Colourful cross-bencher Bob Katter has handed over the leadership of his eponymous party to his son on Monday, marking a new era of the family's political dynasty.

Traeger MP Robbie Katter has represented north-west Queensland in state Parliament since 2012 and will now have to keep his father in check while he settles in as the new face of Katter's Australia Party.

"I'll have to get the whip out," he joked.

"He [Bob] takes a lot of managing, but I think it is healthy in a relationship to have tension and conflict.