New South Wales Liberal Party Liberal Party of Australia, New South Wales Division | |
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| Abbreviation | NSWLP, LPNSW, Lib, LP |
| Leader | Mark Speakman |
| Deputy Leader | Natalie Ward |
| President | Don Harwin |
| State Director | Wilson Chessell[a][1] |
| Founder | Robert Menzies[2] |
| Founded | 16 October 1944 |
| Merger of | |
| Preceded by | United Australia |
| Headquarters | 131 Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 |
| Membership (2023) |  12,963[3] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | |
| 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 | |
The New South Wales Liberal Party, officially called the Liberal Party of Australia, New South Wales Division,[9] 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.
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- ^ Costin, Luke; Mitchell, Alex (16 August 2024). "Liberal train wreck just the ticket for minor parties". Australian Associated Press. Archived from the original on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
The debacle resulted in the late-night sacking of party director Richard Shields on Thursday, sparking a furious race to replace him as rifts deepened on the party's 26-member executive. On Friday afternoon, the Liberals appointed party affairs director Wilson Chessell – who now has to find a candidate to run in the October by-election for the Sydney seat of Epping vacated by ex-Liberal premier Dominic Perrottet – as interim state director.
- ^ "Our History". nswliberal.org.au. Archived from the original on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ Maddison, Max (1 June 2023). "NSW Liberal membership declines as battle over democracy heats up". The Australian. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
Handed to state executive members on Friday evening, the leaked snapshot of the Liberal division's membership underlines the continuing existential struggle the major parties have in attracting millennials and Gen Z-ers to their cause. The research revealed the party's membership marginally increased to 12,963 as of May, a rise of 585; with 10,319 fee-paying and 2018 non-financial members. The figure has slipped from 13,376 at the end of 2019, and about 70,000 in 1970.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "The Liberal brand is tarnished. Some hard truths must be faced in the wake of another election loss | NSW election 2023 | the Guardian".
- ^ a b ""We're Not Victoria" Insist Extremely Nervous NSW Liberals". 27 November 2018.
- ^ a b Rabe, Tom; Maley, Jacqueline (8 August 2019). "Conservative Christian plot to take 'control' of NSW Liberal Party". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ a b Rose, 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'.