Campbell Newman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Campbell Newman

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 12-Aug-1963

Place of Birth: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Profession: engineer, politician, civil engineer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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About Campbell Newman

  • Campbell Kevin Thomas Newman (born 12 August 1963) is a former Australian politician who served as the 38th Premier of Queensland from 26 March 2012 to 14 February 2015.
  • Newman served as the Member for Ashgrove in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland between March 2012 and 31 January 2015.
  • He was the Leader of the Liberal National Party (LNP) from 2 April 2011 to 7 February 2015, and was the 15th Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 27 March 2004 to 3 April 2011. Newman was elected lord mayor as a member of the Liberal Party.
  • He became a member of the LNP following the July 2008 merger of the Queensland Liberals and The Nationals.In March 2011, Newman announced that he would challenge Leader of the Opposition John-Paul Langbroek for the leadership of the LNP.
  • Langbroek resigned, and Newman was elected his successor.
  • As Newman was not a member of the Legislative Assembly, former state Nationals' leader Jeff Seeney was elected interim opposition leader while Newman headed the party's election team from outside the legislature. Newman led the LNP to a landslide victory in the 2012 state election winning 78 of 89 seats from a 44-seat, 13.7-point two-party swing, allowing the LNP to form their first majority government.
  • At the same time, he won election to the seat of Ashgrove in western Brisbane.
  • He was sworn in as premier two days later, becoming the first Brisbane-based non-Labor premier in 97 years. At the 2015 state election, the Newman-led LNP suffered a 14.0-point two-party swing, resulting in a hung parliament - of 89 seats, Labor won 44 seats and the statewide two-party vote while the LNP were reduced to 42 seats.
  • Newman himself lost his own seat to his Labor predecessor, Kate Jones.
  • On 10 February 2015, Newman submitted his resignation and he was replaced as Premier of Queensland by Annastacia Palaszczuk four days later as the Australian Labor Party formed a minority government.

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