Minister for Energy and Water Supply of Queensland
In office 3 April 2012 – 14 February 2015
Premier
Campbell Newman
Preceded by
Stephen Robertson (Energy and Water Utilities)
Succeeded by
Mark Bailey
Shadow Minister for Health
In office 20 February 2015 – 10 May 2016
Leader
Lawrence Springborg
Preceded by
Jo-Ann Miller
Succeeded by
John-Paul Langbroek
In office 12 August 2008 – 19 February 2012
Leader
Lawrence Springborg John-Paul Langbroek Campbell Newman
Preceded by
John-Paul Langbroek
Succeeded by
Jo-Ann Miller
Deputy Leader of the Liberal National Party
In office 26 July 2008 – 2 April 2009
Leader
Lawrence Springborg
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Lawrence Springborg
Deputy Leader of the Opposition of Queensland
In office 7 December 2007 – 2 April 2009
Leader
Lawrence Springborg
Preceded by
Bruce Flegg
Succeeded by
Lawrence Springborg
Leader of the Queensland Liberal Party
In office 4 December 2007 – 26 July 2008
Deputy
Tim Nicholls
Preceded by
Bruce Flegg
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Deputy Leader of the Queensland Liberal Party
In office 7 August 2006 – 4 December 2007
Leader
Bruce Flegg
Preceded by
Bruce Flegg
Succeeded by
Tim Nicholls
Shadow Attorney-General Shadow Minister for Justice
In office 28 September 2005 – 12 August 2008
Leader
Lawrence Springborg Jeff Seeney
Preceded by
Lawrence Springborg
Succeeded by
Stuart Copeland
Member of the Queensland Parliament for Caloundra
In office 7 February 2004 – 6 October 2020
Preceded by
Joan Sheldon
Succeeded by
Jason Hunt
Personal details
Born
(1956-12-21) 21 December 1956 (age 67) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Political party
Liberal National Party
Other political affiliations
Liberal (2004–2008)
Spouse
Judy McArdle
Profession
Solicitor
Mark Francis McArdle (born 21 December 1956) is an Australian politician and former Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Queensland. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland between 2004 and 2020, representing the electorate of Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast. Initially a Liberal Party member, in 2007 he became the party leader and the following year oversaw a merger with the National Party that produced the Liberal National Party.
McArdle has held many parliamentary party positions, including stints as a Shadow Minister for Justice, State Development & Innovation; Emergency Services; Seniors; and Local Government. He has also served the Shadow Attorney General and the Parliamentary Liberal Party Whip.
election, McArdle's margin was reduced to 1.9%. He was returned to Parliament again in the 2012 State Election. At the 2015 state election, MarkMcArdle successfully...
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services to low income clients. The bulk of McArdle's practices focus on real estate and constitutional law. McArdle received her Bachelor's Degree in Organizational...
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to Pelican Waters and west to the Bruce Highway. The seat was held by MarkMcArdle, the first deputy leader of the Liberal National Party from 2008 to 2009...
leader, and remained as Leader of the Opposition. Liberal Party leader MarkMcArdle became Deputy Leader of the new party, and remained Deputy Leader of...
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2020, McArdle joined the Nine Network covering rugby broadcasting. McArdle is also a public speaker. "Former Fox Sports presenter Nick McArdle's new venture...
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2007, Nicholls again stood against Flegg for leadership. Eventually MarkMcArdle was offered as a neutral party and he accepted leadership with Nicholls...
National and Liberal parties federally, particularly federal Nationals leader Mark Vaile, quickly spoke out against the proposed merger. By the end of the week...
Minister for Housing and Public Works and Energy and Water Supply Minister MarkMcArdle became Acting Housing and Public Works Minister. On 19 November, Tim...
seat of Caloundra at the 2020 election, succeeding retiring LNP member MarkMcArdle, and defeating the new LNP challenger Stuart Coward. It became the first...
aside as Deputy Opposition Leader in favour of Liberal Party Leader MarkMcArdle to help facilitate the merger. Following the LNP's win at the 2012 election...
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risk of people engaging in sex-selective abortions. Archbishop of Brisbane Mark Coleridge sent an email to Catholic school parents opposing the Termination...
Following the election, the Palmer United Party candidate for Ferny Grove, Mark Taverner, was revealed to be an undischarged bankrupt and was therefore ineligible...
July 2008 under leader MarkMcArdle the party agreed to merge with the Nationals as the Liberal National Party, with McArdle as the merged party's deputy...
as State Director of The Nationals in Victoria. Copeland is married to Rae McCaull, a former State Secretary of The Nationals in Queensland, and they have...
victory in 1986. Katter's Australian Party won two seats, though leader Aidan McLindon lost his own seat. The remaining two seats were taken by independents...
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