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

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from 1983 to 2001, representing Condamine until 1992 and Western Downs thereafter. Littleproud was born in

Chinchilla, Queensland Chinchilla is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. Chinchilla is known as the 'Melon Capital of Australia', and plays host to a Melon Festival every second year in Febr ...

, and was a teacher and farmer before becoming involved in politics. Elected during the Bjelke-Petersen National Party government, he was a backbencher until December 1987, when he became Minister for Education, Youth and Sport. Following

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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

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's return to government in 1996, he became Minister for Environment, serving until 1998 when Labor returned to office. Littleproud retired in 2001. His son, David Littleproud, is the federal leader of the National Party since 2022.

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1941 births Living people National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Queensland Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 21st-century Australian politicians People from Chinchilla, Queensland {{Australia-National-politician-stub