1920 Queensland state election

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1920 Queensland state election
Flag of Queensland.svg
  1918 9 October 1920 (1920-10-09) 1923  

All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout79.93 (Decrease2.svg 0.34 pp)
 First partySecond party
  Ted Theodore 1931.jpg William Vowles - Queensland politician.jpg
Leader Ted Theodore William Vowles
Party Labor Country
Leader since22 October 1919 (1919-10-22)28 January 1920
Leader's seat Chillagoe Dalby
Last election48 seats, 53.68%Did not contest
Seats before4711
Seats won3818
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 9Decrease2.svg 7
Popular vote168,45560,170
Percentage47.77%17.06%
SwingDecrease2.svg 5.91Increase2.svg 17.06

 Third partyFourth party
  Walter Barnes - Qld politician.jpg
NCP
Leader Walter Barnes Edward Swayne
Party National Northern Country
Leader since28 July 1920
Leader's seat Bulimba Mirani
Last election22 seats, 44.62%Did not exist
Seats before111
Seats won133
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote90,73020,246
Percentage25.73%5.74%
SwingDecrease2.svg 18.89New party

Premier before election

Ted Theodore
Labor

Elected Premier

Ted Theodore
Labor

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 9 October 1920 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government was re-elected to its third term in office, having been in power since the 1915 election. It was Ted Theodore's first election as premier, following his election in 1919 to succeed T. J. Ryan as Labor leader.

Contents

During the previous term, the Queensland Country Party, had re-emerged from the National bloc, taking half of the Country Party's parliamentary seats with it. A Labor member, Alfred James, switched to the party, and the Maranoa by-election in 1919 saw them gain a seat at the expense of Labor. An additional party, the Northern Country Party, also formed during this time to represent the interests of North Queensland farmers and canegrowers. To avoid three-cornered contests with Labor, the three parties agreed upon a division of seats between themselves.

Key dates

DateEvent
10 September 1920The Parliament was dissolved. [1]
10 September 1920Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. [2]
18 September 1920Close of nominations.
9 October 1920Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
12 November 1920The Theodore Ministry was reconstituted.
15 November 1920The writ was returned and the results formally declared.

Results

Queensland state election, 9 October 1920 [3]
Legislative Assembly
<< 19181923 >>

Enrolled voters445,681 [1]
Votes cast356,226 Turnout 79.93–0.34
Informal votes3,600Informal1.01–0.17
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 168,45547.77–5.9138– 8
  National 90,73025.73–18.8913– 9
  Country 60,17017.06+17.0618+ 18
  Northern Country 20,2465.74+5.743+ 3
  Independent Country 6,0551.72+1.720± 0
  National Labor 4,2161.20+1.200± 0
  Independent 2,7940.79–0.900– 2
Total352,666  72 
1 462,218 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 2 Country Party seats (Cooroora and Cunningham), 1 United Party seat (Albert) and 1 Labor seat (Mitchell) were unopposed.

Seats changing party representation

This table lists changes in party representation at the 1920 election.

Party changes before election

The following seats changed party representation before the election due to the split of the National party.

SeatIncumbent memberFormer partyNew party
Albert John Appel  National Party Country Party
Aubigny Arthur Moore  National Party Country Party
Burnett Bernard Corser  National Party Country Party
Cooroora Harry Walker  National Party Country Party
Dalby William Vowles  National Party Country Party
Drayton William Bebbington  National Party Country Party
Fassifern Ernest Bell  National Party Country Party
Logan Alfred James  Labor Party Country Party
Mirani Edward Swayne  National Party Northern Country
Murilla Godfrey Morgan  National Party Country Party
Murrumba Richard Warren  National Party Country Party
Nanango Robert Hodge  National Party Country Party

Seats changing hands at election

SeatIncumbent memberPartyNew memberParty
Burrum Albert Whitford  Labor William Brand  Country
Carnarvon Donald Gunn  National Edward Costello  Country
Cunningham Francis Grayson  Independent William Deacon  Country
Enoggera William Lloyd  Labor Jim Kerr  National
Kennedy James O'Sullivan  Labor John Jones  Northern Country
Logan Alfred James  Country Reginald King  National
Maranoa Thomas Spencer  Country Charles Conroy  Labor
Merthyr Peter McLachlan  Labor Peter MacGregor  National
Musgrave Thomas Armfield  Labor Henry Cattermull  Country
Nanango Robert Hodge  Country Jim Edwards  Independent Country
Pittsworth Percy Bayley  Independent Cecil Roberts  Country
Port Curtis George Carter  Labor John Fletcher  National
Stanley Henry Somerset  National Frederick Nott  Country
Townsville Daniel Ryan  Labor William Green  Northern Country
Wide Bay Andrew Thompson  Labor Harry Clayton  Country

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References

  1. "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette . 10 September 1920. p. 115:923.
  2. "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 10 September 1920. p. 115:925.
  3. Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 12 May 1923" . Retrieved 5 March 2010. Party data is from Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1890–1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN   0-7081-0301-4.