Andrew Sharp Peacock was an Australian politician and diplomat. He served as a cabinet minister and went on to become leader of the Liberal Party on two occasions,leading the party to defeat at the 1984 and 1990 elections.
Alexander John Gosse Downer is an Australian former politician and diplomat who was leader of the Liberal Party from 1994 to 1995,Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 2007,and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2018.
Peter Howard Costello is an Australian businessman,lawyer and former politician who served as the treasurer of Australia in government of John Howard from 1996 to 2007. He is the longest-serving treasurer in Australia's history. Costello was a member of parliament (MP) of the Australian House of Representatives from 1990 to 2009,representing the Division of Higgins. He also served as the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party from 1994 to 2007.
John Robert Hewson AM is an Australian former politician who served as leader of the Liberal Party from 1990 to 1994. He led the Liberal-National Coalition to defeat at the 1993 Australian federal election.
Frances Esther Bailey is a former Australian politician. She is a member of the Liberal Party and served in the House of Representatives from 1990 to 1993 and 1996 to 2010,representing the Division of McEwen in Victoria. She held ministerial office in the Howard government as Minister for Employment Services (2004) and Small Business and Tourism (2004–2007).
Robert Charles Grant Sercombe is a former Australian politician who represented the Division of Maribyrnong,Victoria for the Australian Labor Party from March 1996 until his retirement at the 2007 federal election.
Tsebin Tchen was a Chinese-Australian Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1999 to 2005,as Senator of Victoria.
Peter Keaston Reith was an Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1982 to 1983 and from 1984 to 2001,representing the Liberal Party. He was the party's deputy leader from 1990 to 1993,and served as a minister in the Howard government.
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.
The Division of Kooyong is an Australian Electoral Division for the Australian House of Representatives in the state of Victoria,which covers an area of approximately 59 km2 (23 sq mi) in the inner-east of Melbourne. It contains the affluent suburbs of Balwyn,Balwyn North,Camberwell,Canterbury,Deepdene,Kew,Kew East,Mont Albert,Mont Albert North,Surrey Hills and parts of Glen Iris.
Ian Malcolm Macphee AO is an Australian former politician who was a member of the House of Representatives from 1974 until 1990. He is best known for his contributions in developing Australian multiculturalism and for being one of the most prominent moderate Liberal Party of Australia politicians.
Joshua Anthony Frydenberg is an Australian former politician who served as the treasurer of Australia and deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 2018 to 2022. He also served as a member of parliament (MP) for the division of Kooyong from 2010 to 2022.
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.
Helen Evelyn Kroger is a former Australian politician. She was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate representing the state of Victoria from 2008 to 2014. She was the president of the Victorian division of the Liberal Party from 2003 to 2006.
The 1995 Wentworth by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Wentworth in New South Wales on 8 April 1995. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting member,former Liberal Party of Australia leader Dr John Hewson on 28 February 1995. The writ for the by-election was issued on 3 March 1995.
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.
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.
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.
A leadership election of the Liberal Party of Australia was held on 30 May 2022,following the defeat of the Scott Morrison government at the 2022 federal election and the resignation of Morrison as party leader. The newly elected leader would become Leader of the Opposition to the Labor Party government of Anthony Albanese. A separate leadership spill for the Liberal Party's Coalition partner National Party was also held on the same day.
