Liberal National Party of Queensland

Liberal National Party of Queensland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia a:lang(ar),a:lang(ckb),a:lang(fa),a:lang(kk-arab),a:lang(mzn),a:lang(ps),a:lang(ur){text-decoration:none}a.new,#quickbar a.new{color:#ba0000} /* cache key: enwiki:resourceloader:filter:minify-css:4:c88e2bcd56513749bec09a7e29cb3ffa */ if ( window.mediaWiki ) { mw.config.set({"wgCanonicalNamespace": "", "wgCanonicalSpecialPageName": false, "wgNamespaceNumber": 0, "wgPageName": "Liberal_National_Party_of_Queensland", "wgTitle": "Liberal National Party of Queensland", "wgCurRevisionId": 459529621, "wgArticleId": 2529569, "wgIsArticle": true, "wgAction": "view", "wgUserName": null, "wgUserGroups": ["*"], "wgCategories": ["All articles with dead external links", "Articles with dead external links from June 2011", "Wikipedia semi-protected pages", "All articles with unsourced statements", "Articles with unsourced statements from June 2011", "Liberal Party of Australia", "National Party of Australia", "Conservative parties in Australia", "Liberal-conservative parties", "Political parties established in 2008", "Liberal National Party of Queensland politicians", "Political parties in Queensland"], "wgBreakFrames": false, "wgRestrictionEdit": ["autoconfirmed"], "wgRestrictionMove": ["autoconfirmed"], "wgSearchNamespaces": [0], "wgFlaggedRevsParams": {"tags": {"status": {"levels": 1, "quality": 2, "pristine": 3}}}, "wgStableRevisionId": null, "wgVectorEnabledModules": {"collapsiblenav": true, "collapsibletabs": true, "editwarning": true, "expandablesearch": false, "footercleanup": false, "sectioneditlinks": false, "simplesearch": true, "experiments": true}, "wgWikiEditorEnabledModules": {"toolbar": true, "dialogs": true, "hidesig": true, "templateEditor": false, "templates": false, "preview": false, "previewDialog": false, "publish": false, "toc": false}, "wgTrackingToken": "166b05f86eaaff37974cc3579b48045b", "wikilove-recipient": "", "wikilove-edittoken": "+\\", "wikilove-anon": 0, "mbEditToken": "+\\", "Geo": {"city": "", "country": ""}, "wgNoticeProject": "wikipedia"}); } if ( window.mediaWiki ) { mw.loader.load(["mediawiki.page.startup"]); } Liberal National Party of Queensland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Liberal National Party of Queensland Leader Jeff Seeney (parliamentary) Campbell Newman (election team) President Bruce McIver Founder Bruce McIver Founded 2008 Headquarters Brisbane Ideology Conservative liberalism, Liberal conservatism, New Right Political position Centre-right Official colours Blue   House of Representatives 21 / 150 Senate 6 / 76 Queensland Parliament 31 / 89 Website lnp.org.au Politics of Australia Political parties Elections The Liberal National Party (LNP) is a political party in Queensland, Australia. It was formed on 26 July 2008 by the merger of the Queensland divisions of the Liberal and National parties. Contents 1 History 2 Parliamentary leaders 3 Deputy leaders 4 See also 5 References 6 External links History On 30 May 2008, an agreement in principle to merge was established between the Queensland divisions of the Liberal and National parties. A plebiscite of members of each party was then conducted with a large majority of respondents favouring the proposed merger.1 The agreement in principle and a draft constitution were considered by separate meetings of the parties held over 26–27 July 2008, and the LNP was created on 26 July 2008. The inaugural conference of the LNP was held following the adoption of the constitution.1 The LNP is the Queensland division of the Liberal Party of Australia, and is affiliated with the National Party of Australia.2not in citation given The LNP is now a ratified branch of the Liberal Party of Australia. Federal Queensland Liberal and National party representatives and senators remained affiliated to their respective parties until after the 2010 Federal Election, with senators retaining their affiliation until the new Senate sat in July 2011.34 Currently, 16 of the LNP's 21 federal MPs sit with the Liberals, while five--including federal Nationals leader Warren Truss--sit with the Nationals. In the Senate, two LNP Senators--Barnaby Joyce (the Nationals Senate leader) and Ron Boswell--sit with the Nationals while four sit with the Liberals. After the July 2008 merger, the party had 25 members in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, the unicameral house of the Parliament of Queensland: 17 originally elected as National Party members, 8 originally elected as Liberal Party members. National Party leader Lawrence Springborg became Party Leader and Leader of the Opposition. Liberal Party leader Mark McArdle became Deputy Leader of the new party, and Deputy Leader of the Opposition. The LNP lost the 2009 state election, with Springborg indicating he would step down as leader of the newly formed party. John-Paul Langbroek was elected to the party leadership after the election, with Springborg becoming the deputy leader.5 On 22 March 2011, Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman announced that he would seek preselection for the Labor-held seat of Ashgrove, and if successful, would challenge for the party leadership. Langbroek and Springborg resigned as leader and deputy leader on the same day, and as Newman was not a member of parliament, Jeff Seeney was elected as parliamentary leader, undertaking to cede the leadership to de facto leader Newman if he were elected to parliament.6 Parliamentary leaders Leader Term Leader's seat Jeff Seeney 2011–present Callide John-Paul Langbroek 2009–2011 Surfers Paradise Lawrence Springborg 2008–2009 Southern Downs Deputy leaders Deputy Leader Term Deputy's seat Tim Nicholls Incumbent Clayfield Lawrence Springborg 2009–2011 Southern Downs Mark McArdle 2008–2009 Caloundra Fiona Simpson 2008 Maroochydore See also Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Liberal National Party of Queensland Young LNP – youth division of party Liberal-National party merger Queensland state election, 2006 Queensland state election, 2009 References ^ a b "The Liberal National Party - History". http://lnp.org.au/the-party/lnp-history. Retrieved 2011-06-25.  ^ Calligeros, Marissa (2008-07-28). "New political force for Queensland". Brisbane Times. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/new-political-force-for-queensland/2008/07/27/1217097029005.html. Retrieved 2008-07-28.  ^ "Constitution of the LNP" (PDF). http://www.lnp.org.au/cms/download.php?file=Downloads%2FDocuments%2FConstitutions%2FLNP_per_ECQ.pdf. Retrieved 2011-02-01.  ^ "House of Representative candidates for the electorate of Hinkler (Qld)". Aec.gov.au. http://www.aec.gov.au/election/qld/hinkler.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-01. dead link ^ By Jessica van Vonderen (2009-04-02). "Langbroek wins LNP leadership: ABC News 2/4/2009". Abc.net.au. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/02/2533211.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-01.  ^ "New LNP leaders to front parliament". SBS. 2011-03-23. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1505386/latest-from-wire/. 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