Matt Canavan elected new leader of the National party

## Summary
Nationals senator Matt Canavan has been elected the new leader of the party. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP View image in fullscreen Nationals senator Matt Canavan has been elected the new leader of the party. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP Matt Canavan elected new leader of the National party The Queensland senator replaces David Littleproud, who announced his shock resignation from the Nationals on Tuesday Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Matt Canavan is the new Nationals leader after winning a party room vote triggered by David Littleproud’s shock resignation. Nationals MPs jockey for top job after ‘buggered’ David Littleproud resigns as leader Read more Darren Chester was elected deputy leader, replacing Hogan.

## Article Content
Nationals senator Matt Canavan has been elected the new leader of the party.
Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP
View image in fullscreen
Nationals senator Matt Canavan has been elected the new leader of the party.
Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP
Matt Canavan elected new leader of the National party
The Queensland senator replaces David Littleproud, who announced his shock resignation from the Nationals on Tuesday
Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates
Get our
breaking news email
,
free app
or
daily news podcast
Matt Canavan is the new Nationals leader after winning a party room vote triggered by David Littleproud’s shock resignation.
The Queensland rightwinger defeated Kevin Hogan and Bridget McKenzie in a three-cornered contest to replace
Littleproud
, who blindsided colleagues on Tuesday by announcing he was stepping down as leader.
Nationals MPs jockey for top job after ‘buggered’ David Littleproud resigns as leader
Read more
Darren Chester was elected deputy leader, replacing Hogan.
The new leadership pairing will be tasked with helping to rebuild the Coalition’s dire position in the polls and fending off One Nation’s attempt to gain a foothold in regional Australia.
Sign up: AU Breaking News email
The first test will come at the 9 May Farrer byelection, which was triggered by former Liberal leader Sussan Ley’s retirement from parliament.
Elected in 2013 after serving as the chief-of-staff to Barnaby Joyce, Canavan has emerged as the country party’s most hardline and influential rightwing voice.
He led the campaign to dump net zero by 2050, has advocated for building new coal-fired power stations and opposed Covid-19 vaccine mandates.
More details soon
…
Explore more on these topics
National party
Australian politics
news
Share
Reuse this content

---

## Expert Analysis

### Merits
N/A

### Areas for Consideration
N/A

### Implications
- The new leadership pairing will be tasked with helping to rebuild the Coalition’s dire position in the polls and fending off One Nation’s attempt to gain a foothold in regional Australia.
- Sign up: AU Breaking News email The first test will come at the 9 May Farrer byelection, which was triggered by former Liberal leader Sussan Ley’s retirement from parliament.

### Expert Commentary
This article covers leader, party, nationals topics. Readability: Flesch-Kincaid grade 0.0. Word count: 279.