Ralph Hunt was elected as deputy in place of Sinclair, defeating Lusher, Ray Braithwaite, Tom McVeigh, and Ian Robinson.

Ian Sinclair was re-elected as party leader, defeating a challenge from Ray Braithwaite; he "won comfortably" with a vote of 20-6.

[27] Bruce Lloyd was elected deputy leader in place of Ralph Hunt, who did not re-contest the position.

The Liberal Party simultaneously voted to replace its leader John Howard with Andrew Peacock.

The results were not formally released, but The Canberra Times reported that Fischer defeated Sharp by 12 votes to 8 on the final ballot, with McGauran the last to be eliminated.

Bruce Lloyd was re-elected deputy leader, defeating a challenge from Noel Hicks.

[34] John Anderson Mark Vaile Barnaby Joyce Fiona Nash A vote for the leadership and deputy leadership was held on 3 December 2007, following Mark Vaile's resignation and the Liberal-National coalition's defeat at the 2007 federal election.

At the meeting he secured the support of a majority of the 21 National Party parliamentarians, seeing off a last-minute challenge from Queensland MP George Christensen.