Legislative Assembly of Queensland

Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral of the Parliament of Queensland
History
Founded	1859
Leadership
Speaker of the House	Peter Wellington, Independent Since 24 March 2015
Leader of the House	Stirling Hinchliffe, Labor Since 24 March 2015
Leader of Opposition Business	Ray Stevens, LNP Since 24 March 2015
Structure
Seats	89
Political groups	Government (42)      Labor (42) Opposition (41)      Liberal National (41) Crossbench (6)      Katter's Australian (2)      Independent (3)      One Nation (1)
Elections
Last election	31 January 2015
Next election	2018 or earlier
Meeting place
Legislative Assembly Chamber, Parliament House, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Website
www.parliament.qld.gov.au

Government (42)
     Labor (42)

Opposition (41)
     Liberal National (41)
Crossbench (6)
     Katter's Australian (2)
     Independent (3)

The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the unicameral Parliament of Queensland. Elections are held approximately once every three years. Voting is by the optional preferential voting form of the alternative vote system. The Assembly has 89 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 (see Queensland's gerrymander). 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.