What is Liberal National Party of Queensland?
[[File:LNP Regular.svg|250px|right|thumb|The logo of the LNP.]] The '''Liberal National Party of Queensland''' ('''LNP''') is a [[Liberal conservatism|liberal conservative]] [[political party]] in [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]. It is the merger of the [[Liberal Party (Australia)|Liberal]] and [[National Party of Australia|National]] parties in Queensland. It was formed in 2008. It is currently in [[Opposition (Queensland)|Opposition]] to the [[centre-left politics|centre-left]] [[Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)|Labor Party]]. Its current leader is [[David Crisafulli]], the deputy leader is [[Jarrod Bleijie]] and the president is [[Lawrence Springborg]]. Since the Liberals and Nationals merged in 2008, the LNP has only ever formed the state government once, when [[Campbell Newman]] defeated the incumbent Labor government of [[Anna Bligh]] at the [[2012 Queensland state election|2012 state election]] in a [[landslide victory|landslide]]. He won a record 78 seats in [[Parliament of Queensland|Parliament]] (which had 89 seats at the time, but now has 93), therefore making Newman the first LNP [[Premier of Queensland]]. In [[2015 Queensland state election|2015]], the Labor Party under [[Annastacia Palaszczuk]] defeated the LNP and formed a [[minority government]] (which has since become a [[majority government]]). Despite this, Queensland is a conservative state on the federal level (Labor has only won the [[two-party-preferred vote]] in Queensland three times since [[1949 Australian federal election|1949]]) and the LNP also holds the majority of wards on the [[Brisbane City Council]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{politics-stub}} [[Category:Liberal parties]] [[Category:Political parties in Queensland]] [[Category:Liberal Party of Australia]] [[Category:National Party of Australia]]