prime Minister 2013-2015
- Scott Morrison since 2018, Prime Minister since 2018
Web links
- The party website (English)
