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The current partisan makeup of Queensland's House of Representatives delegation is 21 Liberal National, 5 Labor, 3 Greens and 1 Katter's Australian Party. The current partisan makeup of Queensland's Senate delegation is 5 Liberal National, 3 Labor, 2 One Nation and 2 Green.
The Australian state of Queensland is divided into 30 electoral divisions for the purposes of electing the Australian House of Representatives. At the 2022 federal election, the Liberal National Party of Queensland won 21 seats, the Australian Labor Party won 5 seats, the Greens won 3 seats, Katter's Australian Party won 1 seat. [1]
The premier of Queensland is the head of government in the Australian state of Queensland. By convention the premier is the leader of the party with a parliamentary majority in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The premier is appointed by the governor of Queensland. The incumbent premiership is that of David Crisafulli.
The Queensland Government is the state government of Queensland, Australia, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Government is formed by the party or coalition that has gained a majority in the state Legislative Assembly , with the governor officially appointmenting office-holders. [ 3 ]
The seats of Hinkler (Queensland) and Maribyrnong (Victoria) will be vacant at the federal election following the resignation of Keith Pitt (Nationals) and Bill Shorten (Labor) on 19 and 20 January 2025 respectively, and no by-elections will be held for the seats owing to their proximity to the general election. [1] [2]
Queensland Labor: 24 April 1957 12 August 1957 110 days 12. 20th Ted Theodore (1884–1950) Labor: Chillagoe (1912–1925) 22 October 1919 26 February 1925 5 years, 127 days 1920 1923 13. 17th William Kidston (1849–1919) Labor: Rockhampton (1932–1960) 19 January 1906 18 May 1907 1 year, 119 days: 4 years, 262 days 1907 1908 1909 Kidston: 18 ...
Aided by an electoral redistribution that removed two Liberal-held seats, the Nationals won 35 out of 82 seats, compared with 24 for the Liberals and 23 for a resurgent Labor Party. It was the first time in Queensland political history the Nationals had outpolled the Liberals.
Past and present politicians who served in Queensland, Australia, or who contested elections as high visibility candidates at both State and/or Local Government levels, as well as federal politicians representing seats in Queensland or commonly identified as Queenslanders.