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The Morrison government will be down a number in the lower house when parliament returns in October, with the resignation of Queensland Liberal National party MP John McVeigh triggering a by-election.

McVeigh, the member for Groom in Queensland's Toowoomba region, said today he would leave parliament for family health reasons.