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The Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) is the state division of the Liberal Party of Australia in Victoria.

History of the Victorian party

Prime Minister Robert Menzies founded the Liberal party in Victoria.
Victoria is where the Liberal party held government at state level from 1955 to 1982, and again from 1992 to 1999.
The party was also in office once in the 21st century from 2010 to 2014.
The last Liberal Prime Minister from Victoria was Malcolm Fraser the Prime Minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983.
The Liberals under Jeff Kennett in 1992 privatised many government services, including closing down over three hundred schools.^[1]
The Liberal party in recent years has seen Premier Ted Baillieu resign in the middle of his term as Premier of Victoria and he was replaced by Denis Napthine a former Liberal leader. The change was similar to one when Steve Bracks resigned and Labor replaced him with Brumby a former ALP leader. Napthne like Brumby was a former opposition leader that lead his party to a election and lost.

The party lost the 2018 election and suffered a significant swing against it, leading to the resignation of Matthew Guy as leader of the party.^[2]

Liberal party pre selections and shift to the right

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Following Matthew Guy becoming Liberal leader the party began leaning to the right in Victoria due to the activities of Marcus Bastiaan, who is a supporter of Michael Kroger.^[3] Guy met Bastiaan in 2017 to put differences aside.^[4]

Guy's support for more women in parliament has not stopped men like James Newbury winning Brighton pre selection.^[5]

After being elected Opposition Leader and Liberal leader, some have alleged that Liberal power broker and alleged branch stacker Marcus Bastiaan plotted for Matthew Guy to lose the 2018 Victorian state election.^[6]

Peter Reith supported by Guy challenged Liberal party President Michael Kroger due to allegations that Bastiaan was branch stacking, but prior to the vote Peter Reith suffered a stroke and Kroger remained state Liberal President.^[7]

In February 2018, Bastiaan-aligned Liberal Party member Alex Lisov was elected president of the Victorian Liberals youth wing by 247 votes to 87 - the largest margin in the history of the movement. On the day of the ballot, opponents within the Party attempted to close the meeting early and stop voting, citing dissatisfaction with the running of the meeting by Liberal Party staff. This attempt was however overturned by the Party's Administrative Committee, and the vote was upheld.^[8]

In April 2018, Bastiaan was elected metropolitan male Vice President of the Liberal Party (Victorian Division) at the party's annual State Council. Michael Kroger, backed by Bastiaan, retained the party presidency by a vote of 721-448.^[9]

By May 2018, the Bastiaan faction was said to be in control of the Victorian Liberal party.^[10] Guy meanwhile stepped down from the leadership after the Liberals had a disastrous showing at the November 2018 election; the party suffered large swings against it in most seats, particularly in eastern suburban Melbourne which has been regarded as heartland territory for the party.^[11]

Election results

Year	Seats won	±	Total votes	%	±%	Position	Leader
1945	10 / 65	3	180,046	20.51%	2.56%	Crossbench	Thomas Hollway
1947	27 / 65	17	442,451	37.16%	16.65%	Coalition	Thomas Hollway
1950	27 / 65	0	491,448	40.69%	3.53%	Minority government	Thomas Hollway
1952	11 / 65	16	255,685	24.85%	15.84%	Crossbench	Les Norman
1955	34 / 66	23	487,408	37.8%	12.93%	Majority government	Henry Bolte
1958	39 / 66	5	508,678	37.18%	0.6%	Majority government	Henry Bolte
1961	39 / 66	0	521,777	36.44%	0.74%	Majority government	Henry Bolte
1964	38 / 66	1	597,748	39.63%	3.20%	Majority government	Henry Bolte
1967	44 / 73	6	589,985	37.49%	2.14%	Majority government	Henry Bolte
1970	42 / 73	2	614,094	36.70%	0.79%	Majority government	Henry Bolte
1973	46 / 73	4	803,382	42.34%	5.64%	Majority government	Rupert Hamer
1976	52 / 81	6	939,481	45.87%	3.53%	Majority government	Rupert Hamer
1979	41 / 81	11	881,366	41.44%	4.44%	Majority government	Rupert Hamer
1982	24 / 81	17	860,669	38.33%	3.11%	Opposition	Lindsay Thompson
1985	31 / 88	7	1,003,003	41.86%	3.53%	Opposition	Jeff Kennett
1988	33 / 88	2	986,311	40.51%	1.30%	Opposition	Jeff Kennett
1992	52 / 88	19	1,153,770	44.16%	3.59%	Coalition	Jeff Kennett
1996	49 / 88	3	1,212,933	43.99%	0.17%	Coalition	Jeff Kennett
1999	36 / 88	13	1,194,998	42.22%	1.77%	Opposition	Jeff Kennett
2002	17 / 88	19	985,011	33.91%	8.31%	Opposition	Robert Doyle
2006	23 / 88	6	1,022,110	34.44%	0.53%	Opposition	Ted Baillieu
2010	35 / 88	12	1,203,654	38.03%	3.59%	Coalition	Ted Baillieu
2014	30 / 88	5	1,223,663	36.47%	1.57%	Opposition	Denis Napthine
2018	21 / 88	9	1,069,137	30.42%	6.04%	Opposition	Matthew Guy

See also

• National Party of Australia – Victoria

References