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margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1987_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="1987 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">1987</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>9 May 1989</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1990_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" class="mw-redirect" title="1990 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">1990</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #0047AB"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Andrew_Peacock.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Andrew_Peacock.jpg/107px-Andrew_Peacock.jpg" decoding="async" width="107" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Andrew_Peacock.jpg/161px-Andrew_Peacock.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Andrew_Peacock.jpg/214px-Andrew_Peacock.jpg 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="448" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #0047AB"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_howard.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/John_howard.jpg/107px-John_howard.jpg" decoding="async" width="107" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/John_howard.jpg/161px-John_howard.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/John_howard.jpg/214px-John_howard.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Candidate </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Peacock" title="Andrew Peacock">Andrew Peacock</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/John_Howard" title="John Howard">John Howard</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Caucus vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>44</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">27 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>62.0%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">38.0% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Kooyong" title="Division of Kooyong">Kooyong</a> (Vic.) </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Bennelong" title="Division of Bennelong">Bennelong</a> (NSW) </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>Leader before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/John_Howard" title="John Howard">John Howard</a><br /> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected Leader</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Peacock" title="Andrew Peacock">Andrew Peacock</a><br /> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Leadership_spill" title="Leadership spill">spill</a> of the leadership of the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal Party of Australia</a> took place on 9 May 1989, following internal maneuverings by supporters of <a href="/wiki/John_Howard" title="John Howard">John Howard's</a> long-time rival, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Peacock" title="Andrew Peacock">Andrew Peacock</a>. The spill was won by Andrew Peacock over John Howard by 44 votes to 27.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1989_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During 1988 Liberal Party President <a href="/wiki/John_Elliott_(businessman)" title="John Elliott (businessman)">John Elliott</a> was the subject of much leadership speculation which undermined John Howard's leadership. This ended after the seat which Elliott sought, <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Higgins" title="Division of Higgins">Higgins</a> didn't become available.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February, Elliott said confidentially to former leader and current Deputy leader Andrew Peacock, that he would support him in a leadership challenge against Howard.<sup id="cite_ref-PKelly_EndOfCertainty1994_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PKelly_EndOfCertainty1994-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late 1988 <a href="/wiki/John_Howard" title="John Howard">John Howard</a> promoted his policy of <a href="/wiki/One_Australia" title="One Australia">One Australia</a> which called for an end to <a href="/wiki/Multiculturalism" title="Multiculturalism">Multiculturalism</a> and called for the rate of Asian immigration to Australia to be reduced. There were widespread objections to the policy from within the Liberal Party, including from Victoria Opposition Leader and future Premier <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Kennett" title="Jeff Kennett">Jeff Kennett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_New_South_Wales" title="Premier of New South Wales">New South Wales Premier</a> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Greiner" title="Nick Greiner">Nick Greiner</a>, former Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Fraser" title="Malcolm Fraser">Malcolm Fraser</a>, and former <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Immigration_and_Ethnic_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs">immigration ministers</a> <a href="/wiki/Ian_Macphee" title="Ian Macphee">Ian Macphee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michael_MacKellar" title="Michael MacKellar">Michael MacKellar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Borderline_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Borderline-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some political commentators later postulated that the dissent within the Liberal Party over immigration policy weakened Howard's leadership position, contributing to him being overthrown as Liberal Party leader by <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Peacock" title="Andrew Peacock">Andrew Peacock</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kelly_457_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kelly_457-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A group of Peacock supporters, nicknamed "The Cardinals" worked behind the scenes for most of year to get the numbers to replace Howard with Peacock. By the time that former shadow minister <a href="/wiki/Ian_Macphee" title="Ian Macphee">Ian Macphee</a> lost his preselection, it was decided that the time was right to move against Howard. Firstly Senate leader <a href="/wiki/Fred_Chaney" title="Fred Chaney">Fred Chaney</a>, Peacock's first choice as deputy, was persuaded to reluctantly switch his support, then, Peacock, Chaney, and Chaney's Senate deputy <a href="/wiki/Austin_Lewis_(politician)" title="Austin Lewis (politician)">Austin Lewis</a>, being other members of the leadership team, informed Howard that 40 members wanted the matter of leadership raised at the next party meeting.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite being a key architect in Peacock's comeback,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wilson Tuckey stood for the deputy's position against Peacock's choice of deputy, Senator Chaney, but was eliminated in the first ballot. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Candidates">Candidates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1989_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Peacock" title="Andrew Peacock">Andrew Peacock</a>, incumbent Deputy Leader, Shadow Treasurer, Member for <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Kooyong" title="Division of Kooyong">Kooyong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Howard" title="John Howard">John Howard</a>, incumbent Leader, Member for <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Bennelong" title="Division of Bennelong">Bennelong</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1989_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table"><caption class="infobox-title summary"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal Party of Australia</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Leadership_spill" title="Leadership spill">deputy leadership ballot</a>, 1989</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Liberal-Party-of-Australia-stub.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Liberal-Party-of-Australia-stub.svg/50px-Liberal-Party-of-Australia-stub.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="43" 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style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #0047AB"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Recognise_Campaign_Fred_Chaney_Presser.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Recognise_Campaign_Fred_Chaney_Presser.jpg/100px-Recognise_Campaign_Fred_Chaney_Presser.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Recognise_Campaign_Fred_Chaney_Presser.jpg/150px-Recognise_Campaign_Fred_Chaney_Presser.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Recognise_Campaign_Fred_Chaney_Presser.jpg/200px-Recognise_Campaign_Fred_Chaney_Presser.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3338" data-file-height="5000" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #0047AB"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_Reith_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Peter_Reith_cropped.jpg/107px-Peter_Reith_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="107" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Peter_Reith_cropped.jpg/161px-Peter_Reith_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Peter_Reith_cropped.jpg/214px-Peter_Reith_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="560" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Candidate </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Fred_Chaney" title="Fred Chaney">Fred Chaney</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Reith" title="Peter Reith">Peter Reith</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">First ballot </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">31 (43.7%) </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">23 (32.4%) </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Second ballot</span> </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>44 (62.0%)</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">27 (38.0%) </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Senators_from_Western_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Senators from Western Australia">Senator</a> for <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Flinders" title="Division of Flinders">Flinders</a> (Vic.) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #0047AB"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wilson_Tuckey_official_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Wilson_Tuckey_official_portrait.jpg/120px-Wilson_Tuckey_official_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Wilson_Tuckey_official_portrait.jpg/180px-Wilson_Tuckey_official_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Wilson_Tuckey_official_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="250" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #0047AB"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ian_Wilson_1960s.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Ian_Wilson_1960s.png/108px-Ian_Wilson_1960s.png" decoding="async" width="108" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Ian_Wilson_1960s.png/162px-Ian_Wilson_1960s.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Ian_Wilson_1960s.png/216px-Ian_Wilson_1960s.png 2x" data-file-width="958" data-file-height="1330" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Candidate </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Wilson_Tuckey" title="Wilson Tuckey">Wilson Tuckey</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ian_Wilson_(Australian_politician)" title="Ian Wilson (Australian politician)">Ian Wilson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">First ballot </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">11 (15.5%) </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">6 (8.5%) </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Second ballot</span> </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>Eliminated</i> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>Eliminated</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Division_of_O%27Connor" title="Division of O'Connor">O'Connor</a> (WA) </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Sturt" title="Division of Sturt">Sturt</a> (SA) </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>Deputy Leader before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Peacock" title="Andrew Peacock">Andrew Peacock</a><br /> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected Deputy Leader</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Fred_Chaney" title="Fred Chaney">Fred Chaney</a><br /> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following tables gives the ballot results:<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Spill motion to vacate leadership </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="width: 170px">Support </th> <th style="width: 50px">Votes </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 170px"><b>Yes</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">43 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 170px">No </td> <td style="text-align:right;">28 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leadership_ballot">Leadership ballot</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1989_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Leadership ballot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>Percentage </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#0047AB"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Peacock" title="Andrew Peacock">Andrew Peacock</a></b> </td> <td><b>44</b> </td> <td><b>62.0</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#0047AB"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Howard" title="John Howard">John Howard</a> </td> <td>27 </td> <td>38.0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deputy_leadership_ballot">Deputy leadership ballot</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1989_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Deputy leadership ballot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Leadership ballot </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 170px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 50px">First round </th> <th style="width: 50px">Second round </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Fred_Chaney" title="Fred Chaney">Fred Chaney</a></b> </td> <td><b>31</b> </td> <td><b>44</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Reith" title="Peter Reith">Peter Reith</a> </td> <td>23 </td> <td>27 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wilson_Tuckey" title="Wilson Tuckey">Wilson Tuckey</a> </td> <td>11 </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">Eliminated </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_Wilson_(Australian_politician)" title="Ian Wilson (Australian politician)">Ian Wilson</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">Eliminated </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1989_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Fred_Chaney" title="Fred Chaney">Fred Chaney</a> succeeded Peacock as Deputy Leader. Declining Peacock's offer of Shadow Minister for Education, Howard went to the backbench and a new period of party disunity ensued which was highlighted by a <a href="/wiki/Four_Corners" title="Four Corners">Four Corners</a> episode detailing the coup against Howard.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October Howard did accept an offer to return to the frontbench as Shadow Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce. </p><p>This spill saw Peacock return to the leadership almost four years after his resignation in September 1985. 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Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Holt" title="Harold Holt">Harold Holt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_McMahon" title="William McMahon">William McMahon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Gorton" title="John Gorton">John Gorton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Snedden" title="Billy Snedden">Billy Snedden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phillip_Lynch" title="Phillip Lynch">Phillip Lynch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Howard" title="John Howard">John Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Brown_(Australian_politician)" title="Neil Brown (Australian politician)">Neil Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Peacock" title="Andrew Peacock">Andrew Peacock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Chaney" title="Fred Chaney">Fred Chaney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Reith" title="Peter Reith">Peter Reith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Wooldridge_(politician)" title="Michael Wooldridge (politician)">Michael Wooldridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Costello" title="Peter Costello">Peter Costello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Bishop" title="Julie Bishop">Julie Bishop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Frydenberg" title="Josh Frydenberg">Josh Frydenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sussan_Ley" title="Sussan Ley">Sussan Ley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#1C0DAB;color:#FFFFFF;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="President of the Liberal Party of Australia"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Presidents</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Ritchie" title="Malcolm Ritchie">Malcolm Ritchie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Casey,_Baron_Casey" title="Richard Casey, Baron Casey">Richard Casey</a></li> <li>W. H. Anderson</li> <li>Lyle Moore</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_McBride" title="Philip McBride">Philip McBride</a></li> <li>J. E. Pagan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Southey_(businessman)" title="Robert Southey (businessman)">Robert Southey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Atwill" title="John Atwill">John Atwill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Forbes_(Australian_politician)" title="Jim Forbes (Australian politician)">A. J. Forbes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Valder" title="John Valder">John Valder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Elliott_(businessman)" title="John Elliott (businessman)">John Elliott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashley_Goldsworthy" title="Ashley Goldsworthy">Ashley Goldsworthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Staley" title="Tony Staley">Tony Staley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shane_Stone" title="Shane Stone">Shane Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_McDiven" title="Chris McDiven">Chris McDiven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Stockdale" title="Alan Stockdale">Alan Stockdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Alston_(politician)" title="Richard Alston (politician)">Richard Alston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Greiner" title="Nick Greiner">Nick Greiner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Olsen" title="John Olsen">John Olsen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#1C0DAB;color:#FFFFFF;width:1%">Governments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Menzies_government_(1949%E2%80%931966)" title="Menzies government (1949–1966)">Menzies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holt_government" title="Holt government">Holt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorton_government" title="Gorton government">Gorton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McMahon_government" title="McMahon government">McMahon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fraser_government" title="Fraser government">Fraser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_government" title="Howard government">Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abbott_government" title="Abbott government">Abbott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turnbull_government" title="Turnbull government">Turnbull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morrison_government" title="Morrison government">Morrison</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#1C0DAB;color:#FFFFFF;width:1%">Ministries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Menzies_ministry" title="Fourth Menzies ministry">Menzies 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Menzies_ministry" title="Fifth Menzies ministry">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixth_Menzies_ministry" title="Sixth Menzies ministry">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Menzies_ministry" title="Seventh Menzies ministry">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Menzies_ministry" title="Eighth Menzies ministry">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninth_Menzies_ministry" title="Ninth Menzies ministry">9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenth_Menzies_ministry" title="Tenth Menzies ministry">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Holt_ministry" title="First Holt ministry">Holt 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Holt_ministry" title="Second Holt ministry">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Gorton_ministry" title="First Gorton ministry">Gorton 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Gorton_ministry" title="Second Gorton ministry">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McMahon_ministry" title="McMahon ministry">McMahon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Fraser_ministry" title="First Fraser ministry">Fraser 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Fraser_ministry" title="Second Fraser ministry">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Fraser_ministry" title="Third Fraser ministry">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Fraser_ministry" title="Fourth Fraser ministry">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Howard_ministry" title="First Howard ministry">Howard 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Howard_ministry" title="Second Howard ministry">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Howard_ministry" title="Third Howard ministry">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Howard_ministry" title="Fourth Howard ministry">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abbott_ministry" title="Abbott ministry">Abbott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Turnbull_ministry" title="First Turnbull ministry">Turnbull 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Turnbull_ministry" title="Second Turnbull ministry">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Morrison_ministry" title="First Morrison ministry">Morrison 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Morrison_ministry" title="Second Morrison ministry">2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#1C0DAB;color:#FFFFFF;width:1%">Shadow cabinets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Ministry_of_Billy_Snedden" title="Shadow Ministry of Billy Snedden">Snedden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Ministry_of_Malcolm_Fraser" title="Shadow Ministry of Malcolm Fraser">Fraser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Ministry_of_Andrew_Peacock_(1983%E2%80%9385)" title="Shadow Ministry of Andrew Peacock (1983–85)">Peacock I</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shadow_Ministry_of_John_Howard_(1985%E2%80%9389)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shadow Ministry of John Howard (1985–89) (page does not exist)">Howard I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Ministry_of_Andrew_Peacock_(1989%E2%80%9390)" title="Shadow Ministry of Andrew Peacock (1989–90)">Peacock II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Ministry_of_John_Hewson" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Ministry of John Hewson">Hewson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Ministry_of_Alexander_Downer" title="Shadow Ministry of Alexander Downer">Downer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Ministry_of_John_Howard_(1995%E2%80%9396)" title="Shadow Ministry of John Howard (1995–96)">Howard II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Ministry_of_Brendan_Nelson" title="Shadow Ministry of Brendan Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Ministry_of_Malcolm_Turnbull" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Ministry of Malcolm Turnbull">Turnbull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Ministry_of_Tony_Abbott" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Ministry of Tony Abbott">Abbott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_ministry_of_Peter_Dutton" title="Shadow ministry of Peter Dutton">Dutton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#1C0DAB;color:#FFFFFF;width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_divisions&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="State divisions (page does not exist)"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">State divisions</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canberra_Liberals" title="Canberra Liberals">Australian Capital Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Liberal_Party" title="New South Wales Liberal Party">New South Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Country_Liberal_Party" title="Country Liberal Party">Northern Territory (Country Liberal Party)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_National_Party_of_Queensland" title="Liberal National Party of Queensland">Queensland (Liberal National Party)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Australian_Liberal_Party" title="South Australian Liberal Party">South Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tasmanian_Liberal_Party" title="Tasmanian Liberal Party">Tasmania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Liberal_Party" title="Victorian Liberal Party">Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Liberal_Party" title="Western Australian Liberal Party">Western Australia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#1C0DAB;color:#FFFFFF;width:1%">Party-related organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Liberal_Students%27_Federation" title="Australian Liberal Students' Federation">Australian Liberal Students' Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">Coalition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cormack_Foundation" title="Cormack Foundation">Cormack Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Liberals" title="Norfolk Liberals">Norfolk Liberals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Liberals_(Australia)" title="Young Liberals (Australia)">Young Liberals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_LNP" title="Young LNP">Young LNP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menzies_Research_Centre" title="Menzies Research Centre">Menzies Research Centre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#1C0DAB;color:#FFFFFF;width:1%">Factions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moderates_(Liberal_Party_of_Australia)" title="Moderates (Liberal Party of Australia)">Moderates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centre_Right_(Liberal_Party_of_Australia)" title="Centre Right (Liberal Party of Australia)">Centre Right</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal_(Australia)" title="Independent Liberal (Australia)">Independent Liberal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Right_(Liberal_Party_of_Australia)" title="National Right (Liberal Party of Australia)">National Right</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ginger_Group_(Queensland)" title="Ginger Group (Queensland)">Ginger Group</a> (defunct)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyons_Forum" title="Lyons Forum">Lyons Forum</a> (defunct)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#1C0DAB;color:#FFFFFF;width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Protectionist_Party" title="Protectionist Party">Protectionist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_Trade_Party" title="Free Trade Party">Free Trade Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Australia,_1909)" title="Liberal Party (Australia, 1909)">Fusion Liberal Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Labor_Party" title="National Labor Party">National Labor Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Party_(Australia)" title="Nationalist Party (Australia)">Nationalist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Union_(Victoria)" title="Liberal Union (Victoria)">Liberal Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Party#Australian_Party_(1930s)" title="Australian Party">Australian Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Australia_Party" title="United Australia Party">United Australia Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Citizens%27_Municipal_Organisation" title="Citizens' Municipal Organisation">Citizens' Municipal Organisation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#1C0DAB;color:#FFFFFF;width:1%">Leadership contests</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1966_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_election" title="1966 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_election" title="1968 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="1969 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="1971 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_election" title="1972 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="1975 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">1975</a></li> 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Australia leadership spill">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="1995 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_election" title="2007 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="2008 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="2009 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2015_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill_motion" title="February 2015 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill motion">2015 (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2015_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="September 2015 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">2015 (Sep)</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/1945_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_election" title="1945 Australian Labor Party leadership election">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_election" title="1951 Australian Labor Party leadership election">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_spill" title="1954 Australian Labor Party leadership spill">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_spill" title="1956 Australian Labor Party leadership spill">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_spill" title="1959 Australian Labor Party leadership spill">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_election" title="1960 Australian Labor Party leadership election">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_spill" title="1966 Australian Labor Party leadership spill">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_election" title="1967 Australian Labor Party leadership election">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_spill" title="1968 Australian Labor Party leadership spill">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_spill" title="1976 Australian Labor Party leadership spill">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_1977_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_spill" title="May 1977 Australian Labor Party leadership spill">1977 (May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_1977_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_election" title="December 1977 Australian Labor Party leadership election">1977 (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_spill" title="1982 Australian Labor Party leadership spill">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_spill" title="1983 Australian Labor Party leadership spill">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_1991_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_spill" title="June 1991 Australian Labor Party leadership spill">1991 (Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_1991_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_spill" title="December 1991 Australian Labor Party leadership spill">1991 (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_election" title="1996 Australian Labor Party leadership election">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_election" title="2001 Australian Labor Party leadership election">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_spills" title="2003 Australian Labor Party leadership spills">2003 (Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_spills" title="2003 Australian Labor Party leadership spills">2003 (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_spill" title="2005 Australian Labor Party leadership spill">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_spill" title="2006 Australian Labor Party leadership spill">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_spill" title="2010 Australian Labor Party leadership spill">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_spill" title="2012 Australian Labor Party leadership spill">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2013_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_spill" title="March 2013 Australian Labor Party leadership spill">2013 (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2013_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_spill" title="June 2013 Australian Labor Party leadership spill">2013 (Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_2013_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_election" title="October 2013 Australian Labor Party leadership election">2013 (Oct)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_election" title="2019 Australian Labor Party leadership election">2019</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_Australia_Party" title="United Australia Party">UAP</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1931_United_Australia_Party_leadership_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1931 United Australia Party leadership election (page does not exist)">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_United_Australia_Party_leadership_election" title="1939 United Australia Party leadership election">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_United_Australia_Party_leadership_election" title="1941 United Australia Party leadership election">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_United_Australia_Party_leadership_election" title="1943 United Australia Party leadership election">1943</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1966_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_election" title="1966 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_election" title="1968 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="1969 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="1971 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_election" title="1972 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="1975 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="1982 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_election" title="1983 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="1985 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="1987 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">1987</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_election" title="1990 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="1993 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="1994 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="1995 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_election" title="2007 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="2008 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="2009 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2015_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill_motion" title="February 2015 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill motion">2015 (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2015_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="September 2015 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">2015 (Sep)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spills" title="2018 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_election" title="2022 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia" title="National Party of Australia">National Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia_leadership_elections" title="National Party of Australia leadership elections">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Country_Party_of_Australia_leadership_election" title="1939 Country Party of Australia leadership election">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia_leadership_elections" title="National Party of Australia leadership elections">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia_leadership_elections" title="National Party of Australia leadership elections">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia_leadership_elections" title="National Party of Australia leadership elections">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia_leadership_elections" title="National Party of Australia leadership elections">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia_leadership_elections" title="National Party of Australia leadership elections">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia_leadership_elections" title="National Party of Australia leadership elections">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia_leadership_elections" title="National Party of Australia leadership elections">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia_leadership_elections" title="National Party of Australia leadership elections">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia_leadership_elections" title="National Party of Australia leadership elections">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia_leadership_elections" title="National Party of Australia leadership elections">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_National_Party_of_Australia_leadership_election" title="2018 National Party of Australia leadership election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_National_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="2020 National Party of Australia leadership spill">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_National_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="2021 National Party of Australia leadership spill">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_National_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="2022 National Party of Australia leadership spill">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Greens" title="Australian Greens">Greens</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Greens_leadership_elections" title="Australian Greens leadership elections">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Greens_leadership_elections" title="Australian Greens leadership elections">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Greens_leadership_elections" title="Australian Greens leadership elections">2015</a></li> <li><a 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