Steven Miles

The Honourable Steven Miles MP
Leader of the Opposition in Queensland
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 October 2024
Premier	David Crisafulli
Deputy	Cameron Dick
Preceded by	David Crisafulli
40th Premier of Queensland
In office 15 December 2023 – 28 October 2024
Monarch	Charles III
Governor	Jeannette Young
Deputy	Cameron Dick
Preceded by	Annastacia Palaszczuk
Succeeded by	David Crisafulli
Leader of the Labor Party in Queensland
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 December 2023
Deputy	Cameron Dick
Preceded by	Annastacia Palaszczuk
Deputy Premier of Queensland
In office 11 May 2020 – 15 December 2023
Premier	Annastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded by	Jackie Trad
Succeeded by	Cameron Dick
Deputy Leader of the Labor Party in Queensland
In office 11 May 2020 – 15 December 2023
Leader	Annastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded by	Jackie Trad
Succeeded by	Cameron Dick
Ministerial positions Minister for State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning In office 13 November 2020 – 18 December 2023 Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk Himself Preceded by Kate Jones (State Development) Cameron Dick (Infrastructure and Planning) Stirling Hinchliffe (Local Government) Succeeded by Grace Grace (as Minister for State Development and Infrastructure) Meaghan Scanlon (as Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government) Minister for Health and Ambulance Services In office 12 December 2017 – 12 November 2020 Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk Preceded by Cameron Dick Succeeded by Yvette D'Ath Minister for National Parks, The Great Barrier Reef and Environment and Heritage Protection In office 16 February 2015 – 11 December 2017 Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk Preceded by Andrew Powell (Environment and Heritage Protection) Steve Dickson (National Parks) Succeeded by Leeanne Enoch
Parliamentary offices Member of the Legislative Assembly Incumbent Assumed office 25 November 2017 Preceded by Chris Whiting Constituency Murrumba In office 31 January 2015 – 25 November 2017 Preceded by Saxon Rice Succeeded by Seat abolished Constituency Mount Coot-tha
Personal details
Born	(1977-11-15) 15 November 1977 (age 47) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Political party	Labor
Spouse	Kim McDowell
Children	3
Residence(s)	Mango Hill, Queensland, Australia[1]
Alma mater	University of Queensland (PhD)
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Steven John Miles (born 15 November 1977) is an Australian politician who was the 40th premier of Queensland, in office for 10 months from 2023 to 2024.^[2] He is the state leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and previously served as deputy premier from 2020 to 2023.

Miles was born in Brisbane and completed a PhD on the trade union movement at the University of Queensland. Prior to entering parliament he worked as a union official, political adviser, and public relations consultant. He was elected to parliament at the 2015 Queensland state election, initially representing the seat of Mount Coot-tha before switching to Murrumba at the 2017 election. Miles was appointed to state cabinet after the 2015 election victory and replaced Jackie Trad as Annastacia Palaszczuk's deputy in 2020. He succeeded Palaszcuk as ALP leader and premier unopposed following her retirement in December 2023.

Miles led his government into the 2024 state election in an attempt to win a fourth-consecutive term for the Labor party but was defeated by the opposition Liberal National Party led by David Crisafulli. Miles is the first incumbent Labor Premier to contest and lose a general election in Queensland yet never having been elected to the premiership in the first instance since Federation. Since 1901, Miles is only the second Labor Premier to never be elected to the office at some point in his own right since William Gillies nearly 100 years before him.