Angus Innes

Innes was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in 1978 representing the Brisbane-area seat of Sherwood at a by-election to fill a vacancy created by the death of John Herbert.Campaigning heavily on opposition to the controversial street march legislation of then-premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Innes easily won the seat, relegating the ruling National Party to a distant fourth place.Innes became associated with a faction within the parliamentary Liberal Party dubbed by the media as the "ginger group", who frequently criticised government policy.When Bjelke-Petersen refused to appoint White as deputy premier, he and Innes pulled the Liberals out of the Coalition and led them to the crossbenches.At that election, while the Liberals picked up a four percent swing, they actually lost two seats due in part to a massive Labor surge in Brisbane.
Queensland Liberal PartyPeter BeardDenver BeanlandWilliam KnoxBill LickissTerry WhiteSam DoumanyQueensland Legislative AssemblySherwoodJohn HerbertDavid DunworthUnited KingdomAustralianLiberal PartyAlma materUniversity of QueenslandBarristerLegislative Assembly of QueenslandBrisbaneby-electionJoh Bjelke-PetersenNational Partycoalition agreementginger groupLlew Edwards1983 electionSouth East QueenslandParliament of QueenslandParliamentary Leader of the Liberal Party in Queensland