Queensland Assembly
| Legislative Assembly | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1859 |
| Leadership | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 93 |
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Political groups
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Government (48) Opposition (39) Katter's Australian (3) Greens (1) Independent (1) One Nation (1) |
| Elections | |
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Last election
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25 November 2017 |
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Next election
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2020 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Legislative Assembly Chamber, Parliament House, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
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| Website | |
| www.parliament.qld.gov.au | |
Government (48)
Labor (48)
Opposition (39)
Liberal National (39)
The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the unicameral Parliament of Queensland. Elections are held every four years. Voting is by the full-preferential voting form of the alternative vote system. 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 (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.
Initially, the Legislative Assembly was the lower house of a typical Westminster-style bicameral parliament. The upper house was the Legislative Council, its members appointed for life by the government of the day. The first sitting, in May 1860, was held in the old converted convict barracks in Queen Street. It consisted of 26 members from 16 electorates, nearly half of whom were pastoralists or squatters. Early sessions dealt with issues of land, labour, railways, public works, immigration, education and gold discoveries.
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