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@Mick Andrew Hastie I would guess
On a possible Dutton successor – Geez its slim pickins’
Ley – serious lightweight
Taylor – ditto though he would fancy himself
Tehan – has to hold his seat but …… deputy possibly
Hastie – good media performer and seems to have some intellectual grunt. Would be interesting to see him in a domestic role
Sukkar – deputy possibly …. would fancy himself as well
Hume – wrong house but is a good media performer
Bragg, Paterson – both in wrong house and both have intellectual ballast
So on balance – Hastie as well. Agree with John above, unless Libs lost badly Dutton probably there for a while.
@redistributed a leader can be in the senate
@Darth Vader that’s true and not true.
The title of Opposition Leader has to be given to someone in the lower house, which on the federal level is the House of Reps. However, anyone can be a party leader, though for the major parties they would have to choose someone who is at least running in a lower house seat otherwise that person can’t be Prime Minister, Premier or Chief Minister.
For example, when Campbell Newman was still Lord Mayor of Brisbane but was preselected for the seat of Ashgrove (which he won in the LNP’s 2012 landslide), while he ousted John Paul-Langbroek as LNP leader, former Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney succeeded JPL as Opposition Leader until the LNP won the election.
@nether John Gorton
John Gorton was elected PM from the Senate but it would not have happened if Harold had not gone for a swim …….
A highly unique situation ..
In Canada it seems more common – Brian Mulroney was elected from outside and the parachuted into a safe seat in a by election and then into a Quebec (his home province) seat at the election.
Mark Carney is running for the post Trudeau leadership and is not in parliament – with the Liberals polling disastrously it is hard to see where he could get a seat that he could actually win.
Closer to home, Barry Unsworth succeeded Neville Wran from the Legislative Council in 1986. An MP stood aside for him and it almost came unstuck when he won Rockdale by only 52 votes. These days the risk of coming unstuck in a volatile climate is probably too high.
Agree Redistributed and NP, John Gorton was only ‘acting’ PM or leader whilst still a Senator. He quickly moved into the seat of Higgins within the standard 3-month timeframe permitted for a member to serve as Leader whilst not being a member of the House.
See the answers to my question:
Most not up to Dutton ‘s. Job
Maybe Hastie from wa
So far only john Curtin was pm from wa