Leader of the House (Australia)
| Leader of the House | |
|---|---|
House of Representatives | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | The Prime Minister of Australia |
| Inaugural holder | Sir Eric Harrison |
| Formation | 11 May 1951 |
In the
House of Representatives, including the order in which the Government's agenda is to be dealt with, tactical matters in reaction to impediments to such management, negotiation with the Opposition's counterpart (the Manager of Opposition Business in the House) about the order in which bills are to be debated, and the time allotted for debates.[1] The position is currently held by Tony Burke
since June 2022.
As the Australian Parliament is bicameral, the Leader of the House must also be aware of developments in the Senate, for example, in order to anticipate whether a bill may be returned to the House with amendments.
The office was created in 1951 by the Prime Minister at the time, Robert Menzies. The Leader of the House and the Deputy Leader are appointed by the Prime Minister. The Deputy Leader's duties are largely contingent, coming into play only when the Leader of the House is absent from the House or is on leave, when they are referred to as Acting Leader of the House.
In the incumbent Albanese ministry, which took office in 2022, Tony Burke is the Leader of the House and Mark Butler his deputy. During the preceding Morrison ministry, Burke and Butler were the Manager of Opposition Business and Deputy Manager respectively.
List of Leaders of the House
The following individuals have been appointed as Leader of the Australian House of Representatives:
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Portfolio | Term start | Term end | Time in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Eric Harrison [2] | Liberal | Menzies | Vice-President of the Executive Council Minister for Defence Production Minister for Army Minister for the Navy |
11 May 1951 | September 1956 | 5 years, 4 months | |
| 2 | Harold Holt [3] | Minister for Labour and National Service
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September 1956 | 26 January 1966 | 9 years, 4 months | |||
| 3 | Sir David Fairbairn [3] | Holt | Minister for National Development
|
26 January 1966 | October 1966 | 9 months | ||
| 4 | Billy Snedden [3] | Minister for Immigration
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February 1967 | November 1968 | 1 year, 9 months | |||
| McEwen | ||||||||
| Gorton | ||||||||
| 5 | Dudley Erwin [3] | Minister for the Air | February 1969 | September 1969 | 7 months | |||
| (4) | Billy Snedden [3] | Minister for Labour and National Service
|
November 1969 | 10 March 1971 | 1 year, 4 months | |||
| 6 | Reginald Swartz [3] | McMahon | Minister for National Development
|
10 March 1971 | August 1972 | 1 year, 5 months | ||
| 7 | Don Chipp [4] | Minister for Customs and Excise | 15 August 1972 | 5 December 1972 | 112 days | |||
| 8 | Fred Daly [3] | Labor | Whitlam | Minister for Administrative Services
|
5 December 1972 | 22 December 1975 | 3 years, 17 days | |
| 9 | Ian Sinclair [5] | National Country | Fraser | Minister for Primary Industry
|
22 December 1975 | 27 September 1979 | 3 years, 279 days | |
| 10 | Ian Viner [6] | Liberal | Minister for Employment and Youth Affairs
|
27 September 1979 | 19 August 1980 | 327 days | ||
| (9) | Ian Sinclair [5] | National Country | Minister for Communications
|
19 August 1980 | 7 May 1982 | 1 year, 261 days | ||
| 11 | James Killen [3] | Liberal | Vice-President of the Executive Council | 7 May 1982 | 11 March 1983 | 308 days | ||
| 12 | Mick Young [7] | Labor | Hawke | Special Minister of State Vice-President of the Executive Council |
11 March 1983 | 14 July 1983 | 125 days | |
| 13 | Lionel Bowen [8] | Deputy Prime Minister Vice-President of the Executive Council |
14 July 1983 | 21 January 1984 | 191 days | |||
| (12) | Mick Young [7] | Special Minister of State Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs Vice-President of the Executive Council Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Multicultural Affairs |
21 January 1984 | 12 February 1988 | 4 years, 22 days | |||
| 14 | Kim Beazley [9] | Vice-President of the Executive Council Minister for Finance
Deputy Prime Minister |
15 February 1988 | 11 March 1996 | 8 years, 25 days | |||
Keating | ||||||||
| 15 | Peter Reith [10] | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service Minister for Defence |
11 March 1996 | 8 October 2001 | 5 years, 211 days | |
| 16 | Tony Abbott [11] | Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service Minister for Health and Ageing
|
12 February 2002 | 17 October 2007 | 5 years, 247 days | |||
| 17 | Anthony Albanese [12] | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Regional Development and Local Government
Deputy Prime Minister |
12 February 2008 | 5 August 2013 | 5 years, 174 days | |
| Gillard | ||||||||
| Rudd | ||||||||
| 18 | Christopher Pyne [13] | Liberal | Abbott | Minister for Defence Industry
Minister for Defence |
12 November 2013 | 11 April 2019 | 5 years, 150 days | |
| Turnbull | ||||||||
| Morrison | ||||||||
| 19 | Christian Porter [14] | Minister for Industrial Relations
|
29 May 2019 | 30 March 2021 | 1 year, 305 days | |||
| 20 | Peter Dutton [15] | Minister for Defence | 30 March 2021 | 23 May 2022 | 1 year, 54 days | |||
| 21 | Tony Burke | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Employment and Workplace relations Minister for the Arts |
1 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 308 days | |
Note: For terms during the period 1951 to 1972, exact dates are taken from changes in Prime Minister. Other dates coincide with sitting periods of the House as an approximation of when terms began and ended.
See also
References
- ^ "Chapter 2: House, Government and Opposition, Leader of the House". House of Representatives Practice. May 2018. pp. 63–64. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Appendix 8: Leaders of the House" (PDF). House of Representatives Practice. May 2018. pp. 810–811. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Don Chipp". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Ian Sinclair". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "Ian Viner". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Mick Young". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "Lionel Bowen". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "Hon Kim Beazley MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Hon Peter Reith MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Hon Tony Abbott MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Hon Anthony Albanese MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Hon Christopher Pyne MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Hon Christopher Porter MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Hon Peter Dutton MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
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