1902 Queensland state election

1902 Queensland state election

←  1899 11 March 1902 1904  →
All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Robert Philp W. H. Browne Party Ministerial Labour Leader's seat Townsville Croydon Last election 43 seats, 49.34% 21 seats, 35.47% Seats won 40 25 Seat change 3 4 Popular vote 48,439 39,579 Percentage 48.13% 39.33% Swing 1.21pp 3.85pp
Premier before election Robert Philp Ministerial Elected Premier Robert Philp Ministerial

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 11 March 1902 to elect the members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

This election used contingent voting, at least in the single-member districts. ^[1]

Five districts were two-seat districts - Mackay, Marlborough, North Brisbane, Rockhampton and South Brisbane. In the two-member constituencies, plurality block voting was used -- electors could cast two valid votes but were allowed to "plump". ^[2]

Key dates

This was the first Queensland general election to be conducted on a single day. In the past, due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day. ^[3]

Results

Queensland state election, 11 March 1902 [4] Legislative Assembly << 1899–1904 >>
Enrolled voters		108,548
Votes cast		100,644		Turnout	78.88%
Informal votes		803		Informal
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Ministerialist	48,439	48.13	-1.21	40	-3
	Labour	39,579	39.33	+3.85	25	+4
	Opposition	6,905	6.86	-4.22	5	-3
	Farmers Rep.	1,840	1.83	+1.83	1	+1
	Independent	100	0.10	+0.10	0	±0
Total		100,644			72

See also

• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1902–1904

References

1. Bowler, Shaun; Grofman, Bernard Norman (2000). Elections in Australia, Ireland, and Malta under the single transferable vote: reflections on an embedded institution. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 40. doi:10.3998/mpub.16507. ISBN   978-0-472-02681-4. The contingent vote … was used in Queensland from 1892 to 1942 and for Democratic primary elections in the U.S. state of Alabama between 1915 and 1931. It has been used for presidential elections in Sri Lanka since 1978 and in 1996 … the United Kingdom … called it the 'supplementary vote'.
2. Hughes and Graham, "Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1890-1964" (online) accessed February 20, 2025
3. "Queensland General Election Dates 1860-1929" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
4. "Summary of 1902 Election". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 26 July 2017.