Following the 2007 election, Liberal holds 55 seats in the House of Representatives. One of these is being challenged by Labor in the Court of Disputed Returns due to a close result, and 643 ballots are disputed. With the National Party coalition, they hold 65 seats.
In the Senate, the Australian Liberal Party will hold 32, the Country Liberal Party holds one, and the Nationals hold 4. So, the Coalition holds 37 Senate seats together.
Federal Women's Committee of the Liberal Party of Australia was created in 1945.
Liberal party
In 2012, the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia at the federal level is Tony Abbott.
As a result of the Federal election held on 7 September 2013, the Prime Minister of Australia is Tony Abbott of the Liberal Party of Australia.
Tony Abbott is the Federal leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.
As leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, Tony Abbott is the current Federal Opposition leader in Australia. He is also the Federal Member for Warringah.
The Liberal Party most recently held Federal Office when John Howard was Prime Minister, from March 1996 to November 2007.
In Australia in 2010, the leader of the opposition is Tony Abbott, of the Liberal party of Australia.
In 1944, the Liberal Party of Australia was founded after a three-day meeting held in a small hall not far from Parliament House in Canberra. The meeting was called by the then Leader of the Opposition (United Australia Party) Sir Robert Menzies.
As a result of the Federal election held on 7 September 2013, the Prime Minister of Australia is Tony Abbott of the Liberal Party of Australia.
Julia Gillard is the Australian Prime Minister (A Prime Minister is like an American President). Tony Abbott is the head of the opposition. Julia Gillard is head of the Australian Labor Party. Tony Abbott is head of the Australian Liberal Party.
Neville Bonner became the first indigenous Australian to sit in the Australian Parliament. Bonner joined the Liberal Party in 1967 and held local office in the party. Following the resignation of Liberal Senator Annabelle Rankin in 1971, Bonner was chosen to fill the vacancy. He was elected again in his own right in 1972, 1974, 1975 and 1980.