Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division)

Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division)
Leader	Will Hodgman
Deputy Leader	Jeremy Rockliff
President	Geoff Page
Headquarters	Suite 4C, Level 3, 33 Salamanca Place, Hobart TAS 7000
Youth wing	Young Liberal Movement of Australia
Ideology	Liberal conservatism Classical liberalism
Political position	Centre-right
National affiliation	Liberal Party of Australia
Tasmanian House of Assembly	13 / 25
Tasmanian Legislative Council	2 / 15
Australian House of Representatives (TAS)	0 / 5
Australian Senate (TAS)	4 / 12
Website
tas.liberal.org.au
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The Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division), commonly known as the Tasmanian Liberals, is the state division of the Liberal Party of Australia in Tasmania.^[1] The party currently governs in Tasmania. The party is part of the federal Liberal Party of Australia which governs nationally in Coalition with the National Party of Australia.

Parliamentary Party Leader
Incumbent Premier of Tasmania Will Hodgman since 15 March 2014
Inaugural holder	Neil Campbell

Premiers

Five parliamentary Liberal leaders have served as Premier of Tasmania: Angus Bethune (1969–1972), Robin Gray (1982–1989), Ray Groom (1992–1996), Tony Rundle (1996–1998) and Will Hodgman (2014–present).

Deputy Premiers

Six parliamentary Liberal deputy leaders have served as Deputy Premier of Tasmania: Max Bingham (1982–1984), Geoff Pearsall (1984–1988), Ray Groom (1988–1989), John Beswick (1992–1996), Sue Napier (1996–1998) and Jeremy Rockliff (2014–).

List of parliamentary leaders

• Neil Campbell (1945–1950)
• Rex Townley (1950–1956)
• Tim Jackson (1956–1960)
• Angus Bethune (1960–1972)
• Max Bingham (1972–1979)
• Geoff Pearsall (1979–1981)
• Robin Gray (1981–1991)
• Ray Groom (1991–1996)
• Tony Rundle (1996–1999)
• Sue Napier (1999–2001)
• Bob Cheek (2001–2002)
• Rene Hidding (2002–2006)
• Will Hodgman (2006–)

State election results

Election	Seats won	±	Total votes	%	Position	Leader
1946	12 / 30		44,158	34.25%	Opposition	Neil Campbell
1948	12 / 30	0	54,010	37.84%	Opposition	Neil Campbell
1950	14 / 30	2	69,429	47.57%	Opposition	Rex Townley
1955	15 / 30	1	70,959	45.35%	Opposition	Rex Townley
1956	15 / 30	0	69,477	43.61%	Opposition	Tim Jackson
1959	16 / 35	1	66,005	41.05%	Opposition	Tim Jackson
1964	16 / 35	0	67,971	38.49%	Opposition	Angus Bethune
1969	17 / 35	1	83,261	43.98%	Minority Government	Angus Bethune
1972	14 / 35	3	76,073	38.37%	Opposition	Angus Bethune
1976	17 / 35	3	104,613	44.5%	Opposition	Max Bingham
1979	15 / 35	2	98,845	41.3%	Opposition	Max Bingham
1982	18 / 35	3	121,346	48.5%	Majority Government	Robin Gray
1986	18 / 35	0	138,836	54.2%	Majority Government	Robin Gray
1989	17 / 35	1	128,143	46.9%	Opposition	Robin Gray
1992	19 / 35	2	154,337	54.1%	Majority Government	Ray Groom
1996	16 / 35	3	121,391	41.2%	Minority Government	Ray Groom
1998	10 / 25	6	112,146	38.1%	Opposition	Tony Rundle
2002	7 / 25	3	81,185	27.4%	Opposition	Bob Cheek
2006	7 / 25	0	98,511	31.8%	Opposition	Rene Hidding
2010	10 / 25	3	124,933	39.0%	Opposition	Will Hodgman
2014	15 / 25	5	167,051	51.2%	Majority Government	Will Hodgman
2018	13 / 25	2	168,303	50.3%	Majority Government	Will Hodgman

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