The 2009 Liberal National Party of Queensland leadership election was held on 2 April 2009 to elect a new leader of the Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) and, ex officio, Leader of the Opposition.
Following the LNP's loss at the state election on 21 March 2009, Lawrence Springborg resigned as leader. Springborg had served as leader of the LNP since the party was formed in 2008 following the merger of the Queensland Liberal Party and the Queensland National Party; the latter he had previously led.
Three MPs â John-Paul Langbroek, Tim Nicholls and Fiona Simpson â contested the leadership, with Langbroek emerging victorious by a narrow margin on the second ballot. Springborg was elected deputy leader, defeating Jeff Seeney and Rob Messenger, after Mark McArdle did not recontest the position.
Langbroek would ultimately not lead the LNP to the next state election in 2012, as Brisbane lord mayor Campbell Newman entered state politics and became LNP leader in 2011. Springborg later returned as leader in 2015, but lost a spill to Nicholls in 2016.