Editing Lawrence Springborg (section)

===Loss of leadership===
Springborg lost the leadership to [[Tim Nicholls]] on 6 May 2016 in a leadership spill, by 22 votes to 19.<ref name="spill2016"/> On 3 December 2016, he announced his retirement from politics at the [[2017 Queensland state election|next Queensland state election]].<ref name="retirement">{{cite news|title=Lawrence Springborg to quit politics|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/queensland-government/lawrence-springborg-to-quit-politics/news-story/db2e86e9e1be42a5428cf817da6d9c54|accessdate=3 December 2016|work=The Courier-Mail|date=3 December 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204194922/http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/queensland-government/lawrence-springborg-to-quit-politics/news-story/db2e86e9e1be42a5428cf817da6d9c54|archivedate=4 December 2016}}</ref>

Months before losing the leadership, there was speculation that Springborg would make a switch to federal politics and therefore resign the leadership by seeking preselection for the safe National [[Division of Maranoa|seat of Maranoa]] following incumbent and Deputy Speaker [[Bruce Scott (Australian politician)|Bruce Scott]]'s announcement that he would be retiring at the next election due in 2016 but Springborg ruled this out.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/lawrence-springborg-rules-out-replacing-bruce-scott-in-maranoa-20150803-giq3qy.html|title=Lawrence Springborg rules out replacing Bruce Scott in Maranoa|last=Atfield|first=Cameron|date=3 August 2015|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=15 November 2018}}</ref>