Leader of the Opposition (Queensland)

The leader of the opposition in Queensland is 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. NamePortrait Affiliation ConstituencyTerm of office Elections Premier1Thomas GlasseyLaborBundaberg30 August 189812 May 1899 – Byrnes1898 1899Dickson1898–1899 2 Anderson Dawson Labor Charters Towers 12 May 1899 1 December 1899 – 3 Robert Philp Ministerial Townsville 1 December 1899 7 December 1899 – Dawson1899 (2) Anderson Dawson Labor Charters Towers 7 December 1899 16 July 1900 –Philp1899–1903 4 W. H. Browne Labor Croydon 16 July 1900 17 September 1903 1902 (3) Robert Philp Conservative Townsville 17 September 1903 28 June 1904 –Morgan1903–1906 5 Arthur Rutledge Conservative Maranoa 28 June 1904 27 August 1904 1904(3)Robert PhilpConservativeTownsville19 September 190419 November 1907 – –Kidston1906–1907 1907 6 William Kidston Kidstonites Rockhampton 19 November 1907 15 February 1908 1908 Philp1907–1908 (3) Robert Philp Conservative Townsville 15 February 1908 29 October 1908 –Kidston1908–19117David BowmanLaborFortitude Valley16 November 19086 September 1912 1909 1912Denham1911–1915 8 T. J. Ryan Labor Barcoo 6 September 1912 22 May 1915 1915 9 Edward Macartney Liberal Toowong 24 June 1915 8 September 1915 –Ryan1915–191910James Tolmie LiberalToowoomba8 September 191515 February 1918 – National –(9)Edward MacartneyNationalToowong15 February 191828 January 1920 1918 –Theodore1919–192511William Vowles NationalDalby28 January 192011 July 1923 – Country 19201923 12 Charles Taylor United Windsor 11 July 1923 19 April 1924 –13Arthur Edward MooreCountryAubigny19 April 192411 May 1929 – – Gillies1925 CPNP 1926 McCormack1925–1929 14 William Forgan Smith Labor Mackay 27 May 1929 11 June 1932 1932 Moore1929–1932(13)Arthur Edward Moore CPNPAubigny15 August 193215 July 1936 1935Forgan Smith1932–1942 Country – 15 Ted Maher Country West Moreton 15 July 1936 21 May 1941 1938194116Frank NicklinCountryMurrumbaLandsborough21 May 194115 August 1957 – 1944 Cooper1942–1946 19471950 Hanlon1946–1952 19531956Gair1952–1957 1957 17 Les Wood Labor North Toowoomba 15 August 1957 14 April 1958 –Nicklin1957–1968 18 Jim Donald Labor Bremer 14 April 1958 18 August 1958 – 19 Jack Duggan Labor North ToowoombaToowoomba West 18 August 1958 12 October 1966 19601963196620Jack HoustonLaborBulimba12 October 19661 July 1974 – – Pizzey1968 – Chalk1968 19691972Bjelke-Petersen1968–1987 21 Perc Tucker Labor Townsville West 1 July 1974 19 December 1974 1974 22 Tom Burns Labor Lytton 19 December 1974 28 November 1978 1977 23 Ed Casey Labor Mackay 28 November 1978 20 October 1982 1980 24 Keith Wright Labor Rockhampton 20 October 1982 29 August 1984 198325Nev WarburtonLaborSandgate29 August 19842 March 1988 1986 –Ahern1987–198926Wayne GossLaborLogan2 March 19882 December 1989 – 1989 Cooper1989 27 Russell Cooper National Roma 2 December 1989 9 December 1991 –Goss1989–1996 28 Rob Borbidge National Surfers Paradise 10 December 1991 19 February 1996 19921995 29 Peter Beattie Labor Brisbane Central 19 February 1996 29 June 1998 1998 Borbidge1996–1998 (28) Rob Borbidge National Surfers Paradise 29 June 1998 2 March 2001 2001Beattie1998–2007 30 Mike Horan National Toowoomba South 2 March 2001 4 February 2003 – 31 Lawrence Springborg National Southern Downs 4 February 2003 18 September 2006 2004200632Jeff SeeneyNationalCallide18 September 200629 January 2008 – –Bligh2007–2012(31)Lawrence Springborg NationalSouthern Downs29 January 20082 April 2009 2009 Liberal National 33 John-Paul Langbroek Liberal National Surfers Paradise 2 April 2009 22 March 2011 – (32) Jeff Seeney1 Liberal National Callide 22 March 2011 28 March 2012 2012 34 Annastacia Palaszczuk Labor Inala 28 March 2012 14 February 2015 2015 Newman2012–2015 (31) Lawrence Springborg Liberal National Southern Downs 14 February 2015 6 May 2016 –Palaszczuk2015–2023 35 Tim Nicholls Liberal National Clayfield 6 May 2016 12 December 2017 2017 36 Deb Frecklington Liberal National Nanango 12 December 2017 12 November 2020 202037David Crisafulli Liberal National Broadwater12 November 202028 October 2024 – 2024Miles2023–2024 38 Steven Miles Labor Murrumba 28 October 2024 incumbent –Crisafulli2024–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.Speaker won't acknowledge Newman's role, The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 April 2011.

References

External links Opposition Leaders from 1898. Queensland Parliamentary Record