Retired Qld MP hits out at LNP leadership

Retired long-serving Queensland MP Vaughan Johnson has joined a growing list of Liberal National politicians blaming former premier Campbell Newman's leadership style on the party's shock election result.

The LNP is on track to lose power despite a landslide victory in 2012 when it claimed 78 electorates in the state's 89-seat parliament.

Mr Johnson, who's retired after representing rural Gregory since 1989, has taken a parting shot at Mr Newman while offering advice to his successor Lachlan Millar.

He told Mr Millar in front of a crowd of local dignitaries at the Central Queensland Regional Organisation of Councils, held in Emerald recently, that the LNP change of fortune could be blamed on one thing - "leadership arrogance".

"That's why we had that leadership change, or that turnaround in the polls," CQ News quoted Mr Johnson as saying.

"Believe you me, and I'll tell you now, when you're representing people, you're representing everybody.

"You just don't represent the big end of town, or those people who are going to support you."

Mr Johnson isn't the only LNP MP to hit out at the party's leadership, with former deputy leader Jeff Seeney questioning whether the "experiment" to bring Mr Newman out of Brisbane City Council and into parliament hurt the party in the long run.

Former Speaker Fiona Simpson said the party had "stuffed up" by not consulting more, former racing minister Steve Dickson has said the LNP should "humbly apologise to Queensland", while party president Bruce McIver has promised an internal review into what went wrong.

Mr Johnson said the new government could no afford to "forget about the bush".

"Because you have been reminded that enough is enough," he said.

"There's more to Queensland than the Brisbane City Council."