2021 New South Wales Liberal Party leadership election

The 2021 Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division) leadership election was a leadership vote held on 5 October 2021 to elect a new leader of the New South Wales Division of the Liberal Party of Australia and subsequently the Premier of New South Wales, following the resignation of Gladys Berejiklian. The election was conducted among the Liberal Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales and contested between Dominic Perrottet and Rob Stokes. Perrottet won the election 39 votes to 5.^[2] Stuart Ayres was elected unopposed as deputy party leader.

The leadership election was the first time Liberal Party parliamentary members had to vote for a leader in almost twenty years. The previous occurrence was in 2002, which was contested between incumbent Kerry Chikarovski and John Brogden.^[3]

A separate leadership election for the Liberal Party's coalition partner, the NSW Nationals, was held the following day.

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^ ^a ^b Smith, Alexandra (1 October 2021). "Perrottet and Stokes emerge as frontrunners for NSW Premier". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Sources from Mr Perrottet's right faction believe the 39-year-old father-of-six has the support within the Liberal Party room to take over the leadership. A source who was not authorised to speak on internal party matters said Mr Perrottet had the backing of his faction as well as a large proportion of moderates MPs and three unaligned MPs. However, the moderates are the dominant faction and Mr Stokes could emerge as their preferred candidate, with Mr Perrottet as his deputy.
^ Cockburn, Paige (5 October 2021). "Dominic Perrottet becomes 46th NSW Premier after winning Liberal leadership vote". ABC News. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
^ Lyons, Erin (5 October 2021). "Dominic Perrottet has been voted NSW Premier: Here's what you should know about the new leader". NCA NewsWire. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2021 – via news.com.au.

[Smith-2] Smith, Alexandra (1 October 2021). "Perrottet and Stokes emerge as frontrunners for NSW Premier". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Sources from Mr Perrottet's right faction believe the 39-year-old father-of-six has the support within the Liberal Party room to take over the leadership. A source who was not authorised to speak on internal party matters said Mr Perrottet had the backing of his faction as well as a large proportion of moderates MPs and three unaligned MPs. However, the moderates are the dominant faction and Mr Stokes could emerge as their preferred candidate, with Mr Perrottet as his deputy.

[3] Cockburn, Paige (5 October 2021). "Dominic Perrottet becomes 46th NSW Premier after winning Liberal leadership vote". ABC News. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

[4] Lyons, Erin (5 October 2021). "Dominic Perrottet has been voted NSW Premier: Here's what you should know about the new leader". NCA NewsWire. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2021 – via news.com.au.

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