2009 Liberal National Party of Queensland leadership election

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2009 Liberal National Party of Queensland
leadership election
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2 April 20092011 →
Leadership election
 
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Candidate John-Paul Langbroek Tim Nicholls Fiona Simpson
First round<17<17<17
Second round17 [a] 16 [a] Eliminated
Seat Surfers Paradise Clayfield Maroochydore
Leader before election

Lawrence Springborg

Elected Leader

John-Paul Langbroek

Deputy leadership election
 
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Candidate Lawrence Springborg Rob Messenger Jeff Seeney
Caucus vote>17<17<17
Seat Southern Downs Burnett Callide
Deputy before election

Mark McArdle

Elected Deputy

Lawrence Springborg

The 2009 Liberal National Party of Queensland leadership election was held on 2 April 2009 to elect a new leader of the Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) and, ex officio, Leader of the Opposition. [2] [3]

Contents

Following the LNP's loss at the state election on 21 March 2009, Lawrence Springborg resigned as leader. [4] [5] Springborg had served as leader of the LNP since the party was formed in 2008 following the merger of the Queensland Liberal Party and the Queensland National Party; the latter he had previously led. [6] [7]

Three MPs − John-Paul Langbroek, Tim Nicholls and Fiona Simpson − contested the leadership, with Langbroek emerging victorious by a narrow margin on the second ballot. [8] [9] Springborg was elected deputy leader, defeating Jeff Seeney and Rob Messenger, after Mark McArdle did not recontest the position. [10] [11]

Langbroek would ultimately not lead the LNP to the next state election in 2012, as Brisbane lord mayor Campbell Newman entered state politics and became LNP leader in 2011. [12] Springborg later returned as leader in 2015, but lost a spill to Nicholls in 2016. [13]

Candidates

Leader

Declared

CandidateElectorateAnnounced
  John-Paul Langbroek 2021 (cropped).jpg John-Paul Langbroek Surfers Paradise 23 March 2009 [14]
  Tim Nicholls CEO Sleepout 2011.jpg Tim Nicholls Clayfield 31 March 2009 [15]
  LNP Placeholder.png Fiona Simpson Maroochydore 27 March 2009 [16]

Speculated

CandidateElectorate
  LNP Placeholder.png Mark McArdle [17] Caloundra

Deputy leader

Declared

CandidateElectorateAnnounced
  LNP Placeholder.png Rob Messenger Burnett 24 March 2009
  LNP Placeholder.png Jeff Seeney Southern Downs 24 March 2009
  LawSpr b.jpg Lawrence Springborg Southern Downs 2 April 2009 [18]

Notes

  1. 1 2 The Courier Mail reported that some LNP sources said the final round of voting resulted in a one vote margin, while other sources claimed it was three or four votes. [1]

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