Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)
Election Seats won ± Total votes % Position Leader
1947 18 / 90 6 470,485 29.60% Opposition Vernon Treatt
1950 29 / 94 11 604,428 37.51% Opposition Vernon Treatt
1953 22 / 94 9 432,739 27.94% Opposition Vernon Treatt
1956 27 / 94 5 594,740 35.11% Opposition Pat Morton
1959 28 / 94 1 603,718 35.35% Opposition Pat Morton
1962 25 / 94 3 671,716 34.85% Opposition Bob Askin
1965 31 / 94 6 807,868 39.59% Minority Coalition Bob Askin
1968 39 / 94 4 831,514 38.47% Coalition Bob Askin
1971 32 / 96 7 799,801 35.74% Coalition Bob Askin
1973 34 / 99 2 843,325 33.85% Coalition Bob Askin
1976 30 / 99 4 978,886 36.29% Opposition Eric Willis
1978 18 / 99 12 754,796 26.98 Opposition Peter Coleman
1981 14 / 99 4 775,463 27.62% Opposition Bruce McDonald
1984 22 / 99 8 967,395 32.17% Opposition Nick Greiner
1988 39 / 109 17 1,147,613 35.80% Coalition Nick Greiner
1991 32 / 99 7 1,053,100 34.16% Minority Coalition Nick Greiner
1995 29 / 99 3 1,121,190 32.84% Opposition John Fahey
1999 20 / 93 9 927,368 24.82% Opposition Kerry Chikarovski
2003 20 / 93 0 944,888 24.72% Opposition John Brogden
2007 22 / 93 2 1,061,269 26.94% Opposition Peter Debnam
Election results
The Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division), commonly known as the New South Wales Liberals, is the state division of the Liberal Party of Australia in New South Wales. The party currently governs in New South Wales in coalition with the National Party of Australia (NSW). The party is part of the federal Liberal Party which governs nationally in Coalition with the National Party of Australia. Following the Liberal Party's formation in October 1944, the NSW division of the Liberal Party was formed in January 1945. For the following months, the Democratic Party and Liberal Democratic Party joined the Liberal Party and were replaced by the new party's NSW division. In the 74 years since its foundation the party has won eight state elections to the Labor Party's 13, and has spent 27 years in office (1965 to 1976, 1988 to 1995 and 2011 to the present) to Labor's 46. Eight leaders have become Premier of New South Wales; of those, five, Sir Robert Askin, Nick Greiner, Barry O'Farrell, Mike Baird and Gladys Berejiklian, have won at least one state election.