Legislative Assembly of Queensland

Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly
57th Parliament
Type
Type	Lower house (1860–1922); since 1922 Unicameral; of the Parliament of Queensland
History
Founded	22 May 1860
Leadership
Speaker	Curtis Pitt, Labor ; since 13 February 2018
Leader	Yvette D'Ath, Labor ; since 11 December 2017
Manager of Opposition Business	Jarrod Bleijie, Liberal National ; since 15 December 2017
Structure
Seats	93
Political groups	Government (52); Labor (52); Opposition (34) Liberal National (34); Crossbench (7) Katter's Australian (3); Greens (2); One Nation (1); Independent (1)[lower-alpha 1];
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Instant-runoff voting
First election	27 April – 11 May 1860
Last election	31 October 2020
Next election	26 October 2024
Meeting place
	Legislative Assembly Chamber,; Parliament House, Brisbane,; Queensland, Australia
Website
	parliament.qld.gov.au

The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the only chamber of the Parliament of Queensland established under the Constitution of Queensland. It is elected every four years using full preferential voting. It has 93 members who represent one electoral district each. Its members use the suffix MP.

Notes

Sandy Bolton (Noosa)

References

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[1] Sandy Bolton (Noosa)