New South Wales Liberal Party
New South Wales Liberal Party The Liberal Party of Australia, New South Wales Division | |
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| Abbreviation |
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| Leader | Mark Speakman |
| Deputy Leader | Natalie Ward |
| President | Don Harwin |
| State Director | Chris Stone |
| Founder | Robert Menzies |
| Founded | 16 October 1944 |
| Merger of | |
| Preceded by | United Australia |
| Headquarters | 131 Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 |
| Membership (2023) | 12,963 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position |
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| National affiliation | Federal Liberal |
| Political alliance | Liberal–National Coalition |
| Colours | Blue |
| Legislative Assembly | 24 / 93 |
| Legislative Council | 9 / 42 |
| House of Representatives | 9 / 47 (NSW seats) |
| Senate | 5 / 12 (NSW seats) |
| Local Government | 115 / 1,480 |
| Website | |
| nswliberal | |
The New South Wales Liberal Party, officially called The Liberal Party of Australia, New South Wales Division, and colloquially known as the NSW Liberals, 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.
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.