Liberal National Party of Queensland
Leader	John-Paul Langbroek
Deputy Leader	Lawrence Springborg
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.lnp.org.au/
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The Liberal National Party (LNP) is a political party in Queensland, Australia. It was formed by the 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 has a new constitution.^[1] The LNP is now a ratified branch of the Liberal Party of Australia. Federal Queensland Liberal and National party representatives and Senators have remained affiliated to their respective parties for the present time.^[2]

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.

The LNP lost the 2009 Queensland state election, with Springborg indicating he would step down as leader of the newly formed party. John-Paul Langbroek was elected to the party leadership after the election, with Springborg becoming the deputy leader.^[3]

Contents 1 Parliamentary leaders 2 Deputy leaders 3 References 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Parliamentary leaders

Leader	Term	Leaders seat
John-Paul Langbroek	Incumbent	Surfers Paradise
Lawrence Springborg	2008 - 2009	Southern Downs

[edit] Deputy leaders

Deputy Leader	Term	Deputy's seat
Lawrence Springborg	Incumbent	Southern Downs
Mark McArdle	2008 - 2009	Caloundra
Fiona Simpson	2008	Maroochydore

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Liberal-National party merger
• Queensland state election, 2006
• Queensland state election, 2009

[edit] External links

• Liberal National Party of Queensland Official Website
• Federal Approval

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