who was elected after the 2009 liberal party of australia leadership spill?
Tony Abbott
2009 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
Tony Abbott
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2009 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill [SEP] Introduction
A leadership spill for the Liberal Party of Australia was held on 1 December 2009. The incumbent leader Malcolm Turnbull was defeated by Tony Abbott on the second ballot; Joe Hockey also stood as a candidate. Abbott thus replaced Turnbull as Leader of the Opposition, and would lead the party to the 2010 federal election. The spill was the culmination of a dispute within the Liberal Party over its response to the Rudd Government's proposed emissions trading scheme (ETS). Turnbull supported the introduction of an ETS and sought to negotiate amendments to government's proposed legislation. Abbott came to represent many Liberal MPs who were climate change sceptics or otherwise opposed the ETS.