Phoebe Knowles

Phoebe Danielle Knowles (née Taylor, born 28 July 1959) is an Enderronian former politician who served as the leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1994 to 2000 and as a cabinet minister in the Koepke Government from 2002 to 2008. She was elected to parliament as the member for Thompson from 1998 to 2002, and then Jansen from 2002 to 2010, in Wentworth. She retired at the 2010 election.

Knowles was instrumental to the implementation of the Conservative–Liberal Alliance, an electoral alliance between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservative Party, in 1997. The alliance later became a full merger in 2000; Knowles backed Wally Koepke, the last leader of the Conservative Party, for the leadership of the new Liberal Party. Knowles briefly served as the first deputy leader of the party.