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Leader of the Government in the Senate (Australia)

October 16, 2023

The Leader of the Government in the Senate (historically also known as the Leader of the Senate) is the government's most senior cabinet minister in the Australian Senate and the main government spokesperson in the Senate.[1][2] His or her Opposition counterpart is the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate.[3]

Leader of the Government in the Senate
Incumbent
Penny Wong
since 23 May 2022 (2022-05-23)
Australian Government
Australian Senate
StyleThe Honourable
Inaugural holderRichard O'Connor

The current Leader of the Government in the Senate is Penny Wong, elected unanimously to the position on 23 May 2022, replacing Simon Birmingham. The current Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate is Don Farrell.

Role and history Edit

According to constitutional convention, the government is formed in the House of Representatives and the Prime Minister is a member of that chamber and the Prime Minister is the leader of the Government in the House of Representatives. The Leader of the Government in the Senate has duties and privileges that parallel those of the Prime Minister, in that he or she has overarching responsibility for all policy areas and acts as the government's principal spokesperson in the upper house. He or she is also entitled to sit at the table of the Senate, and has priority in gaining recognition from the President of the Senate during debate.[3] Another similarity is that the leader typically announces changes to government officeholders in the Senate, including ministers, leadership and whips. The leader also has some responsibility for appointing government senators to committees, a role filled in the House of Representatives by the Leader of the House.[4]

The position of Leader of the Government in the Senate does not have a constitutional basis, but has existed since the first parliament in 1901 through longstanding parliamentary convention. Although it has similarities to the Senate Majority Leader in the United States and the Leader of the House of Lords in the United Kingdom, it was not based on either of those, but rather on the position of Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council found in Australia's colonial parliaments. Because government is formed in the House rather than the Senate, there is no guarantee that the Leader of the Government will be drawn from the largest party in the Senate. Unlike the Prime Minister, there is no requirement for the Leader of the Government to command the confidence of the chamber. It is not a cabinet post in its own right, and the holder of the office has always held at least one ministerial portfolio (though sometimes only the mostly honorific Vice-Presidency of the Executive Council).

The longest-serving Leader of the Government in the Senate was George Pearce, who held the position for a cumulative total of 15 years in three separate terms between 1914 and 1937. Uniquely, from 10 January to 1 February 1968, the positions of Prime Minister and Leader of the Government in the Senate were held by the same person, John Gorton. After the disappearance of Harold Holt, Gorton – a senator – was elected leader of the Liberal Party and thus ascended to the prime ministership. In line with constitutional convention, he resigned from the Senate to contest a by-election to the House of Representatives.

List of Leaders of the Government in the Senate Edit

Leader Term began Term ended Portfolio[5] Party Prime Minister Term in office Deputy
  Richard O'Connor 9 May 1901[6][7] 24 September 1903 V-P Exec. Council Protectionist Barton 2 years, 96 days James Drake
Tom Playford 24 September 1903[8] 27 April 1904 V-P Exec. Council Protectionist Deakin 216 days
Gregor McGregor 27 April 1904[9] 18 August 1904 V-P Exec. Council Labor Watson 113 days Anderson Dawson
Josiah Symon 18 August 1904[10] 5 July 1905 Attorney-General Free Trade Reid 321 days James Drake
Tom Playford 5 July 1905[11][12] 31 December 1906[n 1] Defence Protectionist Deakin 1 year, 179 days John Keating
Robert Best 20 February 1907[5][14] 13 November 1908 V-P Exec. Council Protectionist 1 year, 267 days
Gregor McGregor 13 November 1908[15][16] 2 June 1909 V-P Exec. Council Labor Fisher 201 days George Pearce
Edward Millen 2 June 1909[17] 29 April 1910 V-P Exec. Council Commonwealth
Liberal		 Deakin 331 days Robert Best
Gregor McGregor 29 April 1910[18][19] 24 June 1913 V-P Exec. Council Labor Fisher 3 years, 56 days George Pearce
Edward Millen 24 June 1913[20] 17 September 1914 Defence Commonwealth
Liberal		 Cook 1 year, 85 days James McColl
George Pearce 17 September 1914[21][22] 17 February 1917 Defence Labor Fisher 2 years, 153 days Albert Gardiner
Hughes
National Labor Patrick Lynch
Edward Millen 17 February 1917[23] 9 February 1923
Nationalist 5 years, 357 days George Pearce
George Pearce 9 February 1923[24][25] 19 October 1929
Nationalist Bruce 6 years, 252 days Victor Wilson
John Daly 22 October 1929[26] 3 March 1931
Labor Scullin 1 year, 132 days
John Barnes 3 March 1931[27] 6 January 1932 V-P Exec. Council Labor 309 days
George Pearce 6 January 1932[28] 29 November 1937
United
Australia		 Lyons 5 years, 327 days
Alexander McLachlan 29 November 1937[29] 7 November 1938 Postmaster-General United
Australia 		343 days
George McLeay 8 November 1938[30] 7 October 1941
United
Australia 		2 years, 333 days
Page
Menzies
Fadden
  Joe Collings 7 October 1941[31][32] 20 September 1943 Interior Labor Curtin 1 year, 348 days
Richard Keane 20 September 1943[33] 26 April 1946 Trade and Customs Labor 2 years, 218 days
Forde
Chifley
Bill Ashley 17 June 1946[34] 19 December 1949
Labor 3 years, 185 days
Neil O'Sullivan 21 February 1950[35] 8 December 1958
Liberal Menzies 8 years, 290 days
Bill Spooner 8 December 1958[36] 2 June 1964[37]
Liberal 5 years, 178 days Shane Paltridge
Shane Paltridge 10 June 1964[38] 19 January 1966[39] Defence Liberal 1 year, 230 days Denham Henty
Denham Henty 26 January 1966[40] 16 October 1967 Supply Liberal Holt 1 year, 263 days John Gorton
John Gorton 16 October 1967 1 February 1968
Liberal 108 days Denham Henty
McEwen
Himself
Ken Anderson 28 February 1968[n 2] 5 December 1972
Liberal Gorton 4 years, 281 days
Annabelle Rankin
McMahon
Reg Wright
Lionel Murphy 19 December 1972[42] 9 February 1975
Labor Whitlam 2 years, 52 days
Ken Wriedt 10 February 1975[43] 11 November 1975
Labor 274 days
Reg Withers 12 November 1975[44] 7 August 1978[45]
Liberal Fraser 2 years, 268 days
John Carrick 7 August 1978[46] 11 March 1983
Liberal 4 years, 216 days
John Button 11 March 1983[47] 24 March 1993 Industry, Technology and Commerce[n 4] Labor Hawke 10 years, 13 days
Keating
Gareth Evans 24 March 1993[48] 6 February 1996[n 5] Foreign Affairs Labor 2 years, 319 days
Robert Hill 11 March 1996[49] 20 January 2006
Liberal Howard 9 years, 315 days Nick Minchin
Nick Minchin 27 January 2006[50] 3 December 2007
Liberal 1 year, 310 days Helen Coonan
Chris Evans 12 December 2007[51][52] 4 February 2013
Labor Rudd 5 years, 54 days Stephen Conroy
Gillard
Stephen Conroy 4 February 2013[53][54] 26 June 2013 Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Labor 142 days Penny Wong
Penny Wong 26 June 2013[55][56] 18 September 2013 Finance and Deregulation Labor Rudd 84 days Jacinta Collins
Eric Abetz 18 September 2013[57][58] 21 September 2015 Employment Liberal Abbott 2 years, 2 days George Brandis
George Brandis 21 September 2015 20 December 2017 Attorney-General
V-P Exec. Council 		Liberal Turnbull 2 years, 90 days Mathias Cormann
Mathias Cormann 20 December 2017 30 October 2020 Finance and the Public Service
V-P Exec. Council 		Liberal 5 years, 295 days Mitch Fifield
Simon Birmingham
Liberal Morrison
Simon Birmingham 30 October 2020 23 May 2022 Finance
Trade, Tourism and Investment (to Dec 2020)
V-P Exec. Council 		Liberal 2 years, 346 days Michaelia Cash
Penny Wong 1 June 2022 Incumbent Foreign Affairs Labor Albanese 1 year, 132 days Don Farrell

See also Edit

Notes Edit

  1. ^ Playford lost his seat at the federal election on 12 December. The year 1906 was the last in which terms ended in on the last day of December rather than June.[13]
  2. ^ Anderson was appointed Leader of the Government before the second session of the 26th Parliament,[41] and Gorton made his appointments on 28 February 1968.[5]
  3. ^ Withers was appointed Vice-President of the Executive Council the day after the Dismissal as part of Fraser's Caretaker Cabinet, but he continued in that office for his entire tenure as Leader of the Government. On the same date, he was appointed caretaker the Capital Territory, Special Minister of State, Minister for the Media, and Tourism and Recreation. He served in those offices until 22 December, when Fraser's first full Cabinet was sworn in. The Senate did not meet during the period 12 November to 22 December 1975 (indeed it was dissolved for most of that time). Withers gained the Administrative Services portfolio as part of 22 December reshuffle.
  4. ^ Minister for Industry and Commerce 1983–1984.
  5. ^ Resigned to contest (successfully) the lower house seat of Holt.
  6. ^ Minister for Environment 1996–98.
  7. ^ Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research 2011–13.

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October 16, 2023
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The Leader of the Government in the Senate historically also known as the Leader of the Senate is the government s most senior cabinet minister in the Australian Senate and the main government spokesperson in the Senate 1 2 His or her Opposition counterpart is the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate 3 Leader of the Government in the SenateCommonwealth Coat of ArmsFlag of AustraliaIncumbentPenny Wongsince 23 May 2022 2022 05 23 Australian GovernmentAustralian SenateStyleThe HonourableInaugural holderRichard O ConnorThe current Leader of the Government in the Senate is Penny Wong elected unanimously to the position on 23 May 2022 replacing Simon Birmingham The current Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate is Don Farrell Contents 1 Role and history 2 List of Leaders of the Government in the Senate 3 See also 4 Notes 5 ReferencesRole and history EditAccording to constitutional convention the government is formed in the House of Representatives and the Prime Minister is a member of that chamber and the Prime Minister is the leader of the Government in the House of Representatives The Leader of the Government in the Senate has duties and privileges that parallel those of the Prime Minister in that he or she has overarching responsibility for all policy areas and acts as the government s principal spokesperson in the upper house He or she is also entitled to sit at the table of the Senate and has priority in gaining recognition from the President of the Senate during debate 3 Another similarity is that the leader typically announces changes to government officeholders in the Senate including ministers leadership and whips The leader also has some responsibility for appointing government senators to committees a role filled in the House of Representatives by the Leader of the House 4 The position of Leader of the Government in the Senate does not have a constitutional basis but has existed since the first parliament in 1901 through longstanding parliamentary convention Although it has similarities to the Senate Majority Leader in the United States and the Leader of the House of Lords in the United Kingdom it was not based on either of those but rather on the position of Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council found in Australia s colonial parliaments Because government is formed in the House rather than the Senate there is no guarantee that the Leader of the Government will be drawn from the largest party in the Senate Unlike the Prime Minister there is no requirement for the Leader of the Government to command the confidence of the chamber It is not a cabinet post in its own right and the holder of the office has always held at least one ministerial portfolio though sometimes only the mostly honorific Vice Presidency of the Executive Council The longest serving Leader of the Government in the Senate was George Pearce who held the position for a cumulative total of 15 years in three separate terms between 1914 and 1937 Uniquely from 10 January to 1 February 1968 the positions of Prime Minister and Leader of the Government in the Senate were held by the same person John Gorton After the disappearance of Harold Holt Gorton a senator was elected leader of the Liberal Party and thus ascended to the prime ministership In line with constitutional convention he resigned from the Senate to contest a by election to the House of Representatives List of Leaders of the Government in the Senate EditLeader Term began Term ended Portfolio 5 Party Prime Minister Term in office Deputy Richard O Connor 9 May 1901 6 7 24 September 1903 V P Exec Council Protectionist Barton 2 years 96 days James DrakeTom Playford 24 September 1903 8 27 April 1904 V P Exec Council Protectionist Deakin 216 daysGregor McGregor 27 April 1904 9 18 August 1904 V P Exec Council Labor Watson 113 days Anderson DawsonJosiah Symon 18 August 1904 10 5 July 1905 Attorney General Free Trade Reid 321 days James DrakeTom Playford 5 July 1905 11 12 31 December 1906 n 1 Defence Protectionist Deakin 1 year 179 days John KeatingRobert Best 20 February 1907 5 14 13 November 1908 V P Exec Council Protectionist 1 year 267 daysGregor McGregor 13 November 1908 15 16 2 June 1909 V P Exec Council Labor Fisher 201 days George PearceEdward Millen 2 June 1909 17 29 April 1910 V P Exec Council CommonwealthLiberal Deakin 331 days Robert BestGregor McGregor 29 April 1910 18 19 24 June 1913 V P Exec Council Labor Fisher 3 years 56 days George PearceEdward Millen 24 June 1913 20 17 September 1914 Defence CommonwealthLiberal Cook 1 year 85 days James McCollGeorge Pearce 17 September 1914 21 22 17 February 1917 Defence Labor Fisher 2 years 153 days Albert GardinerHughesNational Labor Patrick LynchEdward Millen 17 February 1917 23 9 February 1923 V P Exec Council Repatriation from Sep 1917 Nationalist 5 years 357 days George PearceGeorge Pearce 9 February 1923 24 25 19 October 1929 Home and Territories to 1926 V P Exec Council from 1926 Nationalist Bruce 6 years 252 days Victor WilsonJohn Daly 22 October 1929 26 3 March 1931 V P Exec Council Defence Feb Mar 1931 Labor Scullin 1 year 132 daysJohn Barnes 3 March 1931 27 6 January 1932 V P Exec Council Labor 309 daysGeorge Pearce 6 January 1932 28 29 November 1937 Defence to 1934 Home Affairs from 1934 Territories from 1934 UnitedAustralia Lyons 5 years 327 daysAlexander McLachlan 29 November 1937 29 7 November 1938 Postmaster General UnitedAustralia 343 daysGeorge McLeay 8 November 1938 30 7 October 1941 V P Exec Council to 1939 Commerce 1939 Mar 1940 Trade and Customs Mar Oct 1940 Postmaster General Oct 1940 41 Repatriation Oct 1940 41 V P Exec Council from 1941 Supply and Development from Jun 1941 UnitedAustralia 2 years 333 daysPageMenziesFadden Joe Collings 7 October 1941 31 32 20 September 1943 Interior Labor Curtin 1 year 348 daysRichard Keane 20 September 1943 33 26 April 1946 Trade and Customs Labor 2 years 218 daysFordeChifleyBill Ashley 17 June 1946 34 19 December 1949 Supply and Shipping Shipping and Fuel Labor 3 years 185 daysNeil O Sullivan 21 February 1950 35 8 December 1958 Trade and Customs to Jan 1956 the Navy Jan Oct 1956 Attorney General from Aug 1956 V P Exec Council from Oct 1956 Liberal Menzies 8 years 290 daysBill Spooner 8 December 1958 36 2 June 1964 37 V P Exec Council National Development Liberal 5 years 178 days Shane PaltridgeShane Paltridge 10 June 1964 38 19 January 1966 39 Defence Liberal 1 year 230 days Denham HentyDenham Henty 26 January 1966 40 16 October 1967 Supply Liberal Holt 1 year 263 days John GortonJohn Gorton 16 October 1967 1 February 1968 Education and Science Prime Minister from 10 Jan 1968 Liberal 108 days Denham HentyMcEwenHimselfKen Anderson 28 February 1968 n 2 5 December 1972 Supply to 1971 Health Liberal Gorton 4 years 281 daysAnnabelle RankinMcMahonReg WrightLionel Murphy 19 December 1972 42 9 February 1975 Attorney General Custom and Excise Labor Whitlam 2 years 52 daysKen Wriedt 10 February 1975 43 11 November 1975 Agriculture to Oct 1975 Minerals and Energy from Oct 1975 Labor 274 daysReg Withers 12 November 1975 44 7 August 1978 45 V P Exec Council n 3 Administrative Services Liberal Fraser 2 years 268 daysJohn Carrick 7 August 1978 46 11 March 1983 V P Exec Council to 1982 Education to 1979 National Development from 1979 Liberal 4 years 216 daysJohn Button 11 March 1983 47 24 March 1993 Industry Technology and Commerce n 4 Labor Hawke 10 years 13 daysKeatingGareth Evans 24 March 1993 48 6 February 1996 n 5 Foreign Affairs Labor 2 years 319 daysRobert Hill 11 March 1996 49 20 January 2006 Environment and Heritage to 2001 n 6 Defence Liberal Howard 9 years 315 days Nick MinchinNick Minchin 27 January 2006 50 3 December 2007 V P Exec Council Finance and Administration Liberal 1 year 310 days Helen CoonanChris Evans 12 December 2007 51 52 4 February 2013 Immigration and Citizenship to 2010 Tertiary Education Skills Jobs and Workplace Relations from 2010 n 7 Labor Rudd 5 years 54 days Stephen ConroyGillardStephen Conroy 4 February 2013 53 54 26 June 2013 Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy Labor 142 days Penny WongPenny Wong 26 June 2013 55 56 18 September 2013 Finance and Deregulation Labor Rudd 84 days Jacinta CollinsEric Abetz 18 September 2013 57 58 21 September 2015 Employment Liberal Abbott 2 years 2 days George BrandisGeorge Brandis 21 September 2015 20 December 2017 Attorney GeneralV P Exec Council Liberal Turnbull 2 years 90 days Mathias CormannMathias Cormann 20 December 2017 30 October 2020 Finance and the Public ServiceV P Exec Council Liberal 5 years 295 days Mitch FifieldSimon BirminghamLiberal MorrisonSimon Birmingham 30 October 2020 23 May 2022 FinanceTrade Tourism and Investment to Dec 2020 V P Exec Council Liberal 2 years 346 days Michaelia CashPenny Wong 1 June 2022 Incumbent Foreign Affairs Labor Albanese 1 year 132 days Don FarrellSee also EditLeader of the Opposition in the Senate Australia Manager of Government Business in the SenateNotes Edit Playford lost his seat at the federal election on 12 December The year 1906 was the last in which terms ended in on the last day of December rather than June 13 Anderson was appointed Leader of the Government before the second session of the 26th Parliament 41 and Gorton made his appointments on 28 February 1968 5 Withers was appointed Vice President of the Executive Council the day after the Dismissal as part of Fraser s Caretaker Cabinet but he continued in that office for his entire tenure as Leader of the Government On the same date he was appointed caretaker the Capital Territory Special Minister of State Minister for the Media and Tourism and Recreation He served in those offices until 22 December when Fraser s first full Cabinet was sworn in The Senate did not meet during the period 12 November to 22 December 1975 indeed it was dissolved for most of that time Withers gained the Administrative Services portfolio as part of 22 December reshuffle Minister for Industry and Commerce 1983 1984 Resigned to contest successfully the lower house seat of Holt Minister for Environment 1996 98 Tertiary Education Skills Science and Research 2011 13 References Edit Senate Office Holders www aph gov au Retrieved 25 October 2020 Who s who in the current Parliament Parliamentary Education Office peo gov au Retrieved 25 October 2020 a b Leadership in Parliament Fact Sheets Parliamentary Education Office Archived from the original on 17 September 2013 Retrieved 24 August 2013 6 Senators Parties and party leaders Odger s Australian Senate Practice 13th ed Retrieved 23 August 2013 a b c Australian Parliamentary Library Ministries and Cabinets Parliamentary Handbook 32nd ed Retrieved 6 September 2013 The Commonwealth The Register 29 May 1901 p 6 Retrieved 6 September 2013 via Trove Richard O Connor Leader of the Senate 13 August 1903 Standing Orders Parliamentary Debates Hansard Commonwealth of Australia Senate p 3512 Political Notes Western Star and Roma Advertiser 2 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