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David Kelly Littleproud (born 4 September 1976) is an Australian politician who has been the leader of the National Party since May 2022. He has represented the
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seat of Maranoa since the 2016 federal election and was a cabinet minister in the
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and
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s. Littleproud grew up in
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, the son of former state government minister
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. He worked as an
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banker with NAB and
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before entering politics. He was first elected to the
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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
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and successfully challenged Joyce for the leadership following the
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's defeat at the 2022 election.


Early life

Littleproud was born in
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. His grandfather George Littleproud served on the Chinchilla Shire Council, while his father
Brian Littleproud Brian George Littleproud (born 25 June 1941) is a former Australian politician. He was a National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1983 to 2001, representing Condamine until 1992 and Western Downs thereafter. Littl ...
was a state Nationals MP and government minister. He attended Chinchilla State High School and
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. 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
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(NAB), including 12 years based in
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, as district manager (agribusiness and commercial). He joined
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in 2011 as executive manager (business and agribusiness banking) for South West Queensland. , Littleproud was the owner of Mr Rental Southern Downs, a rent-to-buy business that employed four people.


Political career

Littleproud was elected to parliament in 2016, succeeding retiring Nationals MP Bruce Scott. 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. In November 2018, Littleproud was additionally appointed Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Drought Preparation and Response. Following the Morrison Government's return at the 2019 federal election, his title was changed to Minister for Water Resources, Drought, Rural Finance, Natural Disaster and Emergency Management. He re-assumed the agriculture portfolio following
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's resignation in February 2020, becoming Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management.


Deputy leadership

Littleproud was viewed as a potential candidate to replace
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as National Party leader in February 2018. The position was eventually won by Michael McCormack. On 4 February 2020, following Bridget_McKenzie's_resignation,_he_defeated_ Bridget_McKenzie's_resignation,_he_defeated_Keith_Pitt_and_David_Gillespie_(politician)">David_Gillespie_ David_"Cement"_Gillespie_(born_22_March_1964)_is_an_Australian_former_professional_rugby_league_footballer_who_played_as_a__and__forward_in_the_1980s_and_1990s._Gillespie_played_for_the_Canterbury-Bankstown_Bulldogs,_Western_Suburbs_Magpies,_...
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 to become deputy leader of the National Party. The ballot for the deputy leadership was held simultaneously with 2020 National Party of Australia leadership spill">a leadership spill in which McCormack defeated a challenge by Joyce. It was subsequently suggested that Littleproud could emerge as a compromise candidate if conflict continues between supporters of McCormack and Joyce.


Leadership of National Party

Littleproud challenged incumbent Nationals Party leader Barnaby Joyce along with Darren Chester in a 2022 National Party of Australia leadership spill, three-way contest for the leadership of the party on 30 May 2022 after the incumbent Liberal/National Coalition government lost office to the Labor opposition. The Nationals party room got bigger, however, their coalition partner suffered massive seat losses due to Joyce's unpopularity in those particular seats being used against them. Littleproud was elected Leader of the National Party with
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as deputy, replacing Joyce.


Political positions


Murray-Darling Basin

On 14 February 2018,
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voted with the Greens to disallow a mechanism in the Murray Darling Basin Plan which would have prevented farmers in the Northern Basin giving up of water which otherwise would have been lost to seepage and evaporation. The disallowance motion triggered a crisis in basin states when
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and
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pledged to abandon the Plan as a result. It was widely considered the withdrawal of the two largest states would see the Basin Plan dismantled after it had taken more than a century to strike the agreement. On 7 May 2018, in the lead up to a second disallowance motion that would have blocked 36 environmental water savings projects, Littleproud struck a deal with Labor that both secured the works in question and the 70 GL recovery reduction for Northern Basin farmers which had previously been disallowed. This effectively resurrected the Murray-Darling Basin Plan by reassuring Basin states the Plan would be fulfilled as agreed in 2012. In addition to securing the Basin Plan, Littleproud delivered enhanced protections for Aboriginal people in the Basin. This included an Indigenous position on the MDBA board and a world-first $40 million indigenous fund so Aboriginal communities could buy water for either cultural or economic purposes.


Regional Investment Corporation

Littleproud successfully negotiated with the Senate cross bench for passage of legislation establishing the Regional Investment Corporation. On 6 February 2018 the new laws passed the upper house, breaking a political deadlock that had dragged on months. On 16 May 2018 it was announced that the RIC's headquarters would be set up in
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, fulfilling in part the Nationals' commitment to deliver public service jobs to regional areas.


Same-sex marriage

In December 2017, Littleproud was one of four members of the House of Representatives to vote against the ''
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'', which legalised same-sex marriage in Australia. Littleproud had pledged to vote according to the majority response of his electorate of Maranoa in the
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, and Maranoa recorded a result of 56.1% against changing the definition of marriage.


Personal life

Littleproud has three children. He and his wife Sarah announced their separation in 2019, ending a 20-year marriage. As on 23 October 2021, Littleproud possesses a large share portfolio in the resources industry: he owns shares in BHP, mining company South32, oil and gas exploration company Blue Energy, iron ore company Atlas and engineering company Ausenco.


References

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