الأربعاء، 28 نوفمبر 2012

LNP votes to disendorse first-term MP

Updated November 28, 2012 22:21:44

The Queensland Government has voted to disendorse the Member for Yeerongpilly, Carl Judge.

A party room meeting was held at Parliament House tonight as the Liberal-National Party Government attempts to deal with disgruntled backbenchers.

Mr Judge, elected for the first time at the March state election, was excluded from the party room earlier this week and had been considering leaving the party to become an independent.

Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney says the meeting unanimously agreed on the move.

“The party room has voted tonight without dissent to ask the state president, Bruce McIver, to consider disendorsing Carl Judge as the Member for Yeerongpilly,” he said.

“The party room collectively decided that Carl Judge can no longer be part of our team and a motion to that effect was carried without dissent.”

But Mr Judge says he remains committed to the LNP.

“My expulsion is really a matter for the party,” he said.

“It’s for the president Bruce McIver and the executive team to decide that.”

Premier Campbell Newman is also meeting with another MP, Alex Douglas, to discuss his future in the party.

Dr Douglas, the Member for Gaven, has been seeking to reverse his removal as chairman of State Parliament’s ethics committee.

Topics: liberal-national-party-queensland, political-parties, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, state-parliament, yeerongpilly-4105, brisbane-4000, qld, australia

First posted November 28, 2012 21:58:53

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