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.
Ian Elgin MacfarlaneHonFAusIMM is an Australian former politician who was a member of the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2016,representing the Liberal Party. He served as a minister in the Howard and Abbott governments.
Mark Anthony James Vaile served as the 12th deputy prime minister of Australia and the leader of the National Party of Australia. Vaile is currently a non-executive director of a number of public listed corporations.
The Shadow Ministry of Tony Abbott was the opposition Coalition shadow ministry of Australia from December 2009 to September 2013,opposing the Australian Labor Party governments of Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard.
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 centre-right 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.
Nigel Gregory Scullion is a former Australian politician who was a Senator for the Northern Territory from 2001 to 2019. He was a member of the Country Liberal Party (CLP) and sat with the National Party in federal parliament. He held ministerial office under four prime ministers.
Robert James Murray Oakeshott is a retired Australian politician. He was the independent Member of the House of Representatives for the Division of Lyne in New South Wales from 2008,when he won the 2008 Lyne by-election,until his retirement in 2013. Oakeshott described his views as economically conservative and socially progressive.
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.
The Shadow Ministry of Brendan Nelson was the opposition Coalition shadow ministry of Australia from December 2007 to September 2008,opposing Kevin Rudd's Australian Labor Party ministry.
The 1988 Barambah state by-election was a by-election held on 16 April 1988 for the Queensland Legislative Assembly seat of Barambah,based in the town of Kingaroy. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of National MP and former Premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen. Until the by-election,the seat had been considered the Nationals' safest seat in Queensland.
Michael Francis McCormack is an Australian politician who served as the 18th deputy prime minister of Australia from 2018 to 2021 under Prime Ministers Malcolm Turnbull and later Scott Morrison. He was also Minister for Infrastructure,Transport and Regional Development,having previously served as Minister for Defence Personnel and Minister for Veterans' Affairs from 2017 to 2018. McCormack has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2010,representing the Division of Riverina in New South Wales. He was a newspaper editor before entering politics.
The 2016 Australian federal election was a double dissolution election held on Saturday 2 July to elect all 226 members of the 45th Parliament of Australia,after an extended eight-week official campaign period. It was the first double dissolution election since the 1987 election and the first under a new voting system for the Senate that replaced group voting tickets with optional preferential voting.
The Turnbull government was the federal executive government of Australia led by the 29th prime minister of Australia,Malcolm Turnbull,from 2015 to 2018. It succeeded the Abbott government,which brought the Coalition to power at the 2013 Australian federal election. The government consisted of members of Australia's Liberal-Nationals Coalition. Turnbull took office by challenging his leader,Tony Abbott,in an internal leadership ballot. Warren Truss,the leader of the Nationals,served as deputy prime minister until he retired in 2016 and was replaced by Barnaby Joyce. Joyce resigned in February 2018 and the Nationals' new leader Michael McCormack became deputy prime minister. The Turnbull government concluded with Turnbull's resignation ahead of internal leadership ballot which saw him succeeded as prime minister by Scott Morrison and the Morrison government.
The first Turnbull ministry was the 69th ministry of the Government of Australia,led by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. It succeeded the Abbott ministry after a leadership spill that took place on 14 September 2015 ended Prime Minister Tony Abbott's leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia. On 15 September,the National Party confirmed,after successful negotiations,that it would continue a coalition agreement with the Liberal Party,guaranteeing the Turnbull government a majority in the Australian House of Representatives.
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.
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.
