12MaxWild

12MaxWild is an Australian politician, currently serving as Member of Parliament for Brisbane and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party.

Joining Australian politics in August of 2020, he remained a member of the Liberals until he lost a disputed leadership election in December 2020 and joined Griffo's National Party. Under the leadership of Griffonomics, 12MaxWild contested the July 2020 October 2020, January 2021 and April 2021 elections unsuccessfully before being elected as MP for Brisbane in the July 2021 election. Since before the July election, 12MaxWild served as the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party after the National party merged with the old Liberal Party, with Russian Hacker (/u/buttsforpm) served as Leader and Leader of the Opposition. After the 29th of August by-election in Sydney, where /u/MLastCelebration narrowly lost to /u/Haroldinite, Russian Hacker resigned as party leader, although he had been rumoured to be planning leaving the role for weeks before. He privately endorsed 12MaxWild to succeed him, but /u/Riley8583 stepped up to contest the leadership position. Max ran on a centrist, pro-infrastructure platform while Riley ran on a traditional right wing to far-right platform with anti-vaccination as his primary policy.

After a tight leadership battle, 12MaxWild won the leadership contest with 7 votes to 6, succeeding Russian Hacker on the 2nd of September 2021.