John Paul Langbroek
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John-Paul Langbroek MP |
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| Shadow Minister for Health and Ambulance Services, Shadow Minister for the Commonwealth Games | |
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Assumed office 6 May 2016 |
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| Leader | Tim Nicholls |
| Preceded by |
Mark McArdle (Health) Jarrod Bleijie (Ambulance Services) |
| Shadow Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Commonwealth Games | |
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In office 14 February 2015 – 6 May 2016 |
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| Leader | Lawrence Springborg |
| Preceded by |
Curtis Pitt (Treasury) Annastacia Palaszczuk (Commonwealth Games) |
| Succeeded by |
Scott Emerson (Treasury) himself (Commonwealth Games) |
| Deputy Leader of the Opposition of Queensland | |
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In office 14 February 2015 – 6 May 2016 |
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| Leader | Lawrence Springborg |
| Preceded by | Tim Mulherin |
| Succeeded by | Deb Frecklington |
| Minister for Education, Training and Employment of Queensland | |
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In office 3 April 2012 – 14 February 2015 |
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| Premier | Campbell Newman |
| Preceded by |
Cameron Dick (Education) Stirling Hinchliffe (Employment) |
| Succeeded by |
Kate Jones (Education) Yvette D'Ath (Training) Curtis Pitt (Employment) |
| Leader of the Opposition of Queensland | |
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In office 2 April 2009 – 11 April 2011 |
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| Deputy | Lawrence Springborg |
| Preceded by | Lawrence Springborg |
| Succeeded by | Jeff Seeney |
| Leader of the Liberal National Party | |
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In office 2 April 2009 – 11 April 2011 |
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| Deputy | Lawrence Springborg |
| Preceded by | Lawrence Springborg |
| Succeeded by | Campbell Newman |
| Member of the Queensland Parliament for Surfers Paradise |
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Assumed office 7 February 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Lex Bell |
| Majority | 19.21% (2015) |
| Personal details | |
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John-Paul Honoré Langbroek 31 January 1961 Assen, Netherlands |
| Political party | Liberal National Party |
| Spouse(s) | Stacey Langbroek |
| Relations | Kate Langbroek (sister) |
| Nickname(s) | JP |
John-Paul Honoré Langbroek (born 31 January 1961) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland representing the centre-right Liberal Party and its successor, the centre-right Liberal National Party, in the seat of Surfers Paradise since 2004. He was Leader of the Opposition and parliamentary leader of the LNP from 2009 to 2011—the first person from the Liberal side of the merger to hold the post. He was a minister in the Newman government before its defeat at the 2015 state election.
Langbroek was born in Assen in the Netherlands. He and his sister, Melbourne-based media personality Kate Langbroek, grew up as the only two children of Jehovah's Witnesses. His family emigrated to Australia in mid 1961, just months after his birth. The family travelled around rural Queensland where Langbroek Sr worked at various schools.
A graduate of Sunnybank State High School, he went on to study at the University of Queensland, receiving an honours degree in dental science. At university he showed no early sign of an interest in politics, describing his student days at the University of Queensland as being "toga parties, Lacoste shirts and university japes".
He finished his degree in 1983 and departed for London where he met his wife Stacey.
Langbroek entered politics in 2001 when he stood as the Liberal candidate in the May 2001 by-election for Surfers Paradise. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the previous member, former National Party Premier Rob Borbidge who had just led the Coalition to a landslide defeat in the general election earlier in 2001. Due to voter anger at being forced to the polls for the second time in three months, the National vote tumbled to eight percent. This left Langbroek far short of the support he needed to overtake Gold Coast councillor and former mayor Lex Bell, who won the seat as an independent. Langbroek stood again in Surfers Paradise at the 2004 state election and won convincingly with Bell being pushed into third place.
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