2024 Queensland Labor Party leadership election
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The 2024 Queensland Labor Party leadership election was held on 5 November 2024 to elect the leader of the Queensland Labor Party and ex officio, Leader of the Opposition, following Labor's loss at the 2024 state election.
Former premier Steven Miles was re-elected unopposed to the leadership, with Cameron Dick also re-elected as deputy leader. Dick, along with senior Labor MP Shannon Fentiman, had announced following the state election that they would not contest the leadership if Miles did.[1]
Background
[edit]Procedure
[edit]Labor's rules authorise the formal method in which the leader is appointed.[2] Section K of the party's rules state that: "A ballot for Leader of the State Parliamentary Labor Party (SPLP) will be called if any of the following conditions are met:
- • a. a state general election loss
- • b. a casual vacancy where the leader resigns or becomes permanently unavailable
- • c. not less than 50% of members of caucus petition the State Secretary for a ballot."
After this, the party's Administrative Committee will call for nominations for SPLP leader and approve a timetable for elections on the advice of the General Returning Officer.[3]
If more than one candidate is nominated, an election will be held through three separate equal-weight ballots of the SPLP (state MPs, also known as the Caucus), rank-and-file party members and affiliated unions.[4][5]
The rules were reformed in November 2013 to give rank-and-file members and unions a direct vote in the leadership election, following similar reforms introduced by then-prime minister Kevin Rudd for the federal Labor Party in July 2013.[6][7]
Candidates
[edit]Leader
[edit]Declared
[edit]| Candidate | Electorate | Faction | Union affiliation | Portfolio(s) | ||
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Steven Miles | Murrumba | Labor Left[8][9] | United Workers Union[9] |
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Speculated
[edit]| Candidate | Electorate | Faction | Union affiliation | Portfolio(s) | ||
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Shannon Fentiman | Waterford | Labor Left[8][9] | Australian Manufacturing Workers Union[9] |
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Cameron Dick | Woodridge | Labor Right[8][9] | Australian Workers' Union[9] |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Senior Queensland Labor figures rule out leadership challenge". The Australian. 27 October 2024. Archived from the original on 26 October 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ^ "Queensland Labor gives members, unions say in election of leader". ABC News. 30 November 2013. Archived from the original on 10 December 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ "QUEENSLAND LABOR Rules 2023" (PDF). Queensland Labor Party. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ Dennien, Matt (10 December 2023). "What (and who) comes next for Queensland Labor after Palaszczuk". Brisbane Times. Archived from the original on 18 June 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ Hope, Zach (11 December 2023). "Enter Fentiman, and a potentially bruising test of Labor's leadership rules". Brisbane Times. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ "Kevin Rudd reveals plan for Labor Party leadership voting reform". ABC News. 9 July 2013. Archived from the original on 5 November 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ Atfield, Cameron (30 November 2013). "Labor overhaul leadership vote system in Queensland". Brisbane Times. Archived from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ a b c Elks, Sarah; Lynch, Lydia; McKenna, Michael (10 December 2023). "Politics Now: Miles declares as contenders emerge". The Australian. News Corp Australia. Archived from the original on 10 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f Smee, Ben; Messenger, Andrew (10 December 2023). "Who will replace Annastacia Palaszczuk? Three contenders as Queensland Labor picks next premier". Guardian Australia. Guardian Media Group. Archived from the original on 10 December 2023.