# Manager of Opposition Business in the House (Queensland)

The Manager of Opposition Business in the House, also known as the Leader of Opposition Business in the House, is a member of the Shadow Cabinet of Queensland responsible for working with the Leader of the House on the management and scheduling of business in the Legislative Assembly. The holder of the post is ex officio a member of the Committee of the Legislative Assembly unless the position is designated to another Opposition member. The Committee has responsibility for the way the body is run. The Leader of Opposition Business is one of the few Opposition members to receive a government salary in addition to that earned as a member of Parliament.

## List of officeholders
### Notes

| Name | Term began | Term ended | Party | Leader of the Opposition |
| Keith Wright | 1978 | 1980 | Labor | Tom Burns |
| Keith Wright | 1978 | 1980 | Labor | Ed Casey |
| Bill Prest | 5 March 1981 | 20 October 1982 | Labor | Ed Casey |
| Brian Davis | 20 October 1982 | 29 August 1984 | Labor | Keith Wright |
| Bill Prest | 29 August 1984 | 2 December 1989 | Labor | Nev Warburton |
| Bill Prest | 29 August 1984 | 2 December 1989 | Labor | Wayne Goss |
| Kev Lingard | 1 March 1990 | 19 September 1992 | The Nationals | Russell Cooper |
| Kev Lingard | 1 March 1990 | 19 September 1992 | The Nationals | Rob Borbidge |
| Tony Fitzgerald | 5 November 1992 | 19 February 1996 | National | Rob Borbidge |
| Terry Mackenroth | 27 February 1996 | 19 May 1998 | Labor | Peter Beattie |
| Denver Beanland | 30 July 1998 | 17 February 2001 | Liberal | Rob Borbidge |
| Kev Lingard | 12 March 2001 | 29 January 2007 | National | Mike Horan |
| Kev Lingard | 12 March 2001 | 29 January 2007 | National | Lawrence Springborg |
| Kev Lingard | 12 March 2001 | 29 January 2007 | National | Jeff Seeney |
| Stuart Copeland | 29 January 2007 | 30 September 2008 | National | Jeff Seeney |
| Stuart Copeland | 29 January 2007 | 30 September 2008 | National | Lawrence Springborg |
| John-Paul Langbroek | 30 September 2008 | 21 March 2009 | Liberal National | Lawrence Springborg |
| Jeff Seeney | 6 April 2009 | 23 March 2011 | Liberal National | John-Paul Langbroek |
| David Gibson | 23 March 2011 | 11 April 2011 | Liberal National | John-Paul Langbroek |
| Rosemary Menkens | 11 April 2011 | 19 February 2012 | Liberal National | Jeff Seeney (Opp) Campbell Newman (LNP) |
| Curtis Pitt | 19 April 2012 | 31 January 2015 | Labor | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
| Ray Stevens | 31 January 2015 | 9 May 2016 | Liberal National | Lawrence Springborg |
| Jeff Seeney | 9 May 2016 | 25 November 2017 | Liberal National | Tim Nicholls |
| Jarrod Bleijie | 15 December 2017 | 14 March 2022 | Liberal National | Deb Frecklington David Crisafulli |
| Andrew Powell | 14 March 2022 | 1 October 2024 | Liberal National | David Crisafulli |
| Mick de Brenni | 8 November 2024 | current | Labor | Steven Miles |
* 1 2 Despite the references to July 1982 in the biographies of Prest and Davis, no change regarding the Leader of Opposition Business was announced in August when Parliament first sat after a four-month recess. In addition, Wright replaced Casey as Leader of the Opposition on 20 October and announced he had appointed Davis the following day.
* ↑ Warburton replaced Wright as Leader of the Opposition on 29 August 1984 and announced Prest as Leader of Opposition Business the same day.
* ↑ Labor won the 1989 election on 2 December.
* ↑ Following the Mundingburra by-election on 3 February 1996, the ALP and Coalition each had 44 members. On 19 February, Wayne Goss resigned as Premier and Borbide was sworn in his stead, following independent MP Liz Cunningham's decision to support the Coalition.
* 1 2 3 4 5 Dates for Seeney, Langbroek, Gibson, and Menkens are taken from their parliamentary biographies, which are currently unavailable at the Parliamentary Library website because of the election.
* ↑ Menkens is the first Leader of Opposition Business to have received an additional salary for holding that office.
* ↑ Newman as LNP leader appointed Menkens, but because Newman did not have a seat in Parliament, Seeney was Leader of the Opposition