Legislative Assembly of Queensland

This article is about the sole chamber within Queensland's legislative structure. For the broader legislative structure, see Parliament of Queensland.

Legislative Assembly
58th Parliament
Badge of the Parliament of Queensland
Type
Type	Unicameral house of the Parliament of Queensland
History
Founded	22 May 1860 (22 May 1860)
Leadership
Speaker	Pat Weir, Liberal National since 26 November 2024 (2024-11-26)
Premier	David Crisafulli, Liberal National since 28 October 2024
Leader of the House	Christian Rowan, Liberal National since 1 November 2024 (2024-11-01)
Leader of the Opposition	Steven Miles, Labor since 28 October 2024
Manager of Opposition Business	Mick de Brenni, Labor since 5 November 2024 (2024-11-05)
Structure
Seats	93
Political groups	Government (53)   Liberal National (53) Opposition (36)   Labor (36) Crossbench (4)   Katter's Australian (2)   Greens (1)   Independent (1)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Full preferential voting
First election	27 April – 11 May 1860
Last election	26 October 2024
Next election	On or before 28 October 2028
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 Parliament of Queensland, established under the provisions of the state constitution. Elections are held at fixed four-year intervals and are conducted by way of full preferential voting. The Assembly has 93 members, who are entitled to use the post-nominal letters MP (having been styled as MLAs prior to 2000). Under the principles of Westminster government and the fusion of powers, the executive (consisting of the premier and cabinet ministers) is drawn from the membership of the legislature. Government is formed by the party or coalition with a majority of seats in the Assembly, with the Governor of Queensland formally appointing officeholders.

Each electorate has roughly the same population; however, this has not always been the case. A system of malapportionment dubbed the Bjelkemander (not, strictly speaking, a gerrymander) 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, amendments to the Electoral Act in early 2016 added an additional four parliamentary seats (bringing the total from 89 to 93), changed the voting system from optional preferential voting to full preferential voting, and replaced unfixed three-year terms with fixed four-year terms. As of August 2026, the Liberal National Party (LNP) has 53 of 93 seats and forms majority government within the chamber.