The National Party of Australia,commonly known as the Nationals or simply the Nats,is a centre-right and agrarian political party in Australia. Traditionally representing graziers,farmers,and rural voters generally,it began as the Australian Country Party in 1920 at a federal level.
The deputy prime minister of Australia is the deputy chief executive and the second highest ranking officer of the Australian Government. The office of deputy prime minister was officially created as a ministerial portfolio in 1968,although the title had been used informally for many years previously. The deputy prime minister is appointed by the governor-general on the advice of the prime minister. When Australia has a Labor government,the deputy leader of the parliamentary party holds the position of deputy prime minister. When Australia has a Coalition government,the Coalition Agreement mandates that all Coalition members support the leader of the Liberal Party becoming prime minister and the leader of the National Party becoming the deputy prime minister.
Warren Errol Truss is a former Australian politician who served as the 16th deputy prime minister of Australia and the minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development in the Abbott government and the Turnbull government. Truss served as the federal leader of the National Party of Australia between 2007 and 11 February 2016 when he announced his decision to retire and not contest the 2016 federal election. He was the member of the House of Representatives for Wide Bay from the 1990 election until his retirement in May 2016. Following the merger of the Queensland branches of the Nationals and Liberals,Truss was re-elected in 2010 for the Liberal National Party.
Barnaby Thomas Gerard Joyce is an Australian politician who was the leader of the National Party of Australia from 2016 to 2018 and again from 2021 to 2022. Joyce was the 17th deputy prime minister of Australia during both his leadership tenures under Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull from 2016 to 2018 and Prime Minister Scott Morrison from 2021 to 2022.
Fiona Joy Nash is a former Australian politician. She served as a Senator for New South Wales from 2005 to 2017,representing the National Party. She was the party's deputy leader from 2016 to 2017 and was a cabinet minister in the Turnbull government.
The Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) is a major conservative political party in Queensland,Australia. It was formed in 2008 by a merger of the Queensland divisions of the Liberal Party and the National Party. At a federal level and in most other states,the two parties remain distinct and often operate as a Coalition. The LNP is a division of the Liberal Party of Australia,and an affiliate of the National Party of Australia.
Scott Andrew Buchholz is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) and served as an assistant minister in the Morrison government from 2018 until May 2022,following the appointment of the Albanese ministry. He has represented the seat of Wright since the 2010 federal election,sitting with the parliamentary Liberal Party,and previously served as chief government whip in the House of Representatives in the Abbott government in 2015. He was a businessman in the transport industry before entering politics.
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.
Barry James O'Sullivan is an Australian politician who was a senator for Queensland from 11 February 2014 until 30 June 2019. He is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) and sat with the Nationals in federal parliament. A former police detective,grazier,property developer and LNP executive treasurer,O'Sullivan was appointed by the Queensland Parliament to the Senate seat vacated by Barnaby Joyce,who had resigned to contest the House of Representatives seat of New England at the 2013 federal election. He was elected to a three-year term at the 2016 federal election.
Keith John Pitt is an Australian politician. He is a member of the National Party and has represented the Division of Hinkler in Queensland since the 2013 federal election. He was a member of cabinet in the Morrison government as Minister for Resources and Water and also served as an assistant minister in the Turnbull government. He was an electrical engineer and businessman before entering politics.
Matthew James Canavan is an Australian politician. He was elected to the Australian Senate representing the state of Queensland at the 2013 federal election for the term beginning 1 July 2014. He won re-election at the 2016 election and again at the 2022 Australian federal election. He was the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia between February 2016 and February 2020. He is a member of the Liberal National Party and sits with National Party in federal parliament.
This article lists candidates for the 2016 Australian federal election. There were 1,625 candidates in total.
David Kelly Littleproud is an Australian politician who has been the leader of the National Party since May 2022. He has represented the Queensland seat of Maranoa since the 2016 federal election and was a cabinet minister in the Turnbull and Morrison governments.
Colin Einar Boyce is an Australian politician who is a member of the House of Representatives,representing the Division of Flynn since 2022. He is a member of the Liberal National Party and sits with the National Party in federal parliament.
A leadership election was held on 26 February 2018 to select Barnaby Joyce's replacement as leader of the National Party of Australia and Deputy Prime Minister. Michael McCormack was elected party leader.
The leader of the National Party of Australia is elected by majority vote of the federal parliamentary party. A deputy leader is elected in the same fashion. The party's longest-serving leader is Earle Page,who held the office from 1921 to 1939. The party's current leader is David Littleproud,who has held this office since 2022. It is historically rare for the incumbent leader and deputy leader to be opposed in a bid for re-election.
The 46th Parliament of Australia was a meeting of the legislative branch of the Australian federal government,composed of the Australian Senate and the Australian House of Representatives. The 2019 federal election gave the Coalition of the Liberal and National Parties control of the House,originally with a three-seat majority,allowing their leader Scott Morrison to stay in office as the 30th Prime Minister of Australia. The 46th Parliament was opened in Canberra on 2 July 2019 and was dissolved by the Governor General David Hurley on 11 April 2022.
Susan Eileen McDonald is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for Queensland since 2019. She is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) and sits with the National Party in federal parliament. She has a background in agribusiness.
A leadership spill for the federal leadership of the National Party of Australia was held on 4 February 2020,and was called by the Member for Wide Bay,Llew O'Brien.
A leadership spill for the federal leadership of the National Party of Australia was held on 21 June 2021,and was called by the Senator for Queensland,Matt Canavan. Following the spill in the regularly scheduled party room meeting,the incumbent Deputy Prime Minister and Nationals leader Michael McCormack was defeated by his predecessor Barnaby Joyce,who assumed the former's position as leader and Deputy Prime Minister.
