Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)
Leader Date started Date finished
Ross McDonald 1945 14 December 1946
Ross McLarty 14 December 1946 1 March 1957
David Brand 1 March 1957 5 June 1972
Charles Court 5 June 1972 25 January 1982
Ray O'Connor 25 January 1982 15 February 1984
Bill Hassell 15 February 1984 25 November 1986
Barry MacKinnon 25 November 1986 12 May 1992
Richard Court 12 May 1992 26 February 2001
Colin Barnett 26 February 2001 9 March 2005
Matt Birney 9 March 2005 24 March 2006
Paul Omodei 24 March 2006 17 January 2008
Troy Buswell 17 January 2008 4 August 2008
Colin Barnett 4 August 2008 21 March 2017
Mike Nahan 21 March 2017 12 June 2019
Liza Harvey 13 June 2019 present
Party leaders
The Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division), branded as Liberal Western Australia, is the division of the Liberal Party of Australia in Western Australia. Founded in March 1949 as the Liberal and Country League of Western Australia (LCL), it simplified its name to the Liberal Party in 1968. There was a previous Western Australian division of the Liberal Party when the Liberal Party was formed in 1945, but it ceased to exist and merged into the LCL in May 1949. The Liberal Party has held power in Western Australia for five separate periods in coalition with the National Party (previously the Country party), with the longest period between 1959 and 1971. The party has been in opposition in the state since the 2017 election.