Warren Errol Truss is a former Australian politician who served as the 16th deputy prime minister of Australia and the minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development in the Abbott government and the Turnbull government. Truss served as the federal leader of the National Party of Australia between 2007 and 11 February 2016 when he announced his decision to retire and not contest the 2016 federal election. He was the member of the House of Representatives for Wide Bay from the 1990 election until his retirement in May 2016. Following the merger of the Queensland branches of the Nationals and Liberals,Truss was re-elected in 2010 for the Liberal National Party.
Andrew Peter Cripps is an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2006 to 2017 and served as Minister for Natural Resources and Mines. In October 2018 he was elected to the Shire of Hinchinbrook Council,where he currently serves as Deputy Mayor.
Janet Anne Stuckey is an Australian politician who represented the electorate of Currumbin in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2004 to 2020.
John Mark Dempsey is an Australian politician who served as the Mayor of the Bundaberg Regional Council from 2016 to 2024. He previously served as the Queensland Minister for Police and Community Safety in the Newman Government and was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2015.
Scott Anthony Emerson is a former Australian politician and journalist. He is a director of national consulting firm GXO Strategies and a commentator on Nine Entertainment’s national breakfast television program Today. He hosted the Scott Emerson Drive Show on Brisbane talkback radio station 4BC from 2020 to 2022. He served as the Minister for Transport and Main Roads Minister in the Newman Ministry from 2012 to 2015. In the Legislative Assembly of Queensland he represented the seat of Indooroopilly in Brisbane's inner-west,from 2009 to 2017. Indooroopilly was abolished at the 2017 state election and Emerson chose to contest the new seat of Maiwar which had a notional LNP margin of 3%;Emerson was unsuccessful in his bid,losing to the Greens candidate Michael Berkman.
Tracy Ellen Davis is an Australian politician. She was a Liberal National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2009 to 2017,representing the district of Aspley. She currently serves on the Brisbane City Council as the Councillor for McDowall Ward.
Dianne Elizabeth Farmer is an Australian politician currently serving as the Minister for Education and Minister for Youth Justice of Queensland. She was first elected for the seat of Bulimba to the Queensland State Parliament for the Labor Party at the 2009 Queensland election but lost her seat at the 2012 election to Aaron Dillaway of the Liberal National Party. Farmer defeated Dillaway at the 2015 election to regain Bulimba for Labor and was re-elected in 2017 and 2020.
Jarrod Pieter Bleijie is an Australian politician serving as the Deputy Premier of Queensland since 28 October 2024. A member of the LNP in the Queensland parliament,Bleijie was elected as the member for Kawana at the 2009 state election,and is the third member since the seat's inception at the 2001 state election. He served as Attorney-General of Queensland from 2012 until 2015.
Albert Paul Jacob is an Australian politician. He is the current mayor of the City of Joondalup. He was the member for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Ocean Reef from 2008 to 2017,and the Minister for the Environment and Heritage in Colin Barnett's government. He had previously served as the Parliamentary Secretary for Community Services;Seniors and Volunteering and Youth,from June 2012 to March 2013. His seat was abolished prior to the 2017 state election and he was defeated contesting Burns Beach.
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 3 August 1957 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The major parties contesting the election were the Queensland Labor Party led by Premier Vince Gair,the Labor Party led by former Deputy Premier Jack Duggan,and the Country-Liberal coalition led by Frank Nicklin.
Steven Spence Marshall is a former Australian politician who served as the 46th premier of South Australia between 2018 and 2022. He was a member of the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia in the South Australian House of Assembly from 2010 until 2024,representing the electorate of Dunstan.
Steven James Minnikin is an Australian Liberal National politician who is currently serving as the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Chatsworth,having defeated Steve Kilburn at the 2012 state election.
Ian Bradley Walker is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal National member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2012 to 2017,representing the electorate of Mansfield. He was Minister for Science,Information Technology,Innovation and the Arts from 2013 to 2015 under Campbell Newman.
David Frank Crisafulli is an Australian politician currently serving as the 41st Premier of Queensland since 28 October 2024 and leader of the Liberal National Party since November 2020. He has been the member of the Legislative Assembly for Broadwater since 2017. He was the member for Mundingburra from 2012 to 2015,holding ministerial portfolios in the Newman government.
Christopher Karl Davis is a former Australian Liberal National politician who was the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Stafford,having defeated Stirling Hinchliffe at the 2012 state election until he resigned in May 2014. He was appointed Assistant Minister for Health on 3 April 2012,but was expelled from the ministry for breaches of cabinet solidarity.
John Joseph McVeigh is an Australian former politician. He was elected to the House of Representatives at the 2016 federal election,representing the Division of Groom. He was a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and sat in the Liberal party room. During the Turnbull government he served in cabinet as Minister for Regional Development,Territories and Local Government from 2017 to 2018. He previously served in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2012 to 2016 and was Minister for Agriculture,Fisheries and Forestry under Premier Campbell Newman.
Jacklyn Anne Trad is an Australian former politician. She was Deputy Premier of Queensland from 2015 to 2020,Treasurer of Queensland from 2017 to 2020 and represented the Electoral district of South Brisbane for the Labor Party from April 2012 to October 2020.
Melissa Lee Price is an Australian politician who served as Minister for Defence Industry from 2019 to 2022 and as Minister for Science and Technology from 2021 to 2022 in the Morrison government. She has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2013,representing the Division of Durack in Western Australia. A member of the Liberal Party,she previously served as Minister for the Environment (2018–2019) and Assistant Minister for the Environment (2017–2018).
Glenn James Butcher is an Australian politician currently serving as the Labor member for Gladstone in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015. He previously served as Queensland Minister for Regional Development and Manufacturing,as well as Minister for Water,during the Third Palaszczuk ministry and subsequent Miles ministry. Prior to this,he held various other portfolios during the First and Second Palaszczuk ministries.
Steven John Miles is an Australian politician who was the 40th premier of Queensland,in office for 10 months from 2023 to 2024. He is the state leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and previously served as deputy premier from 2020 to 2023.
