Eric Abetz is an Australian politician. He was a Senator for Tasmania from 1994 to 2022,representing the Liberal Party,and since March 2024 has been a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the Franklin electorate.
Richard Mansell Colbeck is an Australian politician. He has been a Senator for Tasmania since 2018,representing the Liberal Party,and served a previous term in the Senate from 2002 to 2016. Colbeck served as the Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services and Minister for Sport in the Second Morrison Ministry from December 2020 until May 2022,following the appointment of the Albanese ministry. Previous to this,he was the Minister for Aged Care and Minister for Youth and Sport since May 2019.
Raymond John Groom is an Australian lawyer and former sportsman and politician,representing the Liberal Party in the Federal Parliament 1975–84 and the Tasmanian Parliament 1986–2001. He was a Federal and state minister for a total of 13 years. He was Premier of Tasmania from 1992 to 1996 and also served as Deputy Premier and Attorney-General.
The Division of Braddon is an Australian electoral division in the state of Tasmania. The current MP is Gavin Pearce of the Liberal Party,who was elected at the 2019 federal election.
Jeremy Page Rockliff is an Australian politician. He has served as premier of Tasmania since 2022,as state leader of the Liberal Party. He previously served as deputy premier from 2014 to 2022.
Cooee is a small town on the north-west coast of Tasmania immediately west of Burnie,to which it is in effect a dormitory suburb. At the 2011 census,Cooee had a population of 559.
Sir Reginald Charles Wright was an Australian barrister and politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served as a Senator for Tasmania from 1950 to 1978. He held ministerial office in the Gorton and McMahon governments,although he was known for crossing the floor.
The 1956 Tasmanian state election was held on 13 October 1956 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 30 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system —six members were elected from each of five electorates.
This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 1897 election and the 1900 election.
John Horace Panizza was an Australian politician. He was a Senator for Western Australia from 1987 until his death in 1997,representing the Liberal Party. He was a farmer before entering politics.
This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 13 October 1956 election and the 2 May 1959 election. The previous Darwin division had been renamed Braddon after former Premier of Tasmania Sir Edward Braddon.
Peter Carl Gutwein is a former Australian politician who was the 46th premier of Tasmania from 2020 to 2022. He was a Liberal Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 2002 to 2022,representing the electorate of Bass. He succeeded Will Hodgman as leader of the Liberal Party and Tasmanian Premier on 20 January 2020.
Wilfred Bert Bonde is a former Australian politician. Born in Ulverstone,Tasmania,he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1986 as a Liberal member for Braddon. He was a minister from 1996 to 1998. Bonde retired in 2002.
Edward Thomas Miles (1849–1944) was a businessman and politician from Van Diemen's Land,who during his long life was variously a merchant seaman,a Free Trade Party Member of the Tasmanian Parliament,a Minister in the Braddon government,and an entrepreneur.
Daniel Thomas Tehan is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal Party and has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2010 election,representing the Victorian seat of Wannon. He held ministerial office in the Coalition governments under Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison,serving as Minister for Defence Materiel (2016),Defence Personnel (2016–2017),Veterans' Affairs (2016–2017),Social Services (2017–2018),Education (2018–2020),and Trade,Tourism and Investment. He was a public servant and political adviser before entering parliament.
Michael Sven Sukkar is an Australian politician has served as the Shadow Minister for Housing,NDIS,and Social Services since 2022. Previously he had served as Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Housing and as the Minister for Homelessness,Social and Community Housing. Sukkar has been a member of the House of Representatives since September 2013,representing the Division of Deakin in Victoria for the Liberal Party.
A leadership spill of the federal parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party of Australia was held on 23 May 1994. The incumbent,John Hewson,was defeated by Alexander Downer in a vote of Liberal Party Members of Parliament (MPs) by 43 votes to 36 votes. Downer thus became the Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of Australia.
A spill of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia took place on 9 May 1989,following internal maneuverings by supporters of John Howard's long-time rival,Andrew Peacock. The spill was won by Andrew Peacock over John Howard by 44 votes to 27.
Shane Thomas Broad is an Australian politician;a five-time national champion and Australian representative rower;and an agricultural scientist.
Gavin Bruce Pearce is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2019 federal election. He is a member of the Liberal Party and represents the Division of Braddon in Tasmania.
