11 Facts About Tony Staley

Anthony Allan Staley was an Australian politician.

Tony Staley later served as national president of the Liberal Party from 1993 to 1999.

Tony Staley was born on 15 May 1939 in Horsham, Victoria.

Tony Staley completed the degree of Bachelor of Laws at the University of Melbourne.

Tony Staley was elected to parliament at the 1970 Chisholm by-election, which followed the death of the incumbent Liberal MP Wilfrid Kent Hughes.

Tony Staley was the Member for Chisholm from 1970 to 1980 and was Minister for the Capital Territory from February 1976 to December 1977 in the Fraser Government and then Minister for Post and Telecommunications until his retirement from Parliament.

Tony Staley later served as Federal President of the Liberal Party of Australia.

The controversy was due to the expectation that the organizational wing of the party which Tony Staley was in charge of as president did not interfere with the parliamentary party in selecting the leader.

Tony Staley did continue on in the position and supported John Howard's bid to become Leader of the Opposition and ultimately Prime Minister.

In 1990, Tony Staley was involved in a serious road accident, which left him needing to use calipers to walk.

Tony Staley died in Melbourne on 3 May 2023, at the age of 83.