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Leader of the Opposition (Queensland)

Australian political position

Summary

Australian political position

FieldValue
postLeader of the Opposition
bodyLegislative Assembly
image[[File:Steven Miles official portrait.jpg135x135px]]
incumbentSteven Miles
incumbentsince28 October 2024
termlengthWhile leader of the largest political party not in government
inauguralThomas Glassey
formation30 August 1898 (Official Designation)
deputyCameron 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

No.NamePortraitAffiliationConstituencyTerm of officeElectionsPremierLabor QLD}}123(2)4Coalition (Australia)}};"(3)Coalition (Australia)}};"5Coalition (Australia)}};"(3)6Coalition (Australia)}};"(3)Labor QLD}}78910National QLD 1917}}(9)1112Country QLD}}1314(13)15Country QLD}}16171819Labor QLD}}2021222324Labor QLD}}25Labor QLD}}26272829(28)3031Nationals QLD}}32(31)33(32)34(31)3536Liberal Nationals}}3738
Thomas Glassey[[File:StateLibQld 1 109560 Thomas Glassey, 1899.jpg70px]]LaborBundaberg30 August 189812 May 1899–[[File:Thomas Joseph Byrnes.jpg70px]]
Byrnes
1898
1899Ministerial (Queensland)}}[[File:James Robert Dickson.jpg70px]]
Dickson
1898–1899
Anderson Dawson[[File:AndersonDawson.jpg70px]]LaborCharters Towers12 May 18991 December 1899–
Robert Philp[[File:Queensland State Archives 3062 Portrait of The Honourable Sir Robert Philp Premier of Queensland c 1900 (cropped).png70px]]MinisterialTownsville1 December 18997 December 1899–[[File:AndersonDawson.jpg70px]]
Dawson
1899
Anderson Dawson[[File:AndersonDawson.jpg70px]]LaborCharters Towers7 December 189916 July 1900–Ministerial (Queensland)}}[[File:Queensland State Archives 3062 Portrait of The Honourable Sir Robert Philp Premier of Queensland c 1900 (cropped).png70px]]
Philp
1899–1903
W. H. Browne[[File:Billy Browne - Queensland Politician.png70px]]LaborCroydon16 July 190017 September 19031902
Robert Philp[[File:Queensland State Archives 3062 Portrait of The Honourable Sir Robert Philp Premier of Queensland c 1900 (cropped).png70px]]ConservativeTownsville17 September 190328 June 1904–Commonwealth Liberal}}[[File:Sir Arthur Morgan.jpg70px]]
Morgan
1903–1906
Arthur Rutledge[[File:StateLibQld 1 131567 Portrait of Sir Arthur Rutledge, 1883.jpg70px]]ConservativeMaranoa28 June 190427 August 19041904
Robert Philp[[File:Queensland State Archives 3062 Portrait of The Honourable Sir Robert Philp Premier of Queensland c 1900 (cropped).png70px]]ConservativeTownsville19 September 190419 November 1907–
–[[File:William Kidston.jpg70px]]
Kidston
1906–1907
1907
William Kidston[[File:William Kidston.jpg70px]]KidstonitesRockhampton19 November 190715 February 19081908Coalition (Australia)}};"[[File:Queensland State Archives 3062 Portrait of The Honourable Sir Robert Philp Premier of Queensland c 1900 (cropped).png70px]]
Philp
1907–1908
Robert Philp[[File:Queensland State Archives 3062 Portrait of The Honourable Sir Robert Philp Premier of Queensland c 1900 (cropped).png70px]]ConservativeTownsville15 February 190829 October 1908–Kidstonites}}[[File:William Kidston.jpg70px]]
Kidston
1908–1911
David Bowman[[File:StateLibQld 1 51912 The Honourable David Bowman.jpg70px]]LaborFortitude Valley16 November 19086 September 19121909
1912Liberal QLD 1908}}[[File:Digby Denham.jpg70px]]
Denham
1911–1915
T. J. Ryan[[File:TJRyanPortrait.jpg70px]]LaborBarcoo6 September 191222 May 19151915
Edward Macartney[[File:Edward Henry Macartney - Queensland politician.jpg70px]]LiberalToowong24 June 19158 September 1915–Labor QLD}}[[File:T. J. Ryan 1920.jpg70px]]
Ryan
1915–1919
James Tolmie[[File:James Tolmie.jpg70px]]LiberalToowoomba8 September 191515 February 1918–
National–
Edward Macartney[[File:Edward Henry Macartney - Queensland politician.jpg70px]]NationalToowong15 February 191828 January 19201918
–Labor QLD}}[[File:Ted Theodore 1931.jpg70px]]
Theodore
1919–1925
William Vowles[[File:William Vowles - Queensland politician.jpg70px]]NationalDalby28 January 192011 July 1923–
Country1920
1923
Charles Taylor[[File:Charles Taylor - Queensland Politician.png70px]]UnitedWindsor11 July 192319 April 1924–
Arthur Edward Moore[[File:Arthur Edward Moore.jpg70px]]CountryAubigny19 April 192411 May 1929–
–[[File:William Gillies 1920.jpg70px]]
Gillies
1925
CPNP1926[[File:William McCormack.jpg70px]]
McCormack
1925–1929
William Forgan Smith[[File:William Forgan Smith.jpg70px]]LaborMackay27 May 192911 June 19321932[[File:Arthur Edward Moore.jpg70px]]
Moore
1929–1932
Arthur Edward Moore[[File:Arthur Edward Moore.jpg70px]]CPNPAubigny15 August 193215 July 19361935Labor QLD}}[[File:William Forgan Smith 1942 (cropped).jpg70px]]
Forgan Smith
1932–1942
Country–
Ted Maher[[File:StateLibQld 1 104596 Politician Edmund Maher, Brisbane, 1940.jpg70px]]CountryWest Moreton15 July 193621 May 19411938
1941
Frank Nicklin[[File:Frank Nicklin.jpg70px]]CountryMurrumba
Landsborough21 May 194115 August 1957–
1944[[File:Frank Cooper, circa 1949.jpg70px]]
Cooper
1942–1946
1947
1950[[File:Queensland State Archives 4694 Premier Hanlon MLA c 1952.png70px]]
Hanlon
1946–1952
1953
1956[[File:Queensland State Archives 4750 Hon VC Gair Premier of Queensland c 1953.png70px]]
Gair
1952–1957
1957
Les Wood[[File:Leslie Arnold Wood - Queensland politician.jpg70px]]LaborNorth Toowoomba15 August 195714 April 1958–Country QLD}}[[File:Frank Nicklin 1963.jpg70px]]
Nicklin
1957–1968
Jim Donald[[File:No image.png70px]]LaborBremer14 April 195818 August 1958–
Jack Duggan[[File:JE Duggan, 1963.jpg70px]]LaborNorth Toowoomba
Toowoomba West18 August 195812 October 19661960
1963
1966
Jack Houston[[File:Jack Houston 1973 (1) (cropped).jpg70px]]LaborBulimba12 October 19661 July 1974–
–[[File:Jack_Pizzey_1968.jpg70px]]
Pizzey
1968
–[[File:Gordon_Chalk_1963.jpg70px]]
Chalk
1968
1969
1972Nationals QLD}}[[File:Joh Bjelke-Petersen.jpg70px]]
Bjelke-Petersen
1968–1987
Perc Tucker[[File:Perc Tucker 1974 (cropped).jpg70px]]LaborTownsville West1 July 197419 December 19741974
Tom Burns[[File:No image.png70px]]LaborLytton19 December 197428 November 19781977
Ed Casey[[File:No image.png70px]]LaborMackay28 November 197820 October 19821980
Keith Wright[[File:No image.png70px]]LaborRockhampton20 October 198229 August 19841983
Nev Warburton[[File:No image.png70px]]LaborSandgate29 August 19842 March 19881986
–Nationals QLD}}[[File:Mike Ahern, Parliament House, Brisbane City, October 1988.jpg70px]]
Ahern
1987–1989
Wayne Goss[[File:Wayne Goss.png70px]]LaborLogan2 March 19882 December 1989–
1989[[File:No image.png70px]]
Cooper
1989
Russell Cooper[[File:No image.png70px]]NationalRoma2 December 19899 December 1991–Labor QLD}}[[File:Wayne Goss.png70px]]
Goss
1989–1996
Rob Borbidge[[File:No image.png70px]]NationalSurfers Paradise10 December 199119 February 19961992
1995
Peter Beattie[[File:Peter Beattie, BYCC, August 2013 (cropped).jpg70px]]LaborBrisbane Central19 February 199629 June 19981998[[File:No image.png70px]]
Borbidge
1996–1998
Rob Borbidge[[File:No image.png70px]]NationalSurfers Paradise29 June 19982 March 20012001Labor QLD}}[[File:Peter_Beattie,_BYCC,_August_2013_(cropped).jpg70px]]
Beattie
1998–2007
Mike Horan[[File:No image.png70px]]NationalToowoomba South2 March 20014 February 2003–
Lawrence Springborg[[File:LawSpr b.jpg70px]]NationalSouthern Downs4 February 200318 September 20062004
2006
Jeff Seeney[[File:No image.png70px]]NationalCallide18 September 200629 January 2008–
–Labor QLD}}[[File:Anna Bligh crop.jpg70px]]
Bligh
2007–2012
Lawrence Springborg[[File:LawSpr b.jpg70px]]NationalSouthern Downs29 January 20082 April 20092009
Liberal National
John-Paul Langbroek[[File:John-Paul Langbroek 2021 (cropped).jpg70px]]Liberal NationalSurfers Paradise2 April 200922 March 2011–
Jeff Seeney1[[File:No image.png70px]]Liberal NationalCallide22 March 201128 March 20122012
Annastacia Palaszczuk[[File:Annastacia Palaszczuk 2016.jpg70px]]LaborInala28 March 201214 February 20152015[[File:Campbell Newman being interviewed (cropped).jpg70px]]
Newman
2012–2015
Lawrence Springborg[[File:LawSpr b.jpg70px]]Liberal NationalSouthern Downs14 February 20156 May 2016–Labor QLD}}[[File:Annastacia Palaszczuk 2016.jpg70px]]
Palaszczuk
2015–2023
Tim Nicholls[[File:Tim Nicholls CEO Sleepout 2011.jpg70px]]Liberal NationalClayfield6 May 201612 December 20172017
Deb Frecklington[[File:Deb Frecklington headshot crop.jpg70px]]Liberal NationalNanango12 December 201712 November 20202020
David Crisafulli[[File:David Crisafulli 2024.jpg93x93px]]Liberal NationalBroadwater12 November 202028 October 2024–
2024[[File:Steven Miles official portrait.jpg70px]]
Miles
2023–2024
Steven Miles[[File:Steven Miles official portrait.jpg93x93px]]LaborMurrumba28 October 2024incumbent–[[File:David Crisafulli 2024.jpg70px]]
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.

References

References

  1. [http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/speaker-wont-acknowledge-newmans-role-20110405-1czqj.html Speaker won't acknowledge Newman's role], ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 5 April 2011.
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