1923 Queensland state election

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1923 Queensland state election
Flag of Queensland.svg
  1920 12 May 1923 (1923-05-12) 1926  

All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout82.23 (Increase2.svg 2.30 pp)
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Ted Theodore 1931.jpg
UP
William Vowles - Queensland politician.jpg
Leader Ted Theodore No leader William Vowles
Party Labor United Party Country
Leader since22 October 1919 (1919-10-22)28 January 1920
Leader's seat Chillagoe Dalby
Last election38 seats, 47.77%New party18 seats, 17.06%
Seats won431613
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 5Increase2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 4
Popular vote175,659131,81039,534
Percentage48.13%36.12%10.83%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.38Increase2.svg 10.39Increase2.svg 4.16

Premier before election

Ted Theodore
Labor

Elected Premier

Ted Theodore
Labor

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 12 May 1923 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government was seeking its fourth continuous term in office since the 1915 election; it would be Premier Ted Theodore's second election.

Contents

Key dates

DateEvent
13 April 1923The Parliament was dissolved. [1]
13 April 1923Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. [2]
20 April 1923Close of nominations.
12 May 1923Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
23 June 1923The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
2 July 1923The Theodore Ministry was reconstituted. [3]
10 July 1923Parliament resumed for business. [4]

Results

Queensland state election, 12 May 1923 [5]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters449,087 [1]
Votes cast369,267 Turnout 82.23+2.30
Informal votes4,311Informal1.17+0.16
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 175,65948.13+0.3643+ 5
  United 131,81036.12+10.3916+ 3
  Country 39,53410.83–6.2313– 4
  Independent Country 4,7321.30–0.420– 1
  Independent 13,2213.62+2.830± 0
 Others  –6.94 – 3
Total364,956  72 
1 475,957 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 2 Country Party seats (Cooroora and Wide Bay), 1 United Party seat (Albert) and 1 Labor seat (Barcoo) were unopposed.

Seats changing party representation

This table lists changes in party representation at the 1923 election.

SeatIncumbent memberPartyNew memberParty
Albert John Appel  Country John Appel  United
Bulimba Walter Barnes  United Harry Wright  Labor
Drayton William Bebbington  CountrySeat abolished 
Kelvin Grove New seat  William Lloyd  Labor
Kennedy John Jones  United Harry Bruce  Labor
Merthyr Peter MacGregor  United Peter McLachlan  Labor
Musgrave Henry Cattermull  CountrySeat abolished 
Nanango Jim Edwards  Independent Country Jim Edwards  Country
Normanby Jens Peterson  Labor Jens Peterson  United
Pittsworth Cecil Roberts  Independent CountrySeat abolished 
Port Curtis John Fletcher  United George Carter  Labor
Sandgate New seat  Hubert Sizer  United
Townsville William Green  United Maurice Hynes  Labor
Wynnum New seat  Walter Barnes  United

See also

References

  1. "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette . 13 April 1923. p. 120:1007.
  2. "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 13 April 1923. p. 120:1009.
  3. "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 2 July 1923. p. 121:5–6.
  4. "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 14 June 1923. p. 120:1551.
  5. Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 12 May 1923" . Retrieved 7 February 2010.