Michael O'Brien (Victorian politician)

Last updated

  1. "Hon. Michael O'Brien". Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 Carey, Adam; Preiss, Benjamin (6 December 2018). ""New day for the party": Vic Liberals pick Michael O'Brien as leader". The Age . Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  3. Smethurst, Annika (4 December 2014). "Matthew Guy defeats Michael O'Brien in Liberal leadership ballot". Herald Sun . Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  4. "Matthew Guy topples Michael O'Brien to reclaim Victorian Liberal leadership". ABC News . 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  5. Malvern Prahran Leader, 7 October 2009.
  6. Malvern Prahran Leader, 29 November 2006.
  7. 1 2 Main source is The Age, 7 December 2006. Brief mention in the Herald Sun, 7 December 2006. "Three new MPs—Mary Wooldridge, Michael O'Brien and Matthew Guy—have picked up frontbench positions. Both Ms Wooldridge and Mr O'Brien are being touted as potential future state leaders."
  8. Sunday Herald Sun, 29 March 2009. "Under the company share system... if an [apartment owner] does not agree with [a decision by the board of management], they must take legal action in the Supreme Court. [...] Mr O'Brien said it was time laws were changed to prevent neighbourly fights clogging up court time, especially when there was a tribunal to deal with such disputes."
  9. The Age, 6 November 2009. Quote taken from an article in the Herald Sun, 21 October 2009.
  10. Malvern Prahran Leader, 25 November 2009.
  11. ABC online, 2 December 2010.
  12. Herald Sun, 18 October 2011.
  13. "Matthew Guy defeats Michael O'Brien in Liberal leadership ballot". Herald Sun. 4 December 2014.
  14. "Matthew Guy defeats Michael O'Brien in Liberal leadership victory". The Herald Sun. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  15. "Michael O'Brien". vic.liberal.org.au. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  16. Preiss, Benjamin; Carey, Adam (5 December 2018). "'New day for the party': Vic Liberals pick Michael O'Brien as leader". The Age. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  17. "Liberal Leader Michael O'Brien's chief of staff exits ahead of Victoria's 2022 state election". 2 July 2021.
  18. Topsfield, Jewel (26 October 2020). "Andrews support strong, but Liberal leader floundering: poll". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  19. Fowler, Michael (27 October 2020). "'I make no apology': O'Brien confident of remaining state Opposition Leader despite polling". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  20. "Matthew Guy replaces Michael O'Brien as Victorian Liberal leader". ABC News. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  21. "Michael O'Brien to return to Matthew Guy's frontbench in opposition reshuffle". The Age. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  22. "Ex-Vic Lib leader rejoins shadow cabinet". 7News. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  23. "Malvern - VIC Electorate, Candidates, Results". Australian Broadcasting Corporation .
  24. Carlton Football Club website.
  25. "If you're a Celtic FC fan, it's been a roller coaster recently". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 19 May 2024.[ self-published source ]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Denis Napthine</span> Premier of Victoria from 2013 to 2014

Denis Vincent Napthine is a former Australian 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Davis (Australian politician)</span> Australian politician

David McLean Davis is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council since March 1996, representing East Yarra Province from 1996 until 2006 when it was abolished and the Southern Metropolitan Region from 2006 onwards. He was state Minister for Health from 2010 to 2014 under Premiers Ted Baillieu and Denis Napthine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Electoral district of Malvern</span> State electoral district of Victoria, Australia

The electoral district of Malvern is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It contains the suburbs of Malvern, Armadale, Kooyong, Malvern East, Toorak, and parts of Glen Iris.

Terence Wynn Mulder is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2015, representing the Colac-based electorate of Polwarth. He served as Minister for Public Transport and Minister for Roads in the Baillieu and Napthine governments from 2010 to 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ted Baillieu</span> Premier of Victoria, Australia, from 2010 to 2013

Edward Norman Baillieu is a former Australian politician who was Premier of Victoria from 2010 to 2013. He was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2014, representing the electorate of Hawthorn. He was elected leader of the Liberal Party in opposition in 2006, and served as Premier from 2010 until 2013 after winning the 2010 state election. He resigned as Premier on 6 March 2013, and was succeeded by Denis Napthine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peter Ryan (politician)</span> Australian politician

Peter Julian Ryan is a former Australian politician who was leader of The Nationals in Victoria from 1999 to 2014. He represented the electoral district of Gippsland South from 1992 to 2015, and from 2010 to 2014 was the Deputy Premier of Victoria as well as the Minister for Rural and Regional Development. In addition, Ryan was the Minister for Police from 2010 to 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mary Wooldridge</span> Australian politician

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ryan Smith (Australian politician)</span> Australian state politician

Ryan James Smith is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2023, representing the electorate of Warrandyte. He was Minister for Environment and Climate Change and Minister for Youth Affairs from 2010 to 2014, serving in both the Baillieu and Napthine governments.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matthew Guy</span> Australian politician

Matthew Jason Guy is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal Party member of the Parliament of Victoria since 2006, representing the Northern Metropolitan Region in the Legislative Council (2006–2014) and Bulleen in the Legislative Assembly (2014–present). He was Leader of the Opposition in Victoria and state leader of the Liberal Party from 2014 to 2018, when he resigned the leadership after the Liberal Party's landslide defeat in the 2018 Victorian election. From 7 September 2021, Guy again served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Liberal Party in Victoria, but he again resigned after another heavy defeat in the 2022 state election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Electoral district of Bulleen</span> State electoral district of Victoria, Australia

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andrew McIntosh (Australian politician)</span> Australian politician

Andrew John McIntosh is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2014, representing the seat of Kew.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kim Wells (Victoria politician)</span> Australian politician

Kimberley Arthur Wells is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 1992, representing first Wantirna and then Scoresby and Rowville. Wells was the Treasurer of Victoria from December 2010 until March 2013. Wells was born in Leongatha, Victoria, and attended public schools in Bairnsdale, graduating in 1976.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 Victorian state election</span> Australian state election

The 2014 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 29 November 2014, was for the 58th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and 40 seats in the Victorian Legislative Council were up for election. The incumbent centre-right Coalition minority government, led by Liberal Party leader and Premier Denis Napthine and National Party leader and Deputy Premier Peter Ryan, was defeated by the centre-left Labor Party opposition, led by Daniel Andrews. The Greens won two lower house seats, their first Legislative Assembly seats in a Victorian state election, whilst increasing their share of upper house seats. The new Andrews Ministry was sworn in on 4 December 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Southwick</span> Australian politician (born 1968)

David James Southwick is an Australian Liberal politician, and has been the member for Caulfield in the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2010. Southwick has been the Parliamentary Secretary for Police and Emergency Services and is currently Shadow Minister for Jobs and Employment, Shadow Minister for Events Industry, Shadow Minister for Business Recovery, Shadow Minister for CBD Recovery, Shadow Minister for Small Business and Shadow Minister for Business Precincts. As of 7 September 2021, Southwick is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in Victoria.

Lucinda Gaye "Cindy" McLeish is an Australian politician, and has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2010, representing Seymour until 2014 and Eildon thereafter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Georgie Crozier</span> Australian politician

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Victorian Liberal Party</span> Political party in Australia

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 1944. It became the Liberal and Country Party (LCP) in 1949, 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James Newbury</span> Australian politician

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. Newbury is the currently the Shadow Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Equality, and the Manager of Opposition Business.

The Shadow Ministry of Matthew Guy was the Coalition opposition, opposing the Andrews government in the Parliament of Victoria, Australia. Matthew Guy held the position of opposition leader twice, first from 4 December 2014 until 6 December 2018, following his loss in the 2018 Victorian state election, and then again from 7 September 2021 until 8 December 2022 when he defeated his successor, Michael O'Brien in a leadership spill. The shadow cabinet was made up of the caucuses from the Liberal Party and Nationals.

The 2022 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election was an election to appoint the leader of the Victorian branch of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition after the 2022 Victorian state election. Matthew Guy, who had held these roles since September 2021 and previously in 2018 resigned after the Coalition's defeat to the Australian Labor Party at the November election.

References

Bibliography
News articles
Online resources
Michael O'Brien
MP
O'Brien 2022 b.jpg
O'Brien in 2022
Leader of the Opposition in Victoria
In office
6 December 2018 7 September 2021
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Malvern
2006–present
Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Minister for Gaming
2010–2013
Succeeded byas Minister for Gaming Regulation
Minister for Consumer Affairs
2010–2013
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Energy and Resources
2010–2013
Succeeded by
Preceded by Treasurer of Victoria
2013–2014
Succeeded by
Preceded by Leader of the Opposition in Victoria
2018–2021
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Leader of the Liberal Party in Victoria
2018–2021
Succeeded by