Leader of the House (Australia)
Leader of the House | |
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Style | The Honourable |
Appointer | Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia |
Inaugural holder | Sir Eric Harrison |
Formation | 11 May 1951 |
Deputy | Luke Hartsuyker |
In the Parliament of Australia, the Leader of the House in the House of Representatives is the government minister responsible for the management of government business, involving such matters as:[1]
- the order in which Government issues are to be dealt with
- tactical matters in reaction to impediments to such management
- negotiation with the Opposition's counterpart (the Manager of Opposition Business) about the order in which bills are to be debated, and
- time allotted for debate.
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 instituted in 1951 by the Prime Minister at the time, Robert Menzies.
The current Leader of the House is the Hon. Christopher Pyne MP.
The current Deputy Leader of the House is the Hon. Luke Hartsuyker MP.
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 | |
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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 | |
2 | Harold Holt[3] | Treasurer Minister for Labour and National Service |
September 1956 | 26 January 1966 | |||
3 | Sir David Fairbairn[3] | Holt |
Minister for National Development | 26 January 1966 | October 1966 | ||
4 | Billy Snedden[3] | Minister for Immigration | February 1967 | November 1968 | |||
McEwen | |||||||
Gorton | |||||||
5 | Dudley Erwin[3] | Minister for the Air | February 1969 | September 1969 | |||
n/a | Billy Snedden[3] | Minister for Labour and National Service | November 1969 | 10 March 1971 | |||
6 | Reginald Swartz[3] | McMahon | Minister for National Development | 10 March 1971 | August 1972 | ||
7 | Don Chipp[3] | Minister for Customs and Excise | August 1972 | 5 December 1972 | |||
8 | Fred Daly[3] | Labor | Whitlam |
Minister for Services and Property Minister for Administrative Services |
5 December 1972 | 22 December 1975 | |
9 | Ian Sinclair[4] | National Country | Fraser | Minister for Primary Industry | 22 December 1975 | 27 September 1979 | |
10 | Ian Viner[3] | Liberal | Minister for Employment and Youth Affairs | 27 September 1979 | 19 August 1980 | ||
n/a | Ian Sinclair[4] | National Country | Minister for Special Trade Representations Minister for Communications |
19 August 1980 | 7 May 1982 | ||
11 | James Killen[3] | Liberal | Vice-President of the Executive Council | 7 May 1982 | 11 March 1983 | ||
12 | Mick Young[5] | Labor | Hawke | Special Minister of State Vice-President of the Executive Council |
11 March 1983 | 14 July 1983 | |
13 | Lionel Bowen[6] | Deputy Prime Minister Vice-President of the Executive Council |
14 July 1983 | 21 January 1984 | |||
n/a | Mick Young[5] | Special Minister of State Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs 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 | |||
14 | Kim Beazley[7] | Vice-President of the Executive Council Minister for Defence Minister for Transport and Communications Minister for Employment, Education and Training Minister for Finance |
15 February 1988 | 11 March 1996 | |||
Keating | |||||||
15 | Peter Reith[8] | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Industrial Relations Minister for Workplace Relations and Small Business 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 | |
16 | Tony Abbott[9] | 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 |
26 November 2001 | 3 December 2007 | |||
17 | Anthony Albanese[10] | Labor | Rudd |
Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Minister for Infrastructure and Transport |
3 December 2007 | 18 September 2013 | |
Gillard | |||||||
Rudd | |||||||
18 | Christopher Pyne[11] | Liberal | Abbott | Minister for Education | 18 September 2013 | incumbent |
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
- Manager of Government Business in the Senate (Australia)
- Manager of Opposition Business in the House (Australia)
References
- ↑ "Chapter 2: House, Government and Opposition". House of Representatives Practice. pp. 63–64.
- ↑ Macintyre, Stuart (1996). "Harrison, Sir Eric John". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 "Appendix 8: Leaders of the House". House of Representatives Practice.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Australian Parliamentary Library. "Ian McCahon Sinclair". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Australian Parliamentary Library. "Mick Young". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ↑ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Lionel Bowen". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ↑ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Kim Beazley". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ↑ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Peter Reith". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ↑ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Tony Abbott". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ↑ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Anthony Albanese". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ↑ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Christopher Maurice Pyne". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
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