1909 Queensland state election

1909 Queensland state election

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All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	72.67 ( 6.24 pp)
First party Second party   Leader William Kidston David Bowman Party Liberal Labour Leader's seat Rockhampton Fortitude Valley Last election New party 23 seats, 29.80% Seats won 41 27 Seat change 4 4 Popular vote 107,370 77,712 Percentage 50.91% 36.58% Swing 10.32 6.77
Premier before election William Kidston Liberal Elected Premier William Kidston Liberal

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 2 October 1909 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

The elections were held on 2 October 1909. ^[3]

Results

Queensland state election, 2 October 1909 [4] Legislative Assembly << 1908–1912 >>
Enrolled voters		242,754
Votes cast		210,912		Turnout	72.67%
Informal votes		1,652		Informal
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberals	107,370	50.91%	+10.32	41	+4
	Labour	77,712	36.85%	+6.77	27	+4
	Opposition	22,439	10.64%		4	+4
	Independent	3,391	1.61%	+0.94	0	-1
Total		210,912			72

See also

• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1909–1912

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. Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 2 October 1909" . Retrieved 27 July 2017.