Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division) | |
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| Leader | Libby Mettam |
| President | Caroline Di Russo |
| Deputy Leader | Steve Thomas |
| Founded | 1945 (old WA Division) 1949 (as Liberal and Country League) |
| Youth wing | Young Liberals |
| Women's wing | Liberal Women's Council |
| Ideology | Conservatism Liberalism (Australian) Liberal conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| National affiliation | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Colours | Blue |
| Legislative Assembly | 3 / 59 |
| Legislative Council | 7 / 36 |
| House of Representatives | 5 / 15 (Western Australian seats) |
| Senate | 5 / 12 (Western Australian seats) |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Western Australian Liberal Party, officially known as the Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division), is the division of the Liberal Party of Australia in Western Australia. Founded in March 1949 as the Liberal and Country League of Western Australia (LCL), it simplified its name to the Liberal Party in 1968.[1]
There was a previous Western Australian division of the Liberal Party when the Liberal Party was formed in 1945, but it ceased to exist and merged into the LCL in May 1949.[2][3]
The Liberal Party has held power in Western Australia for five separate periods in coalition with the National Party (previously the Country party), with the longest period between 1959 and 1971.
The party was the sole opposition in the state from 2017 until the 2021 election, where the party lost eleven seats, thus losing opposition status to the National Party, marking the first time the party had failed to form either a coalition government or opposition on its own.[4] Following the election, the Liberal Party and National Party formed an alliance opposition, with the Liberal Party being the junior party in the alliance, and each party maintaining their independence.[5][6]
- ^ "State Liberal Party - Merger With L.C.L." Kalgoorlie Miner. 4 May 1949. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^ "Liberal & Country League Views". The Dowerin Guardian and Amery Line Advocate. 12 May 1949. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^ "Liberal-Country Merge in West". The Daily Telegraph. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
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