Liberal Party of Australia
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The Liberal Party of Australia is the major conservative and centre-right to right-wing political party in Australia. Historically the most electorally successful party in Australia, it was founded in
Sir Robert Menzies, founder of the Liberal Party and prime minister 1939–41 (UAP) and 1949–66
Sir Robert Menzies, Dame Enid Lyons (the first female member of an Australian Cabinet), Sir Eric Harrison, Harold Holt (Menzies' successor) and Tom White, in 1946.
Menzies attending a White House luncheon in his honour with President Kennedy
Harold Holt, Prime Minister 1966–67
The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the upper house being the Senate. Its composition and powers are set out in Chapter I of the Constitution of A
Liberal Party of Australia
…our country..." This proposed preamble was also voted down in the referendum. In the 2004 federal elections the party strengthened its majority in the lower house and, with its coalition partners, became the first federal government in twenty years to gain an absolute majority in the Senate. This control of both…
Australian House of Representatives Parliament of Australia
The Australian House of Representatives in 1901
Frontbench and despatch box
The House of Representatives chamber at Old Parliament House, Canberra, where the Parliament met between 1927 and 1988