IPSWICH West MP Darren Zanow has announced his resignation from Queensland parliament after being diagnosed with early-onset rapid developing dementia aged 52.

The LNP MP announced today, Friday, that he has been diagnosed with microvascular ischemic disease and will not contest the October election.The disease – observed by MRI and PET scans – is marked by a plaque build up in the small blood vessels of the brain.

"There is no proven treatment available to slow the debilitating effects of my condition and the prognosis for me requires that I must turn my attention immediately to the needs of my daughter Lola, who is aged 7, and to those of our wider family," Mr Zanow said.

The former businessperson won the by-election for the formerly safe Ipswich West Labor seat in March with a 17.8 percent two party preferred swing, one of the largest in a decade.

He only discovered his condition the day he was sworn in on April 16.

The former business owner said he had “no other choice” but to resign at the 26 October state election.

Mr Zanow has been heavily involved in the Ipswich community over the years, through his role as President of the Ipswich Show Society and as a business owner.

Read the full story in The Ipswich Tribune on Wednesday.