Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division)

Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division)
Leader	Steven Marshall
Deputy Leader	Vickie Chapman
President	Steve Murray
Founded	1974
Preceded by	Liberal and Country League
Headquarters	104 Greenhill Road, Unley
Youth wing	South Australian Young Liberal Movement
National affiliation	Liberal Party of Australia
South Australian House of Assembly	21 / 47
South Australian Legislative Council	8 / 22
Australian House of Representatives (SA)	4 / 11
Australian Senate (SA)	3 / 12
Website
www.saliberal.org.au
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Parliamentary Party Leader
Incumbent Leader of the Opposition Steven Marshall since 4 February 2013
Inaugural holder	Bruce Eastick

The Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division) is the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia, formed in 1974, succeeding the Liberal and Country League (LCL). It is one of two major parties in the bicameral Parliament of South Australia, the other being the Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch).

The party has won only 3 of the 12 state elections since their formation: 1979, 1993 and 1997. The 1970 election marked the beginning of democratic proportional representation (one vote, one value), which ended decades of pro-rural electoral malapportionment known as the Playmander. The Liberals have been in Opposition since the 2002 election. Leader of the Opposition Steven Marshall has led the Liberal Opposition since a 2013 leadership change from Isobel Redmond. During 2013 the government became the longest-serving state Labor government in South Australian history, and in addition went on to win a fourth four-year term at the 2014 election and will attempt to win 20 consecutive years in office from a fifth four-year term at the 2018 election.