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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Queensland Legislature | ||||
Meeting place | Parliament House, Brisbane | ||||
Term | 24 November 2020 | –||||
Election | 2020 state election | ||||
Government | Labor | ||||
Opposition | Liberal National | ||||
Website | www | ||||
Legislative Assembly | |||||
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Members | 93 | ||||
Speaker |
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Deputy Speaker |
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House Leader | Yvette D'Ath | ||||
Party control | Labor (51)[b] | ||||
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The 57th Parliament of Queensland is the current meeting of the unicameral chamber of the Queensland Parliament known as the Legislative Assembly. The 2020 state election gave the Labor Party a majority (control) in parliament, winning fifty-two of ninety-three seats (55.91%).[5][6] The First day of the opening of the 57th Parliament of Queensland was 24 November 2020.[7]
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The incumbent Speaker and member for Mulgrave, Curtis Pitt, was re-elected as Speaker following the opening of Parliament on 24 November 2020. He defeated the Liberal National's candidate Ray Stevens in a two-way contest.[32]
Candidate | Seat & Region | Votes | % | ||
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Curtis Pitt | Mulgrave | Far North Queensland | 59 | 63.44 | |
Ray Stevens | Mermaid Beach | South East Queensland | 34 | 36.56 | |
Total | 93 | 100 |
The member for Greenslopes, Joe Kelly, was appointed as Deputy Speaker on the third "House Sitting Date" following the opening of the new session of Parliament.[33] From 16 May to 12 September 2023 Speaker Curtis Pitt took paid leave. Joe Kelly, then-Deputy Speaker, took on the speakership position during that period[1][2] with Labor MP for Cook Cynthia Lui becoming acting Deputy Speaker.[3]
Member for Redcliffe and Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath assumed the position of Leader of the House in 2017, having maintained the position consistently ever since.
Starting in 2002,[34] the Queensland Legislative Assembly has held occasional "regional sittings," also known as "regional parliaments," in regional areas across the state. Between 8–12 May 2023 (sixth regional sitting), the regional parliament was held in the Far North Queensland city of Cairns for the second time, hosted at the Cairns Convention Centre.[35][36] The previous regional sitting of Queensland Parliament was 3–5 September 2019 in the North Queensland city of Townsville.[37]
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QG | IND | KAP | QLP | LNP | NQF | ON | ||||
End of previous Parliament[38] | 1 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 93 | 0 | |
Begin (24 November 2020) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 34 | — | 1 | 93 | 0 | |
Latest voting share % | 2.15 | 1.08 | 3.23 | 55.91 | 36.56 | — | 1.08 |
Further information: Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 2020–2024 |