LNP party bosses personally lobbied Opposition MPs to ditch then-leader Deb Frecklington just six months out from last year s state election and put current leader David Crisafulli up in her place. The revelation comes as the party looks set to draft in former leader and founder of the combined Liberals and Nationals outfit, Lawrence Springborg, as president. It follows former Premier Campbell Newman putting himself forward to join the executive but being rejected as too toxic , The Courier-Mail has been told. Former Queensland Opposition leader Deb Frecklington speaks to the media. As Mr Crisafulli was on a much-publicised road trip to north Queensland six months out from the state poll in October, former party president Bruce McIver and current president Cynthia Hardy were meeting with sitting LNP state MPs to deliver the message that LNP Leader Ms Frecklington had to go.
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