Past Presidents
From Premiers and Prime Ministers, to leaders of industry, business, and the public service, the former presidents of the NSW Young Liberals are distinguished Liberals and great Australians.
Past Presidents of the NSW Young Liberals
1962-1964 The Hon John W Howard OM AC
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The Hon John Howard OM AC
The Inaugural NSW Young Liberal President needs no introduction. After joining the Liberal Party in 1957 and becoming NSW YL President in 1962, Member for Bennelong in 1974, then as a Minister and eventually as Prime Minister of Australia in 1996, Mr Howard steered the nation through nearly twelve years of economic reform, strong growth, and global influence, becoming Australia’s second-longest-serving Prime Minister and a defining figure of our nation.
1964-1965 Jeffrey Kirby
1965-1966 Graham Jones
1966-1967 Phillip Morgan
1967-1968 Warren McCullagh
1968-1971 Peter Fitzgibbon
1971-1972 The Hon Philip Ruddock AO
1972-1974 Christopher Puplick AM
1974-1976 Neil Hansford
1976-1978 Jim Carey
1978-1979 Robert Nestdale
1979-1980 David Minty
1980-1982 Christopher Crawford
1982-1984 Michael Photios
1984-1985 Andrew Kirk
1985-1986 The Hon Catherine Cusack
1986-1987 Scott Heathwood
1987-1988 The Hon Marise Payne
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The Hon Marise Payne
A leader of the movement from 1987 to 1988, former Senator the Hon Marise Payne was the 18th President of the NSW Young Liberals. She went on to become the longest serving female senator in Australia’s history, serving in Liberal Governments holding a range of portfolios, including Human Services, Defence, Foreign Affairs, and Women.
1988-1990 The Hon Donald Harwin
1990-1991 The Hon Joseph Hockey
1991-1992 Trent Zimmerman
1992-1993 John Brogden AM
1993-1994 Shayne Mallard
1994-1995 Jason Falinski
1995-1996 Andrew Maiden
1996-1997 The Hon Gladys Berejiklian
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The Hon Gladys Berejiklian
‘The woman who saved Australia’ joined the NSW Young Liberals in 1993 and served as the 26th President from 1996 to 1997. It was only six years later that Gladys was elected to Parliament as the Member for Willoughby in 2003, and went on to serve as a minister in the O’Farrell and Baird Governments before becoming Leader of the NSW Liberals and the first woman in NSW history to be elected Premier in her own right.
1997-1998 Jason Collins
1998-1999 Senator Ross Cadell
1999-2000 Tony Chappel
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Tony Chappel
A respected public servant with decades of experience across both the public and private sectors, the 29th NSW Young Liberal President has served since 2022 as Chief Executive Officer of the NSW Environmental Protection Agency. Re-established by the O’Farrell Liberal Government in 2012, the EPA continues to safeguard the health of our state’s natural environment.
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2000-2001 The Hon Andrew Constance
2001-2002 The Hon Ben Franklin MLC
2002-2005 The Hon Alexander Hawke MP
2005-2005 The Hon Dominic Perrottet
2005-2006 The Hon Natasha Maclaren-Jones MLC
2006-2008 Noel McCoy
2008-2011 The Hon Scott Farlow MLC
2011-2014 Simon Fontana
2014-2015 James Wallace MP
2015-2017 Alex Dore
2017-2019 Harry Stutchbury
2019-2020 Chaneg Torres
2020-2021 Hugo Robinson
2021-2022 Deyi Wu
2022-2023 Dimitry Palmer
2023-2024 Chanum Torres
2024-2025 Georgia Lowden
2025-Present Cooper Gannon