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Sussan Ley elected first female Liberal party leader, narrowly defeating Angus Taylor in ballot Sussan Ley elected first female Liberal party leader, narrowly defeating Angus Taylor in ballot
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Ley elected 29 votes to 25 votes over the former shadow treasurer, with Ted O’Brien elected deputy leader Ley elected 29 votes to 25 over the former shadow treasurer, with Ted O’Brien elected deputy leader
Sussan Ley has become Australia’s first female opposition leader, beating Angus Taylor in the race for the Liberal leadership.Sussan Ley has become Australia’s first female opposition leader, beating Angus Taylor in the race for the Liberal leadership.
Smashed in the 3 May federal election, Liberal MPs met to elect a new leadership team at Parliament House on Tuesday morning, without Peter Dutton, the former leader who lost his seat in the historic drubbing. Senators and MPs met to elect a new leadership team at Parliament House on Tuesday morning, without Peter Dutton, the former leader who lost his seat in the historic drubbing at the 3 May federal election.
Ley, a former environment and health minister, was the Liberal party’s deputy leader under Dutton and has been a member of parliament since 2001. Ley, a former environment and health minister, was the deputy Liberal leader under Dutton and has been a member of parliament since 2001.
Now the most senior woman in the party’s 80-year history, Ley was elected 29 votes to 25 votes over the former shadow treasurer. She is the first regionally based opposition leader since the 1990s. Now the most senior woman in the party’s 80-year history, Ley was elected 29 votes to 25 over the former shadow treasurer. One of the longest-serving female MPs in Canberra, the 63-year-old is the first regionally based opposition leader since Alexander Downer in the 1990s.
The 63-year-old is one of the longest-serving female MPs in Canberra. Chief opposition whip Melissa Price announced the result just after 10.15am.
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Her deputy will be Ted O’Brien, the former energy spokesman. Queensland MP Phil Thompson also contested the ballot for deputy. O’Brien won 38 votes to 16. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, who had announced she would stand as Taylor’s deputy, did not run for the position once Taylor had lost the leadership ballot. Ley’s deputy will be Ted O’Brien, the former energy spokesperson. Queensland MP Phil Thompson also contested the ballot for deputy. O’Brien won 38 votes to 16.
Born in Kano, Nigeria, Ley represents the regional New South Wales seat of Farrer and is a former wool and beef farmer and tax office executive. Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, who had announced she would stand as Taylor’s deputy, did not run for the position once Taylor lost the leadership ballot.
Born in Kano, Nigeria, Ley represents the regional New South Wales seat of Farrer and is a former wool and beef farmer and tax office executive. Her father was a British intelligence officer who brought his family to Australia in the 1970s.
A trained pilot, she joined the Liberal party in 1994 and has held the industry and small business portfolios since 2022.A trained pilot, she joined the Liberal party in 1994 and has held the industry and small business portfolios since 2022.
Ley is a mother of three and grandmother of six, whose father was a British intelligence officer who brought his family to Australia in the 1970s. She has previously revealed she enjoyed a “brief punk rock period” in the 1980s and added an extra “s” to her first name in her 20s, guided by numerology. She has previously revealed she enjoyed a “brief punk rock period” in the 1980s and added an extra S to her first name in her 20s, guided by numerology.
Ley studied at university as a mother and a mature aged student, completing a bachelor of economics and masters qualifications in tax and accounting. A mother of three and grandmother of six, Ley studied at university as a mature aged student, completing a bachelor of economics and masters qualifications in tax and accounting.
Serving as a minister under Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison, Ley resigned from cabinet in 2017 over an expenses scandal involving official travel and the purchase of an investment property on the Gold Coast.Serving as a minister under Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison, Ley resigned from cabinet in 2017 over an expenses scandal involving official travel and the purchase of an investment property on the Gold Coast.
Ley is due to speak to the media at Parliament House later today.Ley is due to speak to the media at Parliament House later today.
Senator Nampijinpa Price said in a statement she was disappointed by the vote but respected the outcome. She pledged to help rebuild the Liberal party. Price said in a statement she was disappointed by the vote but respected the outcome, pledging to help rebuild the Liberal party.
“If the Coalition is to offer hope and a way forward for our nation, unity must prevail more within us now more than ever,” she said.“If the Coalition is to offer hope and a way forward for our nation, unity must prevail more within us now more than ever,” she said.