Legislative Assembly of Queensland

Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly
57th Parliament
	Coat of Arms of Queensland
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	Mick de Brenni, Labor ; since 13 February 2024
Manager of Opposition Business	Andrew Powell, Liberal National ; since 14 March 2022
Structure
Seats	93
Political groups	Government (51); Labor (51); Opposition (35) Liberal National (35); Crossbench (7) Katter's Australian (3); Greens (2); One Nation (1); Independent (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 sole chamber of the unicameral Parliament of Queensland established under the Constitution of Queensland. Elections are held every four years and are done by full preferential voting. The Assembly has 93 members, who have used the letters MP after their names since 2000 (previously they were styled MLAs).

There is approximately the same population in each electorate; however, that has not always been the case (in particular, a malapportionment system - not, strictly speaking, a gerrymander - dubbed the Bjelkemander was in effect during the 1970s and 1980s). The Assembly first sat in May 1860 and produced Australia's first Hansard in April 1864.

Following the outcome of the 2015 election, successful amendments to the electoral act in early 2016 include: adding an additional four parliamentary seats from 89 to 93, changing from optional preferential voting to full-preferential voting, and moving from unfixed three-year terms to fixed four-year terms.^[1]

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^ "Electoral Law Ructions in the Queensland Parliament". Antony Green's Election Blog. 21 April 2016. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2016.

[2] "Electoral Law Ructions in the Queensland Parliament". Antony Green's Election Blog. 21 April 2016. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2016.

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