Denis Vincent Napthine is an Australian former politician and veterinarian who served as the 47th premier of Victoria from 2013 to 2014. He held office as the leader of the Victorian division of the Liberal Party of Australia (LPA) and was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the district of Portland from 1988 to 2002,before transferring to that of South-West Coast from 2002 to 2015.
Andrew Phillip Olexander is a former Australian politician. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing Silvan Province from 1999 until 2006.
Andrea Coote is an Australian former parliamentarian. She was a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1999 to 2014,representing Monash Province until the 2006 election and the Southern Metropolitan Region thereafter.
Inga Peulich (;née Došen was an Australian politician. She was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing South Eastern Metropolitan Region from 2006 to 2018 and before that the Member for Bentleigh from 1992 to 2002.
Gordon Kenneth Rich-Phillips is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 1999 and 2022,representing the Eumemmerring Province (1999–2006) and the South Eastern Metropolitan Region (2006–2022).
Mary Louise Newling Wooldridge is a former Australian politician. She was a Liberal Party member of the Parliament of Victoria from 2006 to 2019. She was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly,representing the seat of Doncaster from 2006 to 2014;her seat was abolished in a redistribution for that year's election,and she was subsequently elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Eastern Metropolitan Region in November's state election.
Adem Kubilay Somyurek is an Australian politician. He has served as a member of the Victorian Legislative Council currently representing the Northern Metropolitan Region.
The electoral district of Bulleen is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 39 square kilometres (15 sq mi) in eastern Melbourne,including the suburbs of Bulleen,Doncaster,Templestowe Lower,and part of Templestowe. It lies within the Eastern Metropolitan Region of the upper house,the Legislative Council.
Wendy Ann Lovell is an Australian politician. Born in Sydney,New South Wales,she was a newsagent before becoming involved in politics. She held numerous posts with the Liberal Party,and was eventually elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as a Liberal member for North Eastern Province in 2002. Following the re-organisation of the Legislative Council,in 2006 she was a successful candidate for Northern Victoria Region,winning re-election in 2010,2014,2018 and 2022.
Nicolas Pierre Goiran is an Australian politician who has been a member for the South Metropolitan Region of the Western Australian Legislative Council (MLC),the upper house of the Parliament of Western Australia,since 22 May 2009.
Georgina Mary Crozier is an Australian politician. She has been a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since 2010,representing Southern Metropolitan Region. She currently serves as the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council.
John Pesutto is an Australian politician and lawyer who has served as the member for Hawthorn in the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2022,having previously served from 2014 to 2018. He was the Leader of the Opposition in Victoria,while holding office as the leader of the Victorian Liberal Party,from 8 December 2022 until a leadership spill on 27 December 2024.
The Victorian Liberal Party,officially known as the Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) and branded as Liberal Victoria,is the state division of the Liberal Party of Australia in Victoria. It was formed in 1949 as the Liberal and Country Party (LCP) and simplified its name to the Liberal Party in 1965. The party sits on the centre-right to right-wing of the Australian political spectrum,and is currently led by Brad Battin.
James Benjamin Kingsley Newbury is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2018,representing the seat of Brighton.
Brad Rowswell is an Australian politician and the current Shadow Treasurer of Victoria. He has been a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2018,representing the seat of Sandringham.
Matthew Donald Andrew Bach is an Australian teacher,historian,and former politician. He served as a Liberal Member of the Victorian Parliament from 2020 to 2023,representing the North-Eastern Metropolitan Region in the Legislative Council. Bach also served as Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council,and as a frontbencher in the Shadow Cabinets of Michael O'Brien,Matthew Guy,and John Pesutto.
Moira Deeming is an Australian politician and member of the Victorian Liberal Party. She has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Council,the upper house of the Parliament of Victoria, for the Western Metropolitan Region of the,since November 2022. She previously sat as a councillor for the Melton City Council representing the Watts Ward.
Renee Heath is an Australian politician who is a current member for Eastern Victoria Region in the Victorian Legislative Council. She is a member of the Liberal Party and was preselected for the 2022 state election,defeating Cathrine Burnett-Wake as the first person on the Liberal Party's group voting ticket for the Eastern Victoria Region.
Independent Liberal is a description used in Australian politics,often to designate a politician who is a Liberal Party member but not endorsed by the party at elections,or if sitting in parliament,not a member of the Liberal Party room. The term has also been used by politicians and political candidates who identify as a liberal,but is independent from the party.
The 2024 Victorian Liberal Party leadership spill took place on 27 December 2024 to elect the leader of the Victorian Liberal Party and,ex officio,Leader of the Opposition. Incumbent leader John Pesutto,a moderate,lost a spill motion and was replaced by Brad Battin,a conservative,in the subsequent leadership spill.
