1902 Queensland state election

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1902 Queensland state election
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  1899 11 March 1902 1904  

All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Robert Philp portrait (cropped 2).jpg W. H. Browne, 1900s (cropped).jpg
Leader Robert Philp W. H. Browne
Party Ministerial Labour
Leader's seat Townsville Croydon
Last election43 seats, 49.34%21 seats, 35.47%
Seats won4025
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 4
Popular vote48,43939,579
Percentage48.13%39.33%
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.21ppIncrease2.svg 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.

Contents

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. [1]

Results

Queensland state election, 11 March 1902 [2]
Legislative Assembly
<< 18991904 >>

Enrolled voters108,548
Votes cast100,644 Turnout 78.88%
Informal votes803Informal
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Ministerialist 48,43948.13-1.2140-3
  Labour 39,57939.33+3.8525+4
  Opposition 6,9056.86-4.225-3
 Farmers Rep.1,8401.83+1.831+1
  Independent 1000.10+0.100±0
Total100,644  72 

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References

  1. "Queensland General Election Dates 1860-1929" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  2. "Summary of 1902 Election". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 26 July 2017.