Bruce George Baird,AM,is a former Australian politician whose career included a stint as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in New South Wales.
Bronwyn Kathleen Bishop is an Australian former politician. She was a member of federal parliament for almost 30 years,the longest period of service by a woman. A member of the Liberal Party,she was a minister in the Howard Government from 1996 to 2001 and Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015.
Paul Henry Calvert,AO is a former Australian politician who served as a Senator for Tasmania from 1987 to 2007,representing the Liberal Party. He was President of the Senate from 2002 to 2007.
Eric Abetz is a former Australian politician who was a Senator for Tasmania from 1994 to 2022,representing the Liberal Party. He was the Minister for Employment and the Leader of the Government in the Senate in the Abbott Government from 2013 to 2015. He previously also served as Special Minister of State in the Howard Government from 2001 to 2006 and as Minister for Fisheries,Forestry and Conservation from 2006 to 2007.
William Daniel Heffernan,is an Australian former politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Senate representing the state of New South Wales from September 1996 to May 2016.
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1990 to 1993. Half of the state senators had been allocated a long term following the double dissolution election in 1987 and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1993;the other half of the state senators were elected at the March 1990 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 1996. The territory senators were elected at the March 1990 election and their terms ended at the next federal election,which was March 1993.
Mitchell Peter Fifield is the Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations. He is a former Australian politician who served as a Senator for Victoria from 2004 to 2019,representing the Liberal Party. He was a government minister in the Abbott,Turnbull,and Morrison Governments,serving as Assistant Minister for Social Services (2013–2015),Manager of Government Business in the Senate (2013–2015),Minister for Communications (2015–2019),and Minister for the Arts (2015–2019).
Stephen Shane Parry is an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party senator for Tasmania from 2005 to 2017. He was elected President of the Senate in 2014. On 31 October 2017,Parry informed the government that he may be a British citizen,and issued his intention to resign from his position if dual nationality was confirmed. The next day he reported that he had received confirmation of his dual citizenship and,on 2 November,he resigned as president and from the Senate. He was replaced in the Senate by next Liberal Party Tasmanian Senate candidate and former senator Richard Colbeck after a recount.
Nicholas Xenophon is an Australian politician and lawyer who was a Senator for South Australia from 2008 to 2017. He was the leader of two political parties:Nick Xenophon Team federally,and Nick Xenophon's SA-BEST in South Australia. In October 2017,Xenophon resigned from the Australian Senate to contest a seat in the House of Assembly at the 2018 South Australian state election. From 1997 to 2007,he was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council,serving as an independent on a No Pokies policy platform. When the Nick Xenophon Team changed its name to Centre Alliance,Xenophon himself ceased to be directly involved with the party.
This article provides details on candidates who stood at the 2007 Australian federal election.
Anthony John Roberts is an Australian politician. He is the New South Wales Minister for Planning and the Minister for Homes in the Perrottet ministry since December 2021. Roberts is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Lane Cove for the Liberal Party since 2003.
Bradley Ronald "Brad" Hazzard,an Australian politician,has been the New South Wales Minister for Health since January 2017 in the Berejiklian and Perrottet ministries. Hazzard is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Wakehurst for the Liberal Party since 1991.
Simon John Birmingham is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for South Australia since 2007. A member of the Liberal Party,he served in the Morrison Government as Minister for Finance from 2020 to 2022 and as Minister for Trade,Tourism and Investment from 2018 to 2020. He previously served as Minister for Education and Training in the Turnbull government from 2015 to 2018,and as a parliamentary secretary and assistant minister in the Abbott government.
John George Ajaka,an Australian politician,was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 2007 to 2021,representing the Liberal Party and he is the first Liberal Party Lebanese Australian member of an Australian parliament. Ajaka has previously served as the Minister for the Illawarra during 2013 and 2015 in the O'Farrell and first Baird government. He was also the President of the New South Wales Legislative Council until March 2021.
Sir Condor Louis Laucke,was an Australian Liberal Party politician who served in both the South Australian House of Assembly and the Federal Senate,before becoming Lieutenant-Governor of South Australia.
Arthur Sinodinos is an Australian diplomat and former Liberal Party politician who has been Ambassador to the United States since February 2020. He served as Chief of Staff to Prime Minister John Howard from 1997 to 2007 and was a Senator for New South Wales from 2011 to 2019,becoming a minister in the Abbott and Turnbull Governments.
John Coates is an Australian retired politician. Born in Melbourne,he was educated at the University of Sydney,after which he became a biochemist at the University of Tasmania. In 1972,he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Denison,defeating sitting Liberal MP Robert Solomon. He was defeated by Liberal candidate Michael Hodgman in 1975,but in 1980 returned to politics when he was elected to the Senate. He remained a Senator until he resigned his place on 20 August 1996,six months after the federal election that had removed Labor from power.
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.
This article provides details on candidates who stood at the 2010 Australian federal election.
Deborah Mary O'Neill is an Australian politician who has served as a Senator for New South Wales since 2013. Before entering politics O'Neill was a school teacher and university academic. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party and formerly represented the seat of Robertson as a member of the House of Representatives from 2010 to 2013.
