Of the party's nine elected federal parliamentary leaders, six were women.
With Stanfield's election as federal leader, the provincial leadership and premiership opened up.
He also served as the federal parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party from 1994-1995.
These events aggravated tensions among provincial, federal and industry leaders.
In the same way, federal financial management reform has recently gained momentum through the committed support of top federal leaders.
But that was assuming that federal leaders would ante up their share.
Michael Ignatieff, former federal leader (served as national youth organizer)
Douglas was elected as its first federal leader in 1961.
She was the last federal parliamentary leader of the Australian Democrats.
Some federal leaders were created after elections during a time of war after which it became a local power.