New South Wales Liberal Party Liberal Party of Australia, New South Wales Division
Abbreviation
NSWLP, LPNSW
Leader
Mark Speakman
Deputy Leader
Natalie Ward
President
Jason Falinski[1][2]
Secretary
Christopher Stone
Founded
4 January 1945; 79 years ago (4 January 1945)
Merger of
Liberal Democratic
Democratic
Preceded by
United Australia
Headquarters
131 Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2000
Membership (2020)
11,906[a]
Ideology
Liberalism
Conservatism
Liberal conservatism[5]
Factions:
Centrism[6][7]
Christian right[8]
Right-wing populism[9]
Political position
Centre-right
Factions:
Centre[6][7] to right-wing[8][9]
National affiliation
Federal Liberal
Political alliance
Liberal–National Coalition
Colours
Blue
Legislative Assembly
25 / 93
Legislative Council
10 / 42
House of Representatives
9 / 47
(NSW seats)
Senate
5 / 12
(NSW seats)
Local Government
129 / 1,480
Website
nswliberal.org.au
Politics of New South Wales
Politics of Australia
Political parties
Elections
The New South Wales Liberal Party, officially called the Liberal Party of Australia, New South Wales Division,[10] and colloquially known as the NSW Liberal Party, is the state division of the Liberal Party of Australia in New South Wales. The party is currently in Opposition in New South Wales in a coalition with the National Party. The party is part of the federal Liberal Party which is in opposition on the mainland of Australia, with Tasmania being the exception.
Following the Liberal Party's formation in October 1944, the NSW division of the Liberal Party was formed in January 1945. For the following months, the Democratic Party and Liberal Democratic Party joined the Liberal Party and were replaced by the new party's NSW division.
In the 74 years since its foundation, the party has won eight state elections to the Labor Party's 13, and has spent 27 years in office (1965 to 1976, 1988 to 1995 and 2011 to 2023) to Labor's 46. Eight leaders have become Premier of New South Wales; of those, five, Sir Robert Askin, Nick Greiner, Barry O'Farrell, Mike Baird and Gladys Berejiklian, have won at least one state election.
^Sakkal, Paul (7 July 2023). "New NSW Liberal president confronts preselection tensions". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023.
^"Jason Falinski elected NSW Liberal Party President". nswliberal.org.au. New South Wales Liberal Party. 7 July 2023. NSW Liberal Party Members have elected successful businessman and former Member for Mackellar Jason Falinski as the Division's State President.
^Hannam, Peter (4 October 2020). "'Shocked': quarter of Nationals members quit since coming to power". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
^Hardaker, David (30 July 2021). "National party membership tumbles in NSW, Greens now have more". Crikey. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
^Nicole A. Thomas; Tobias Loetscher; Danielle Clode; Mike Nicholls (2012). "Right-Wing Politicians Prefer the Emotional Left". PLOS ONE. 7 (5): 4. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...736552T. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.270.2043. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0036552. PMC 3342249. PMID 22567166. The Liberal Party of Australia has an ideology in line with liberal conservatism and is therefore right of centre.
^ ab"The Liberal brand is tarnished. Some hard truths must be faced in the wake of another election loss | NSW election 2023 | the Guardian".
^ abRabe, Tom; Maley, Jacqueline (8 August 2019). "Conservative Christian plot to take 'control' of NSW Liberal Party". The Sydney Morning Herald.
^ abRose, Tamsin (22 March 2022). "NSW Liberal MP criticised after speaking at anti-vaccination rally". The Guardian.
^"Constitution of the Liberal Party of Australia, New South Wales Division" (PDF). elections.nsw.gov.au. New South Wales Liberal Party. 5 August 2022. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2023. The name of the Division is 'The Liberal Party of Australia, New South Wales Division'.
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