Liberal National Party Liberal National Party of Queensland | |
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| Abbreviation | LNP |
| Leader | David Crisafulli |
| Deputy Leader | Jarrod Bleijie |
| President | Lawrence Springborg |
| Vice President | Douglas Hawkes Joshua Auld |
| Founded | 26 July 2008[1][2] |
| Merger of | |
| Headquarters | Albion, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Youth wing | Young LNP |
| Membership (2022) |  11,000[3] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
| National affiliation | Liberal–National Coalition |
| Colours | Prussian blue |
| Legislative Assembly[9] | 52 / 93 |
| House of Representatives | 21 / 30 (Queensland seats) |
| Senate | 4 / 12 (Queensland seats) |
| Brisbane City Council | 20 / 27 |
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The Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) is a major conservative political party in Queensland, Australia. It was formed in 2008 by a merger of the Queensland divisions of the Liberal Party and the National Party. At a federal level and in most other states, the two parties remain distinct and often operate as a Coalition. The LNP is a division of the Liberal Party of Australia, and an affiliate of the National Party of Australia.[10]
After suffering defeat at its first election in 2009 the LNP won government for the first time at the 2012 election, winning 78 out of 89 seats, a record majority in the unicameral Parliament of Queensland. Campbell Newman became the first LNP Premier of Queensland. The Newman Government was subsequently defeated by the Labor Party at the 2015 election. Since 1989, the LNP and its predecessor parties have been in government for just 5 years. They returned to power at the 2024 Queensland state election, unseating the three-term Labor government led by then-Premier Steven Miles.[11]
- ^ Green, Antony (30 July 2008). "The Liberal-National Party - a new model party?". ABC News. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Qld conservative merger 'will spread nationally'". ABC News. 28 July 2008. Archived from the original on 2 August 2008.
- ^ Lynch, Lydia (10 July 2022). "LNP takes leaf from Greens' playbook to win back Queensland". The Australian. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ Lynch, Anthony. "Now Is The Turn Of The Right: 'Ditch The Base'" (PDF). Social Alternatives.
Having a secure party base, and so a strongly motivated party cadre of the kind the left now generally lacked, allowed the LNP to maintain a sense of solidarity between the social conservative base and the neoliberal business base which, in reality, could equally well identify with and pursue its ends through the socially gutted ALP.
- ^ Courtenay Botterill, Linda; Cockfield, Geoff (24 March 2015). "From "Unstable" to "Stable" Minority Government: Reflections on the Role of the Nationals in Federal Coalition Governments". Australian Journal of Politics & History. 61 (1): 53–66. doi:10.1111/ajph.12086.
- ^ Smee, Ben (20 October 2020). "Queensland 'Christian soldiers' back doctor who railed against abortion and gay marriage for LNP seat". The Guardian Australia. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ Smee, Ben (1 November 2020). "'Wake up and smell the coffee': LNP members demand urgent talks after Queensland election disaster". The Guardian Australia. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ Clun, Rachel (16 July 2017). "LNP convention rejects Muslim immigration ban, calls for hijab ban for young girls". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
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- ^ LNP Constitution, clauses A.3 and A.4.
- ^ [2]