Editing Warren Truss (section)

===Deputy Prime Minister===
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Truss retained his seat in the [[2013 Australian federal election|2013 Federal election]], in which the Coalition was elected to a strong majority government.  On 18 September, Truss was sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister, per a longstanding agreement between the Liberals and Nationals.  The leader of the Nationals has ranked second in all but two non-Labor governments since the Coalition was first formed in 1923.

Truss remained Deputy Prime Minister after Turnbull deposed Abbott in a 2015 leadership spill. On 11 February 2016 Truss announced his decision to retire from politics at the [[2016 Australian federal election|2016 federal election]] and immediately resigned as Nationals leader and Deputy Prime Minister. [[Barnaby Joyce]] was elected as leader and was sworn as the Deputy Prime Minister.<ref name="theguardian1"/><ref name="autogenerated1"/><ref name="autogenerated2"/> Truss also resigned from cabinet and returned to the backbench.<ref name=Age130216>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/cabinet-reshuffle-malcolm-turnbull-announces-new-frontbench-as-mal-brough-resigns-20160213-gmta7z.html |title=Cabinet reshuffle: Malcolm Turnbull announces new frontbench as Mal Brough resigns |work=[[The Age]] |date=13 February 2016 |access-date=13 February 2016 |author=Massola, James |archive-date=4 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104083641/http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/cabinet-reshuffle-malcolm-turnbull-announces-new-frontbench-as-mal-brough-resigns-20160213-gmta7z.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Truss's leadership of the Nationals was considered steady, albeit rarely visible. Despite being the number-two man in the government, Truss was relatively unknown; only one in five Australians were familiar with him. He lifted the party's representation in the House of Representatives from ten seats in 2007 to 15 seats in 2013.<ref name=SMH110216>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/comment/smh-editorial/malcolm-turnbulls-challenge-replace-warren-truss-andrew-robb-and-stuart-robert-20160211-gmr72n.html |title=Malcolm Turnbull's challenge: replace Warren Truss, Andrew Robb and Stuart Robert |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=11 February 2016 |access-date=13 February 2016 |archive-date=20 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820144335/http://www.smh.com.au/comment/smh-editorial/malcolm-turnbulls-challenge-replace-warren-truss-andrew-robb-and-stuart-robert-20160211-gmr72n.html |url-status=live }}</ref>