Leader of the Opposition in Queensland Elections: 2017
In office 6 May 2016 – 12 December 2017
Premier
Annastacia Palaszczuk
Deputy
Deb Frecklington
Preceded by
Lawrence Springborg
Succeeded by
Deb Frecklington
Leader of the Liberal National Party
In office 6 May 2016 – 12 December 2017
Deputy
Deb Frecklington
Preceded by
Lawrence Springborg
Succeeded by
Deb Frecklington
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in Queensland
In office 6 December 2007 – 27 July 2008
Leader
Mark McArdle
Preceded by
Mark McArdle
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Cabinet posts
Minister for Trade in Queensland
In office 3 April 2012 – 14 February 2015
Premier
Campbell Newman
Preceded by
Andrew Fraser
Succeeded by
Jackie Trad
Treasurer of Queensland
In office 26 March 2012 – 14 February 2015
Premier
Campbell Newman
Preceded by
Andrew Fraser
Succeeded by
Curtis Pitt
Shadow cabinet posts
Shadow Attorney-General Shadow Minister for Justice
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 November 2020
Leader
David Crisafulli
Preceded by
David Janetzki
Shadow Minister for Arts and Major Events
In office 6 May 2016 – 15 December 2017
Leader
Himself
Preceded by
Jann Stuckey (Major Events) Ian Walker (Arts)
Succeeded by
Christian Rowan
Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Planning, Small Business, Employment and Trade
In office 14 February 2015 – 6 May 2016
Leader
Lawrence Springborg
Preceded by
Tim Mulherin
Succeeded by
Deb Frecklington (Infrastructure and Trade) Jarrod Bleijie (Employment) Scott Emerson (Small Business) Ian Walker (Planning)
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Queensland
In office 23 March 2011 – 24 March 2012
Leader
Jeff Seeney
Preceded by
Lawrence Springborg
Succeeded by
Tim Mulherin
Shadow Treasurer of Queensland
In office 12 August 2008 – 24 March 2012
Leader
Lawrence Springborg John-Paul Langbroek Campbell Newman
Preceded by
Bruce Flegg
Succeeded by
Curtis Pitt
Shadow Minister for Transport
In office 17 September 2007 – 12 August 2008
Leader
Jeff Seeney Lawrence Springborg
Preceded by
Vaughan Johnson
Succeeded by
Fiona Simpson
Electorate
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Clayfield
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 September 2006
Preceded by
Liddy Clark
Succeeded by
Local government politics
Member of the Brisbane City Council
In office 2000–2006
Constituency
Hamilton Ward
Personal details
Born
(1965-04-06) 6 April 1965 (age 59) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Political party
Liberal National (since 2008)
Other political affiliations
Liberal (until 2008)
Education
Trinity Grammar School Church of England Grammar School
Alma mater
Queensland University of Technology (LLB)
Profession
Solicitor
Timothy James Nicholls (born 6 April 1965) is an Australian politician and a former leader of the Liberal National Party of Queensland. He served as the Treasurer of Queensland and the Minister for Trade of that state between March/April 2012 and 14 February 2015. He is the member for Clayfield in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. He was originally a member of the Liberal Party including a stint as its deputy leader, but joined the Liberal National Party in 2008 when the Liberal Party and the National Party merged in Queensland.
Nicholls again stood against Flegg for leadership. Eventually Mark McArdle was offered as a neutral party and he accepted leadership with Nicholls as...
March 2011. "TimNicholls wins LNP leadership spill against Lawrence Springborg". ABC News. 6 May 2016. "Queensland election: LNP's TimNicholls concedes...
hence deputy leader of the opposition—after TimNicholls ousted Lawrence Springborg as leader. After Nicholls led the party to a loss at the 2017 state...
Shadow Minister for Women Incumbent Assumed office 26 May 2016 Leader TimNicholls Deb Frecklington David Crisafulli Shadow Minister for Communities, Child...
challenged by the Liberal National opposition, led by Opposition Leader TimNicholls and minor parties One Nation, Katter's Australian Party and the Greens...
The Shadow ministry of TimNicholls is the Liberal National Party opposition between May 2016 and December 2017, opposing the Palaszczuk government in...
former Treasurer TimNicholls also nominated for the position. In the first round, Mander received only 10 votes, against Nicholls' 14 and Springborg's...
office. On 6 May 2016, Springborg lost the leadership of the LNP to TimNicholls. Born in 1968, Lawrence Springborg resided in the town Yelarbon for much...
The Nicholls Colonels football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Nicholls State University located in Thibodaux, Louisiana, United...
The Vines, of which he is the sole continuous member. Nicholls was born in Sydney. Terry Nicholls, his father, was the guitarist and vocalist in a 1960s...
National Party achieved a swing strong enough for Nicholls to retain his seat in the 2009 election. Nicholls was the last deputy leader of the state Liberal...
Capalaba Labor Don Brown Chatsworth LNP Steve Minnikin Clayfield LNP TimNicholls Jaimyn Mayer Condamine LNP Pat Weir Cook Labor Cynthia Lui David Kempton...
The 2024 Nicholls Colonels football team will represent Nicholls State University in the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Colonels play their...
been in Parliament during the 1996–98 Coalition ministry of Rob Borbidge. Tim Mulherin was married to Erin and had three children, Declan, Liam and Rory...
June 1988. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8497.1988.tb01176.x. ISSN 0004-9522. "TimNicholls wins LNP leadership spill against Lawrence Springborg". Australian Broadcasting...
maintained a position on the opposition front bench under Springborg, Nicholls, Frecklington, and Crisafulli. In early 2014, Bleijie released details...
months later following Springborg's defeat in a leadership spill to TimNicholls on the 6th of May 2016. In the lead up to the 2017 Queensland state election...
apology motion passed without objection, though LNP Opposition Leader TimNicholls did not speak to the motion. The bill was referred to the Legal Affairs...
February 2015 – 12 December 2017 Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk Preceded by TimNicholls Succeeded by Jackie Trad Minister for Sport In office 7 December 2015 –...
The Nicholls Colonels are the 15 teams representing Nicholls State University, a university in Louisiana, in intercollegiate athletics. The Colonels compete...
heading an interim three-man cabinet composed of himself, Seeney and TimNicholls. Although Newman's victory was beyond doubt, counting was still under...
Foley Premier of Queensland – Annastacia Palaszczuk Opposition Leader – TimNicholls (until 12 December), then Deb Frecklington Premier of South Australia...
Seeney and TimNicholls, sworn in as an interim three-man government until a full ministry could be named, with Seeney as deputy premier and Nicholls as treasurer...
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