24 Facts About David Littleproud

David Kelly Littleproud was born on 4 September 1976 and is an Australian politician who has been the leader of the National Party since May 2022.

David Littleproud has represented the Queensland seat of Maranoa since the 2016 federal election and was a cabinet minister in the Turnbull and Morrison governments.

David Littleproud worked as an agribusiness banker with NAB and Suncorp before entering politics.

David Littleproud was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2016.

David Littleproud was appointed to cabinet the following year, subsequently serving as Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Water Resources, Drought, Rural Finance, Natural Disaster and Emergency Management, Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management, and Agriculture and Northern Australia.

David Littleproud was elected deputy leader of the Nationals in February 2020 under Michael McCormack.

David Littleproud retained the position under Barnaby Joyce and successfully challenged Joyce for the leadership following the Coalition's defeat at the 2022 election.

David Littleproud was born on 4 September 1976 in Chinchilla, Queensland.

David Littleproud's grandfather George Littleproud served on the Chinchilla Shire Council, while his father Brian Littleproud was a state Nationals MP and government minister.

David Littleproud spent 17 years with the National Australia Bank, including 12 years based in Warwick, Queensland, as district manager.

David Littleproud joined Suncorp in 2011 as executive manager for South West Queensland.

In October 2015, David Littleproud was preselected by the Liberal National Party of Queensland as the party's candidate in the federal seat of Maranoa, following the retirement of incumbent Nationals MP Bruce Scott.

David Littleproud retained Maranoa for the National Party at the 2016 federal election.

David Littleproud was sworn in at Government House in Canberra on 20 December 2017.

In November 2018, David Littleproud was additionally appointed Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Drought Preparation and Response.

David Littleproud re-assumed the agriculture portfolio following Bridget McKenzie's resignation in February 2020 following the Sports rorts affair, becoming Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management.

David Littleproud was viewed as a potential candidate to replace Barnaby Joyce as National Party leader in February 2018.

David Littleproud challenged incumbent Nationals Party leader Barnaby Joyce along with Darren Chester in a three-way contest for the leadership of the party on 30 May 2022, after the incumbent Coalition government lost office to the Labor opposition at the 2022 federal election.

David Littleproud was elected to replace Joyce as leader of the National Party, with Perin Davey as deputy.

On 7 May 2018, in the lead up to a second disallowance motion that would have blocked 36 environmental water savings projects, David Littleproud struck a deal with Labor that both secured the works in question and the 70GL recovery reduction for Northern Basin farmers which had previously been disallowed.

David Littleproud successfully negotiated with the Senate crossbench for passage of legislation establishing the Regional Investment Corporation.

In December 2017, David Littleproud was one of four members of the House of Representatives to vote against the Marriage Amendment Bill 2017, which legalised same-sex marriage in Australia.

David Littleproud has voted consistently against greater action on climate change, including against net zero emission agreements and the Paris Climate Agreement.

In June 2024, David Littleproud opposed the establishment of a wind farm offshore off the Illawarra, and committed to a 'cap' on renewable energy investment under a Liberal-National government.