Michael Andrew Johnson is a Hong Kong-born Australian former politician who was a member of the House of Representatives for the seat of Ryan in Queensland from 2001 to 2010,representing the Liberal Party from November 2001 to May 2010 and then as an independent from May 2010 until he was defeated by Liberal National member Jane Prentice at the 2010 federal election.
The Liberal–National Coalition,commonly known simply as the Coalition or the LNP,is an alliance of centre-right political parties that forms one of the two major groupings in Australian federal politics. The two partners in the Coalition are the Liberal Party of Australia and the National Party of Australia. Its main opponent is the Australian Labor Party (ALP);the two forces are often regarded as operating in a two-party system. The Coalition was last in government from 2013 to 2022. The group is led by Peter Dutton,who succeeded Scott Morrison after the 2022 federal election.
The Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) is a major political party in Queensland,Australia. It was formed in 2008 by a merger of the Queensland divisions of the Liberal Party and the National Party. At a federal level and in most other states,the two parties remain distinct and often operate as a Coalition. The LNP is a division of the Liberal Party of Australia,and an affiliate of the National Party of Australia.
Callide is an electoral division in Queensland,Australia.
The Division of Flynn is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.
George Robert Christensen is an Australian politician,currently serving as a member of the Mackay Regional Council. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 2010 to 2022,serving as the member for the division of Dawson. He was a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and sat with the National Party in federal parliament,prior to leaving the party in April 2022 to join One Nation just days before the end of his parliamentary term.
Kenneth Desmond O'Dowd is an Australian former politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 2010 to 2022,representing the Division of Flynn for the National Party.
Scott Andrew Buchholz is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) and served as an assistant minister in the Morrison government from 2018 until May 2022,following the appointment of the Albanese ministry. He has represented the seat of Wright since the 2010 federal election,sitting with the parliamentary Liberal Party,and previously served as chief government whip in the House of Representatives in the Abbott government in 2015. He was a businessman in the transport industry before entering politics.
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.
The 2017 Queensland state election was held on 25 November 2017 to elect all 93 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland,the unicameral Parliament of Queensland.
Edward Lynam O'Brien is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) and has represented the seat of Fairfax in the House of Representatives since the 2016 federal election. He sits with the Liberal Party in federal parliament. Prior to entering politics he was a businessman and lobbyist,also serving as chairman of the Australian Republic Movement (2005–2007).
The 2020 Queensland state election was held on 31 October to elect all 93 members to the 57th Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The Labor Party was returned to government for a third-term,led by incumbent premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. With 47 seats needed to form a majority government,Labor won 52 seats,including all but five in Brisbane,while the Liberal National Party won 34 seats and formed opposition. On the crossbench,Katter's Australian Party retained its 3 seats,the Queensland Greens picked up South Brisbane for a total of 2,Pauline Hanson's One Nation retained Mirani and independent Sandy Bolton retained her seat of Noosa.
Amanda Jane Stoker is an Australian politician who served as an Senator for Queensland from 2018 until 2022. She is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) and sat with the Liberal Party in federal parliament. She was appointed to the Senate after the retirement of George Brandis. Stoker held the ministerial portfolios of Assistant Minister to the Attorney-General,Assistant Minister for Industrial Relations and Assistant Minister for Women in the Morrison government. Stoker was unsuccessful in her re-election bid in the 2022 federal election and departed the Senate on 30 June 2022.
Gerard Rennick is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for Queensland since July 2019. He is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and sits with the Liberal Party in federal parliament.
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate following the 2019 Australian federal election held on 18 May 2019. Terms for newly elected senators representing the Australian states began on 1 July 2019. Terms for senators in the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory began on the day of the election,18 May 2019.
The 2020 Groom by-election was held on 28 November 2020 to elect the next Member of Parliament for the division of Groom in the House of Representatives. The by-election was triggered following the resignation of incumbent Liberal National MP John McVeigh on 18 September 2020.
The 2024 Queensland state election is scheduled to be held on 26 October 2024 to elect all members to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland pursuant to the Constitution Amendment Act 2015. As a result of the 2016 Queensland term length referendum,the term of the parliament will run for four years.
A by-election was held on 18 June 2022 for the Queensland Legislative Assembly seat of Callide following the resignation of Colin Boyce to contest the 2022 federal election.
Penelope Jane Allman-Payne is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Greens and was elected to the Senate at the 2022 federal election,to a term beginning on 1 July 2022. She worked as a lawyer and schoolteacher before entering politics.
Bryson Warwick Head is an Australian politician.
