Leader of the Opposition (Queensland)
Leader of the Opposition of Legislative Assembly | |
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since 28 October 2024 | |
Term length | While leader of the largest political party not in government |
Inaugural holder | Thomas Glassey |
Formation | 30 August 1898 (Official Designation) |
Deputy | Cameron Dick, Deputy Leader of the Opposition |
The Leader of the Opposition in Queensland is the title of the leader of the largest minority political party or coalition of parties, known as the Opposition, in the Parliament of Queensland. Prior to 1898, opposition to the government of the day was less organised. Thus the Queensland Parliamentary Record does not designate Leaders of the Opposition before then. The Leader is responsible for managing the Opposition and has a role in administering the Legislative Assembly through the Committee of the Legislative Assembly.
List of leaders of the opposition
[edit]No. | Name | Portrait | Affiliation | Constituency | Term of office | Elections | Premier | |||
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1 | Thomas Glassey | Labor | Bundaberg | 30 August 1898 | 12 May 1899 | – | Byrnes 1898 | |||
1899 | Dickson 1898–1899 | |||||||||
2 | Anderson Dawson | Labor | Charters Towers | 12 May 1899 | 1 December 1899 | – | ||||
3 | Robert Philp | Ministerial | Townsville | 1 December 1899 | 7 December 1899 | – | Dawson 1899 | |||
(2) | Anderson Dawson | Labor | Charters Towers | 7 December 1899 | 16 July 1900 | – | Philp 1899–1903 | |||
4 | W. H. Browne | Labor | Croydon | 16 July 1900 | 17 September 1903 | 1902 | ||||
(3) | Robert Philp | Conservative | Townsville | 17 September 1903 | 28 June 1904 | – | Morgan 1903–1906 | |||
5 | Arthur Rutledge | Conservative | Maranoa | 28 June 1904 | 27 August 1904 | 1904 | ||||
(3) | Robert Philp | Conservative | Townsville | 19 September 1904 | 19 November 1907 | – | ||||
– | Kidston 1906–1907 | |||||||||
1907 | ||||||||||
6 | William Kidston | Kidstonites | Rockhampton | 19 November 1907 | 15 February 1908 | 1908 | Philp 1907–1908 | |||
(3) | Robert Philp | Conservative | Townsville | 15 February 1908 | 29 October 1908 | – | Kidston 1908–1911 | |||
7 | David Bowman | Labor | Fortitude Valley | 16 November 1908 | 6 September 1912 | 1909 | ||||
1912 | Denham 1911–1915 | |||||||||
8 | T. J. Ryan | Labor | Barcoo | 6 September 1912 | 22 May 1915 | 1915 | ||||
9 | Edward Macartney | Liberal | Toowong | 24 June 1915 | 8 September 1915 | – | Ryan 1915–1919 | |||
10 | James Tolmie | Liberal | Toowoomba | 8 September 1915 | 15 February 1918 | – | ||||
National | – | |||||||||
(9) | Edward Macartney | National | Toowong | 15 February 1918 | 28 January 1920 | 1918 | ||||
– | Theodore 1919–1925 | |||||||||
11 | William Vowles | National | Dalby | 28 January 1920 | 11 July 1923 | – | ||||
Country | 1920 1923 | |||||||||
12 | Charles Taylor | United | Windsor | 11 July 1923 | 19 April 1924 | – | ||||
13 | Arthur Edward Moore | Country | Aubigny | 19 April 1924 | 11 May 1929 | – | ||||
– | Gillies 1925 | |||||||||
CPNP | 1926 | McCormack 1925–1929 | ||||||||
14 | William Forgan Smith | Labor | Mackay | 27 May 1929 | 11 June 1932 | 1932 | Moore 1929–1932 | |||
(13) | Arthur Edward Moore | CPNP | Aubigny | 15 August 1932 | 15 July 1936 | 1935 | Forgan Smith 1932–1942 | |||
Country | – | |||||||||
15 | Ted Maher | Country | West Moreton | 15 July 1936 | 21 May 1941 | 1938 1941 | ||||
16 | Frank Nicklin | Country | Murrumba Landsborough |
21 May 1941 | 15 August 1957 | – | ||||
1944 | Cooper 1942–1946 | |||||||||
1947 1950 |
Hanlon 1946–1952 | |||||||||
1953 1956 |
Gair 1952–1957 | |||||||||
1957 | ||||||||||
17 | Les Wood | Labor | North Toowoomba | 15 August 1957 | 14 April 1958 | – | Nicklin 1957–1968 | |||
18 | Jim Donald | Labor | Bremer | 14 April 1958 | 18 August 1958 | – | ||||
19 | Jack Duggan | Labor | North Toowoomba Toowoomba West |
18 August 1958 | 12 October 1966 | 1960 1963 1966 | ||||
20 | Jack Houston | Labor | Bulimba | 12 October 1966 | 1 July 1974 | – | ||||
– | Pizzey 1968 | |||||||||
– | Chalk 1968 | |||||||||
1969 1972 |
Bjelke-Petersen 1968–1987 | |||||||||
21 | Perc Tucker | Labor | Townsville West | 1 July 1974 | 19 December 1974 | 1974 | ||||
22 | Tom Burns | Labor | Lytton | 19 December 1974 | 28 November 1978 | 1977 | ||||
23 | Ed Casey | Labor | Mackay | 28 November 1978 | 20 October 1982 | 1980 | ||||
24 | Keith Wright | Labor | Rockhampton | 20 October 1982 | 29 August 1984 | 1983 | ||||
25 | Nev Warburton | Labor | Sandgate | 29 August 1984 | 2 March 1988 | 1986 | ||||
– | Ahern 1987–1989 | |||||||||
26 | Wayne Goss | Labor | Logan | 2 March 1988 | 2 December 1989 | – | ||||
1989 | Cooper 1989 | |||||||||
27 | Russell Cooper | National | Roma | 2 December 1989 | 9 December 1991 | – | Goss 1989–1996 | |||
28 | Rob Borbidge | National | Surfers Paradise | 10 December 1991 | 19 February 1996 | 1992 1995 | ||||
29 | Peter Beattie | Labor | Brisbane Central | 19 February 1996 | 29 June 1998 | 1998 | Borbidge 1996–1998 | |||
(28) | Rob Borbidge | National | Surfers Paradise | 29 June 1998 | 2 March 2001 | 2001 | Beattie 1998–2007 | |||
30 | Mike Horan | National | Toowoomba South | 2 March 2001 | 4 February 2003 | – | ||||
31 | Lawrence Springborg | National | Southern Downs | 4 February 2003 | 18 September 2006 | 2004 2006 | ||||
32 | Jeff Seeney | National | Callide | 18 September 2006 | 29 January 2008 | – | ||||
– | Bligh 2007–2012 | |||||||||
(31) | Lawrence Springborg | National | Southern Downs | 29 January 2008 | 2 April 2009 | 2009 | ||||
Liberal National | ||||||||||
33 | John-Paul Langbroek | Liberal National | Surfers Paradise | 2 April 2009 | 22 March 2011 | – | ||||
(32) | Jeff Seeney1 | Liberal National | Callide | 22 March 2011 | 28 March 2012 | 2012 | ||||
34 | Annastacia Palaszczuk | Labor | Inala | 28 March 2012 | 14 February 2015 | 2015 | Newman 2012–2015 | |||
(31) | Lawrence Springborg | Liberal National | Southern Downs | 14 February 2015 | 6 May 2016 | – | Palaszczuk 2015–2023 | |||
35 | Tim Nicholls | Liberal National | Clayfield | 6 May 2016 | 12 December 2017 | 2017 | ||||
36 | Deb Frecklington | Liberal National | Nanango | 12 December 2017 | 12 November 2020 | 2020 | ||||
37 | David Crisafulli | Liberal National | Broadwater | 12 November 2020 | 28 October 2024 | – | ||||
2024 | Miles 2023–2024 | |||||||||
38 | Steven Miles | Labor | Murrumba | 28 October 2024 | incumbent | – | Crisafulli 2024–present |
- Notes
1 On 2 April 2011, Campbell Newman was elected to lead the LNP into the 2012 Queensland state election, but was not recognised as the Leader of the Opposition as he was not a Member of Parliament during the 53rd Parliament.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Speaker won't acknowledge Newman's role, The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 April 2011.
External links
[edit]- Opposition Leaders from 1898. Queensland Parliamentary Record