{"id":32325,"date":"2016-05-06T18:13:12","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T08:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=32325"},"modified":"2022-05-02T11:13:32","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T01:13:32","slug":"qld-lnp-makes-strong-choice-in-tim-nicholls-as-new-leader-qldaah-qldpol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/qld-lnp-makes-strong-choice-in-tim-nicholls-as-new-leader-qldaah-qldpol\/","title":{"rendered":"Qld LNP makes strong choice in Tim Nicholls as new leader – Qldaah #qldpol"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tim Nicholls benefits from preferential voting to take leadership from Lawrence Springborg<\/h6>\n

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Liberal National Party Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg<\/a> has been defeated in a challenge by MP for Clayfield, Tim Nicholls<\/a>. \u00a0Mr Springborg mustered 17 votes in the\u00a0first round over Mr Nicholls on 14 and a third challenger,\u00a0Tim Mander<\/a>, on 10. However, it was the second round of preferencing that delivered the leadership to Mr Nicholls, \u00a0with a final score of 22-19.<\/p>\n

\"Opposition<\/a>

Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls and Deputy Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington hold their first press conference.<\/p><\/div>\n

Contradictorily, the LNP had complained bitterly in the weeks leading to up to the spill about the reintroduction of compulsory preferential voting (CPV) to the state’s electoral system.<\/a>\u00a0Queensland Government Deputy Premier, Jackie Trad, quipped that the LNP would likely prefer to flip a coin.<\/p>\n

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Now underway – #LNPspill<\/a>! Resolved by ballot using CPV or will they end up tossing a coin? #qldpol<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jackie Trad (@jackietrad) May 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n