Barnaby Joyce elected as Nationals leader, Fiona Nash deputy

Updated February 11 2016 - 9:48pm, first published 9:16pm
Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources Barnaby Joyce ahead of the National Party leadership ballot in the Nationals Party room at Parliament House. Photo: GETTY IMAGES
Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources Barnaby Joyce ahead of the National Party leadership ballot in the Nationals Party room at Parliament House. Photo: GETTY IMAGES

Agricultural Minister Barnaby Joyce has been elected as the next Nationals Leader after MP Warren Truss announced earlier on Thursday he would be standing down. 

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