Related Research Articles
Campbell Kevin Thomas Newman is an Australian former politician who served as the 38th Premier of Queensland from 26 March 2012 to 14 February 2015. He served as the member for Ashgrove in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland between 24 March 2012 and 31 January 2015. He was LNP Leader from 2 April 2011 to 7 February 2015;Newman previously served as the 15th Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 27 March 2004 to 3 April 2011.
The Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) is a major conservative 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.
John-Paul HonoréLangbroek is an Australian politician who has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland representing the centre-right Liberal Party and its successor,the centre-right Liberal National Party,in the seat of Surfers Paradise since 2004. He was Leader of the Opposition and parliamentary leader of the LNP from 2009 to 2011—the first person from the Liberal side of the merger to hold the post. He was a minister in the Newman government before its defeat at the 2015 state election.
Mark Francis McArdle is an Australian politician and former Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Queensland. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland between 2004 and 2020,representing the electorate of Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast. Initially a Liberal Party member,in 2007 he became the party leader and the following year oversaw a merger with the National Party that produced the Liberal National Party.
Annastacia Palaszczuk is an Australian politician who served as the 39th premier of Queensland from 2015 to 2023. She held office as the leader of the Queensland branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 2012 until her resignation,and has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland (MLA) for the division of Inala since 2006. Palaszczuk is the fifth-most-tenured premier in Queensland state history and the first woman to win the premiership from opposition,she also presided over the first majority female cabinet in Australian state and federal history.
Caloundra is a Legislative Assembly of Queensland electoral district on the Sunshine Coast in the Australian state of Queensland. The electorate is centred on the city of Caloundra and stretches north to Wurtulla,south to Pelican Waters and west to the Bruce Highway.
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.
The 2012 Queensland state election was held on 24 March 2012 to elect all 89 members of the Legislative Assembly,a unicameral parliament.
Jarrod Pieter Bleijie is an Australian politician serving as the Deputy Premier of Queensland since 28 October 2024. A member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland (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 and was appointed Deputy Premier of Queensland in 2024.
The 2015 Queensland state election was held on 31 January 2015 to elect all 89 members of the unicameral Legislative Assembly of Queensland.
Robert Carl Ignatius Katter is an Australian politician. He serves as the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Traeger,having previously represented Mount Isa from 2012 to 2017. He is the leader of Katter's Australian Party,having taken over from his father Bob Katter in February 2020.
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.
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.
Colin Einar Boyce is an Australian politician who is a member of the House of Representatives,representing the Division of Flynn since 2022. He is a member of the Liberal National Party and sits with the National Party in federal parliament.
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 a 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.
Amy MacMahon is an Australian politician and sociologist. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland representing South Brisbane for the Queensland Greens. She has a PhD in sociology and worked as a teacher and lecturer before entering politics.
The 2024 Queensland state election was 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.
Adrian Tantari is an Australian former politician. He was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Hervey Bay at the 2020 Queensland state election and held the seat for one term until his defeat at the 2024 state election. Despite being considered a safe seat for the Liberal National Party in 2020,he achieved an eleven-point swing and won the seat with a majority of two percent,the first non-LNP victory in Hervey Bay since 2006.
One Nation –Queensland,sometimes referred to as One Nation Qld,and officially named Pauline Hanson's One Nation Queensland Division,is the Queensland branch of Pauline Hanson's One Nation. As of 2024 it holds extra-parliamentary status within the state.
References
- ↑ "Palaszczuk unveils newly-elected MPs after sweeping Queensland election victory". 9 News. Nine Digital. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ↑ "Mr Jason Hunt". Parliament of Queensland.
- ↑ Green, Antony (1 November 2020). "Caloundra". QLD Votes ABC. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ↑ "New Caloundra MP says he will deliver on promises". Sunshine Coast Daily. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ↑ "Jason Hunt an overnight success after years of work". The Australian. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ↑ "Member Details | Queensland Parliament". www.parliament.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
 | This article about an Australian Labor Party member of the Parliament of Queensland is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |