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Liberal National Party of Queensland
Liberal National Party of Queensland
	File:Lnp logo.PNG
Leader	Lawrence Springborg
Deputy Leader	Mark McArdle
Party President	Bruce McIver
Founded	2008
Preceded by	Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division),; National Party of Australia - Queensland
Headquarters	Brisbane
Ideology	Conservative liberalism,; Liberal conservatism
Political position	Centre-Right
Website
	http://www.liberalnationalparty.com/
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The Liberal National Party (LNP) is a political party in Queensland, Australia. It was formed by a merger of the Queensland divisions of the Liberal and National parties. It was approved by the Liberal State Council on 26 July 2008. The newly merged party will be a division of the Liberal Party of Australia, affiliated with the National Party of Australia and have a new constitution.^[1]

The party is currently in opposition and has 25 members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, the unicameral house of the Parliament of Queensland.^{[citation needed]}

^ Calligeros, Marissa (2008-07-28). "New political force for Queensland". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 2008-07-28. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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 The '''Liberal National Party''' (LNP) is a political party in [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]. It was formed by [[Liberal-National party merger|a merger]] of the [[Queensland]] divisions of the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] and [[National Party of Australia|National]] parties. It was approved by the Liberal State Council on [[26 July]] [[2008]]. The newly merged party will be a division of the [[Liberal Party of Australia]], affiliated with the [[National Party of Australia]] and have a new constitution.<ref name="BTimes_force">{{cite news |first=Marissa |last=Calligeros |title=New political force for Queensland |url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/new-political-force-for-queensland/2008/07/27/1217097029005.html |publisher=''[[Brisbane Times]]'' |date=2008-07-28 |accessdate=2008-07-28 }}</ref>
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 ==External links==
-*[http://www.lnp.org.au/ Liberal National Party of Queensland Official Website]
+*[http://www.liberalnationalparty.com Liberal National Party of Queensland Official Website]
 *[http://www.qld.liberal.org.au/mergerproposal.aspx Liberal Party Merger Announcement]
 *[http://www.qld.liberal.org.au/pdf/merger/Draft%20Constitution.pdf Draft Constitution] PDF