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David Littleproud
David Kelly Littleproud (born 4 September 1976) is an Australian politician who was the leader of the National Party from 2022 to 2026. He has been the member of parliament (MP) for the Queensland division of Maranoa since 2016. He previously served as a cabinet minister in the Turnbull and Morrison governments.
Littleproud grew up in Chinchilla, Queensland, the son of former state government minister Brian Littleproud. He worked as an agribusiness banker with NAB and Suncorp before entering politics. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2016. Littleproud was appointed to cabinet the following year, subsequently serving as Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources (2017–2019), Water Resources, Drought, Rural Finance, Natural Disaster and Emergency Management (2019–2020), Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management (2020–2021), and Agriculture and Northern Australia (2021–2022).
He was elected deputy leader of the Nationals in February 2020 under Michael McCormack. He retained the position under Barnaby Joyce and successfully challenged Joyce for the leadership following the Coalition's defeat at the 2022 election. Littleproud led the National party at the 2025 election, and through two temporary break ups of the Coalition in 2025 and 2026, before resigning the leadership on 10 March 2026.
Littleproud was born on 4 September 1976 in Chinchilla, Queensland. His grandfather George Littleproud served on the Chinchilla Shire Council, while his father Brian Littleproud was a state Nationals MP and government minister. After entering parliament himself he recalled that he had handed out political flyers for his father from the age of six.
Littleproud attended Chinchilla State High School and Toowoomba Grammar School. As a teenager he worked as a "cotton chipper", removing weeds from cotton fields. As of 2019, he was one of the two members of the national cabinet who had no tertiary qualification.
Littleproud was an agribusiness banker before entering politics. He spent 17 years with the National Australia Bank (NAB), including 12 years based in Warwick, Queensland, as district manager (agribusiness and commercial). He joined Suncorp in 2011 as executive manager (business and agribusiness banking) for South West Queensland. As of 2018[update], Littleproud was the owner of Mr Rental Southern Downs, a rent-to-buy business that employed four people.
In October 2015, Littleproud was preselected by the Liberal National Party of Queensland as the party's candidate in the federal seat of Maranoa, a safely conservative seat in Queensland's vast western outback, following the retirement of incumbent Nationals MP Bruce Scott. He easily retained Maranoa for the National Party at the 2016 federal election.
Within 18 months, Littleproud was elevated directly to cabinet as Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, following a reshuffle of the second Turnbull ministry. He was sworn in at Government House in Canberra on 20 December 2017.
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David Littleproud
David Kelly Littleproud (born 4 September 1976) is an Australian politician who was the leader of the National Party from 2022 to 2026. He has been the member of parliament (MP) for the Queensland division of Maranoa since 2016. He previously served as a cabinet minister in the Turnbull and Morrison governments.
Littleproud grew up in Chinchilla, Queensland, the son of former state government minister Brian Littleproud. He worked as an agribusiness banker with NAB and Suncorp before entering politics. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2016. Littleproud was appointed to cabinet the following year, subsequently serving as Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources (2017–2019), Water Resources, Drought, Rural Finance, Natural Disaster and Emergency Management (2019–2020), Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management (2020–2021), and Agriculture and Northern Australia (2021–2022).
He was elected deputy leader of the Nationals in February 2020 under Michael McCormack. He retained the position under Barnaby Joyce and successfully challenged Joyce for the leadership following the Coalition's defeat at the 2022 election. Littleproud led the National party at the 2025 election, and through two temporary break ups of the Coalition in 2025 and 2026, before resigning the leadership on 10 March 2026.
Littleproud was born on 4 September 1976 in Chinchilla, Queensland. His grandfather George Littleproud served on the Chinchilla Shire Council, while his father Brian Littleproud was a state Nationals MP and government minister. After entering parliament himself he recalled that he had handed out political flyers for his father from the age of six.
Littleproud attended Chinchilla State High School and Toowoomba Grammar School. As a teenager he worked as a "cotton chipper", removing weeds from cotton fields. As of 2019, he was one of the two members of the national cabinet who had no tertiary qualification.
Littleproud was an agribusiness banker before entering politics. He spent 17 years with the National Australia Bank (NAB), including 12 years based in Warwick, Queensland, as district manager (agribusiness and commercial). He joined Suncorp in 2011 as executive manager (business and agribusiness banking) for South West Queensland. As of 2018[update], Littleproud was the owner of Mr Rental Southern Downs, a rent-to-buy business that employed four people.
In October 2015, Littleproud was preselected by the Liberal National Party of Queensland as the party's candidate in the federal seat of Maranoa, a safely conservative seat in Queensland's vast western outback, following the retirement of incumbent Nationals MP Bruce Scott. He easily retained Maranoa for the National Party at the 2016 federal election.
Within 18 months, Littleproud was elevated directly to cabinet as Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, following a reshuffle of the second Turnbull ministry. He was sworn in at Government House in Canberra on 20 December 2017.
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