Brian George Littleproud (born 25 June 1941) is a former Australian politician. He was a National Party

National Party of Australia

The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...

 member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Queensland Legislative Assembly

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 from 1983 to 2001, representing Condamine

Electoral district of Condamine

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 until 1992 and Western Downs

Electoral district of Western Downs

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 thereafter.

Littleproud was born in Chinchilla, Queensland

Chinchilla, Queensland

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, and was a teacher and farmer before becoming involved in politics. Elected during the Bjelke-Petersen

Joh Bjelke-Petersen

Sir Johannes "Joh" Bjelke-Petersen, KCMG , was an Australian politician. He was the longest-serving and longest-lived Premier of Queensland, holding office from 1968 to 1987, a period that saw considerable economic development in the state...

 National Party government, he was a backbencher until December 1987, when he became Minister for Education, Youth and Sport. Following Labor

Australian Labor Party

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's win at the 1989 state election, he remained on the National Party's front bench and was Deputy Leader from 1991 to 1992. Following the Coalition

Coalition (Australia)

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's return to government in 1995, he became Minister for Environment, serving until 1998 when Labor returned to office. Littleproud retired in 2001.