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Queensland's premier-in-waiting Steven Miles has confirmed Treasurer Cameron Dick as his running mate ahead of a key meeting to decide the future of the state's leadership team on Friday.
The endorsement for Dick as deputy premier came after Health Minister Shannon Fentiman pulled out of the leadership race after she conceded the numbers were not in her favour.
The Labor Party caucus will meet on Friday to select who will fill the role of premier, deputy premier and the wider leadership team.
It comes days after Annastacia Palaszczuk announced she would be resigning from the role after more than eight years, saying it has been the "honour of her life" to serve the state.
The deputy premier was the first to put his name forward just hours after Palaszcuzk's resignation.
Miles said Dick had been a strong treasurer and had worked to deliver a strong state economy.
"We have been friends for a long time, we share a vision for Queensland, one where the government's job is to build for the future," Miles said this afternoon.
Miles said he did not intend to shift Fentiman from the health portfolio.
Fentiman told her social media followers this afternoon she would "continue working tirelessly" for the state.
"It is clear that a majority of Labor members of parliament will support Steven Miles to be the next leader of the Labor Party, and therefore the next premier of Queensland," she said.
"As a result, I will not be standing as a candidate for the Labor leadership when caucus meets on Friday."