The Democratic Labour Party (DLP),formerly the Democratic Labor Party,is an Australian political party. It broke off from the Australian Labor Party (ALP) as a result of the 1955 ALP split,originally under the name Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist),and was renamed the Democratic Labor Party in 1957. In 1962,the Queensland Labor Party,a breakaway party of the Queensland branch of the Australian Labor Party,became the Queensland branch of the DLP.
Anna Elizabeth Burke is a former Australian politician and current Member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. She was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from October 1998 to May 2016,representing the Division of Chisholm,Victoria. From October 2012 to August 2013,she was Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives.
Henry Alfred "Harry" Jenkins,is a former Australian politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1986 to 2013,representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
Geoffrey Daniel Prosser is an Australian businessman and former politician. He served in the House of Representatives from 1987 to 2007,representing the Liberal Party,and was Minister for Small Business and Consumer Affairs in the Howard Government from 1996 to 1997.
William Robert Nuttall Maloney was an Australian doctor and politician. He was a member of parliament for over 50 years,beginning his career in the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for the seat of West Melbourne (1889–1903). He was elected to the federal House of Representatives at the 1904 Melbourne by-election,representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He held the seat until his death in 1940 at the age of 86,the sixth-longest period of service in federal parliament and the longest period of service as a backbencher.
Henry Alfred Jenkins AM was an Australian politician and medical doctor. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served in the House of Representatives from 1969 to 1985,including as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1983 to 1986. His son Harry Jenkins Jr. also served as Speaker.
Sir James Alexander Forrest was an Australian lawyer,businessman and philanthropist.
This article provides details on candidates who stood at the 2007 Australian federal election.
A political family of Australia is a family in which multiple members are involved in Australian politics,particularly electoral politics. Members may be related by blood or marriage;often several generations or multiple siblings may be involved.
Nelson Lemmon was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served as Minister for Works and Housing (1946–1949) in the Chifley Government. He played a key role in establishing the Snowy Mountains Scheme.
Darren Jeffrey Chester is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the House of Representatives for Gippsland in Victoria,representing the Nationals since 2008. Chester had served as the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and the Minister for Defence Personnel between March 2018 and July 2021 in the Turnbull and Morrison Governments. He was also Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC until May 2019.
Sir Alexander Perceval Matheson,3rd Baronet was a Senator for Western Australia (1901–1906) and member of the Western Australian Legislative Council (1897–1901). He was born in London and arrived in Australia in 1894 during the Western Australian gold rush,returning to England following the end of his Senate term. He was the son of Scottish MP Sir Alexander Matheson,1st Baronet,and succeeded to the baronetcy in 1920.
Peter James Dowling is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2009 to 2015,representing the electorate of Redlands.
The 2013 Australian federal election to elect the members of the 44th Parliament of Australia took place on 7 September 2013. The centre-right Liberal/National Coalition opposition led by Opposition leader Tony Abbott of the Liberal Party of Australia and Coalition partner the National Party of Australia,led by Warren Truss,defeated the incumbent centre-left Labor Party government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd by an landslide. Labor had been in government for six years since first being elected in the 2007 election. This election marked the end of the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd Labor government and the start of the 9 year long Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Liberal-National Coalition government. Abbott was sworn in by the Governor-General,Quentin Bryce,as Australia's new Prime Minister on 18 September 2013,along with the Abbott Ministry. The 44th Parliament of Australia opened on 12 November 2013,with the members of the House of Representatives and territory senators sworn in. The state senators were sworn in by the next Governor-General Peter Cosgrove on 7 July 2014,with their six-year terms commencing on 1 July.
Daniel Thomas Tehan is an Australian politician who was the Minister for Trade,Tourism and Investment in the Morrison Government from 2020 to 2022. He is a member of the Liberal Party and previously served as Minister for Defence Materiel (2016),Defence Personnel (2016–2017),Veterans' Affairs (2016–2017),Social Services (2017–2018),and Education (2018–2020). He has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2010 election,representing the Victorian seat of Wannon.
Stephen Patrick Jones is an Australian politician who represents the Division of Whitlam for the Australian Labor Party. He was elected at the 2010 Australian federal election and is the current Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services.
Geoffrey Page Shaw is an Australian politician who represented Frankston in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2010 to 2014,initially as a member of the Parliamentary Liberal Party until 6 March 2013,and then subsequently as an independent politician. On 17 March 2014 Shaw resigned as a member of the Liberal Party in advance of moves to expel him as a member of the party.
Kevin John Hogan is an Australian politician. He has been a Nationals member of the Australian House of Representatives,representing the Division of Page in New South Wales,since September 2013.
Centre Alliance,formerly known as the Nick Xenophon Team (NXT),is a centrist political party in Australia based in the state of South Australia. It currently has one representative in the Parliament,Rebekha Sharkie in the House of Representatives.
