People

 Peter Whelan

Peter is a successful businessman. For 25 years he was Managing Director of electrical engineering company Uniserve Pty Ltd and more recently Chairman of CSE-Uniserve Pty Ltd and director of several related companies with interests in the mining industry.

In 2007 he resigned those positions to concentrate on his investments and interests in beef cattle farming and deer hunting. He is also Treasurer of Glenorie RSL Club.

Peter is a foundation member and currently President of the Coalition of Law Abiding Sporting Shooters Inc (CLASS Action) and author of the publication Gun Prohibition in Australia: an expensive mistake. He has been a major contributor and supporter of the Shooters Party and was involved with David Leyonhjelm in the Outdoor Recreation Party's federal campaign in 2004.

He is a qualified electrical engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers and holds an unrestricted private pilot's licence. He is married with three grown children.

Peter is currently National President.

David Leyonhjelm

David has had an interest in politics since the early 1970s when, as a member of Young Labor, he worked on the It's Time campaign to help end military conscription.

The following decade he joined the Liberal Party in an effort to promote economic freedom, resigning in 1996 in reaction to John Howard's extremist gun laws.

He joined the Shooters Party in 1992 (while in the Liberal Party), became the party's Chairman in 1999 and managed the successful 2003 campaign that retained the party's NSW Legislative Council seat.

When the Shooters Party was deregistered federally just prior to the federal election in 2004, he used the Outdoor Recreation Party to run a team of shooters for the Senate and marginal NSW seats. The party's Senate preferences helped prevent the Greens from taking the final seat.

He is a classical liberal outlook to whom individual choice and freedom is preferred to government intrusion.

David is married and has an agribusiness consulting company in Sydney. A former veterinarian, he also has degrees in business and law. His sporting interest is target shooting.

David is the LDP's National Treasurer and Registered Officer.

David McAlary

David has been President of the ACT Division since 2005 and served as Federal President in 2007.

After completing an Accounting degree in 1992, he worked and travelled before establishing his insurance broking business in 1997.

David is married and lives in the suburbs of Canberra.

Tim Quilty

Tim Quilty is an accountant and former sheep and cattle farmer from Adelong and a lifelong believer in freedom and the rights of the individual.

Born locally, he attended school and briefly university (UNSW) in Sydney, studying economics, before returning to work on the family farm. While at uni Tim was a member of the Liberal party but left in disgust, disillusioned by their lack of belief in any principle of liberty or freedom, or anything except winning elections.

Tim has a continuing involvement with his local community, believing passionately in the ideas of volunteerism and civil society - he has been closely involved with the establishment of a Community Bank in Adelong, currently being a board member and treasurer of the Adelong bank, and is an active member of the Rural Fire Service.

Martin Walsh

After completing high school Martin studied accountancy. When he had learned enough to get by in  business he went to Wollongong university to study Philosophy.

He put a hold on his studies while he took self-funded time to write a movie script, for which he has since won an award. During this time Martin began to realise that our civil rights were being eroded by various levels of government, particularly with the introduction of anti-terrorist legislation.

Martin then pursued a career in sales which bought him into contact with many small businesses, all of which had one thing in common: they all faced oppressive government legislation. It is this experience that led Martin to realise someone has to stand up for our rights as free Australian citizens.

He has been involved with a number of movements to help bring about civil rights and free enterprise and is a valuable asset in the pursuit of freedom.