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Liberal National Party of Queensland

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Liberal National Party of Queensland
LeaderLawrence Springborg
Deputy LeaderMark McArdle
Party PresidentBruce McIver
Founded2008
Preceded byLiberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division),
National Party of Australia - Queensland
HeadquartersBrisbane
IdeologyConservative liberalism,
Liberal conservatism
Political positionCentre-Right
Website
http://www.lnp.org.au/

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 is the Queensland division of the Liberal Party of Australia, currently affiliated with the National Party of Australia, and have a new constitution.[1]

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.

It remains that the merger has not taken effect at the Federal level: Queensland Liberal and National party representatives and Senators have remained affiliated to their respective parties.

References

  1. ^ 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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