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Canberra Liberals leadership elections

The Canberra Liberals, the division of the Liberal Party of Australia in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), have held a number of leadership elections and deputy leadership elections. The most recent was held in October 2020, and another will be held in 2024.

2012 election

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2012 Canberra Liberals
leadership election
 
← 2008 29 October 2012 2013 →
   
Candidate Zed Seselja
Caucus vote Unopposed
Seat Brindabella
Faction Right
Leader before election

Zed Seselja

 Elected Leader

Zed Seselja

The 2012 Canberra Liberals leadership election was held on 29 October 2012.

Following the 2012 ACT election, neither the Liberals nor the Labor Party had won the sufficient number of seats to form government in their own right, meaning they required the support of Shane Rattenbury, the sole Greens MLA.[1]

While negotiations were taking place, Zed Seselja was re-elected unopposed as Liberal leader and Brendan Smyth was re-elected as deputy leader.[2]

The Liberals would ultimately remain in opposition after Rattenbury chose to support Labor on 2 November.[3][4]

Candidates

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Name Electorate Faction Announced
    Zed Seselja Brindabella Right 29 October 2012

Results

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2012 Canberra Liberals leadership election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Right Zed Seselja unopposed
Total votes 8

2013 election

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2013 Canberra Liberals leadership election
 
← 2012 11 February 2013 2016 →
     
Candidate Jeremy Hanson Brendan Smyth
Caucus vote Won Defeated
Seat Molonglo Brindabella
Faction Right Moderate
Leader before election

Zed Seselja

 Elected Leader

Jeremy Hanson

The 2013 Canberra Liberals leadership election was held on 11 February 2013.

Just four months after being re-elected as leader, Zed Seselja announced he would seek Liberal Party preselection for the 2013 federal election as a senator for the Australian Capital Territory, challenging incumbent Gary Humphries.[5]

Liberal health spokesperson Jeremy Hanson was elected leader with a "solid majority", defeating Brindabella MLA Brendan Smyth.[6][7]

Seselja later won Senate preselection on 23 February, and won again in a re-election held on 27 March.[8][9]

Candidates

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Name Electorate Faction Announced
    Jeremy Hanson Molonglo Right[a] 11 February 2013
    Brendan Smyth Brindabella Moderate[10] 11 February 2013

Results

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2013 Canberra Liberals
leadership election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Right Jeremy Hanson 5 or more
Moderate Brendan Smyth 3 or less
Total votes 8

2016 election

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2016 Canberra Liberals
leadership election
 
← 2013 25 October 2016 2020 →
   
Candidate Alistair Coe
Caucus vote Unopposed
Seat Yerrabi
Faction Right
Leader before election

Jeremy Hanson

 Elected Leader

Alistair Coe

The 2016 Canberra Liberals leadership election was held on 25 October 2016.

Following the Liberal Party's fifth consecutive loss at the 2016 ACT election, Jeremy Hanson stepped down as leader. Yerrabi MLA Alistair Coe, part of the right faction, was elected as the new Liberal leader unopposed.[11]

Moderate faction member Nicole Lawder was elected unopposed as deputy leader, replacing Coe.[12][13]

Candidates

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Name Electorate Faction Announced
    Alistair Coe Yerrabi Right 25 October 2016

Results

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2016 Canberra Liberals leadership election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Right Alistair Coe unopposed
Total votes 11

2020 election

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2020 Canberra Liberals
leadership election
 
← 2016 27 October 2020 2024 →
     
Candidate Elizabeth Lee Jeremy Hanson
Caucus vote Won Defeated
Seat Kurrajong Murrumbidgee
Faction Moderate Right
Leader before election

Alistair Coe

 Elected Leader

Elizabeth Lee

The 2020 Canberra Liberals leadership election was held on 27 October 2020.

Following the Liberal Party's sixth consecutive loss at the 2020 ACT election, Alistair Coe stepped down as leader.[14] Coe did not immediately confirm whether he would seek to retain the leadership, but ultimately chose not to.[14][15]

The two candidates were Elizabeth Lee, the Shadow Minister for the Environment and Shadow Minister for Disability, and former Liberal leader Jeremy Hanson.[16] Lee is a member of the moderate faction, while Hanson is part of the right faction.[a]

Giulia Jones won the deputy leadership unopposed after Nicole Lawder stepped down.[16][22] This created the first all-female political leadership team in the ACT.[23][24]

Candidates

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Name Electorate Faction Announced
    Elizabeth Lee Kurrajong Moderate 27 October 2020
    Jeremy Hanson Murrumbidgee Right[a] 27 October 2020[25]

Results

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2020 Canberra Liberals leadership election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Moderate Elizabeth Lee 5 or more
Right Jeremy Hanson 4 or less
Total votes 9

2022 deputy election

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2022 Canberra Liberals
deputy leadership election
 
← 2020 1 February 2022 2023 →
   
Candidate Jeremy Hanson
Caucus vote Unopposed
Seat Murrumbidgee
Faction Right
Deputy before election

Giulia Jones

 Elected Deputy

Jeremy Hanson

The 2022 Canberra Liberals deputy leadership election was held on 1 February 2022.

On 31 February 2022, Giulia Jones announced her resignation as deputy leader.[24] Jones cited the personal toll of the COVID-19 pandemic, along with a desire to spend more time with her family.[26][27]

One day after Jones resigned, former Liberal leader Jeremy Hanson was elected unopposed as the new deputy leader.[28][29]

Jones later resigned from the Legislative Assembly on 24 May 2022.[30][31]

Candidates

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Name Electorate Faction Announced
    Jeremy Hanson Murrumbidgee Right[a] 1 February 2022

Results

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2022 Canberra Liberals deputy leadership election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Right Jeremy Hanson unopposed
Total votes 9

2023 deputy spill

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2023 Canberra Liberals
deputy leadership spill
 
← 2022 4 December 2023 2024 →
     
Candidate Leanne Castley Jeremy Hanson
Caucus vote Won Defeated
Seat Yerrabi Murrumbidgee
Faction Moderate Right
Deputy before election

Jeremy Hanson

 Elected Deputy

Leanne Castley

The 2023 Canberra Liberals deputy leadership spill was held on 4 December 2023.[32]

Jeremy Hanson was spilled as deputy leader at a partyroom meeting, following reports that he privately had "misgivings" with Elizabeth Lee's leadership.[33] He was replaced by Yerrabi MLA Leanne Castley.[34][35]

Hanson contested the spill, although the Liberal Party did not release the caucus vote numbers.[36]

Following the spill, Hanson said he was "disappointed" but would "continue to work hard for our community as a loyal and passionate member of the Canberra Liberals team".[37] A shadow cabinet reshuffle three days later on 7 December saw Hanson moved to the backbench.[38]

Candidates

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Name Electorate Faction Announced
    Leanne Castley Yerrabi Moderates 4 December 2023
    Jeremy Hanson Murrumbidgee Right[a] 4 December 2023

Results

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2023 Canberra Liberals deputy leadership spill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Moderate Leanne Castley 5 or more
Right Jeremy Hanson 4 or less
Total votes 9

2024 election

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2024 Canberra Liberals
leadership election
 
← 2020 TBC (2024)
     
Candidate Elizabeth Lee Jeremy Hanson
Seat Kurrajong Murrumbidgee
Faction Moderate Right
Leader before election

Elizabeth Lee

 Elected Leader

TBD

The 2024 Canberra Liberals leadership election will be held sometime in 2024.

Following the Liberal Party's seventh consecutive loss at the 2024 ACT election, former Liberal leader Jeremy Hanson announced his candidacy on 21 October.[39] Elizabeth Lee is expected to also recontest.[40]

Candidates

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Name Electorate Faction Announced
    Jeremy Hanson Murrumbidgee Right[a] 21 October 2024

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Although Jeremy Hanson is part of the part of the conservative right faction,[17][18][19] he has also previously been considered unaligned[14] or part of the moderate faction.[20][21]

References

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