1926 Queensland state election

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1926 Queensland state election
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  1923 8 May 1926 (1926-05-08) 1929  

All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout88.73 (Increase2.svg 6.50 pp)
 First partySecond party
  William McCormack 1927 (cropped).jpg Arthur Edward Moore and Sir Hal Colebatch (cropped).jpg
Leader William McCormack Arthur Edward Moore
Party Labor CPNP
Leader since22 October 1925 (1925-10-22)19 April 1924
Leader's seat Cairns Aubigny
Last election43 seats, 48.13%29 seats, 46.95%
Seats won4328
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg 1
Popular vote189,968192,043
Percentage47.96%48.48%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.18Increase2.svg 1.53

Premier before election

William McCormack
Labor

Elected Premier

William McCormack
Labor

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 8 May 1926 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government was seeking its fifth continuous term in office since the 1915 election. William McCormack was contesting his first election as Premier.

Contents

During the previous term, the Country and United parties had merged into the Country and Progressive National Party.

Key dates

DateEvent
8 April 1926The Parliament was dissolved. [1]
9 April 1926Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. [2]
16 April 1926Close of nominations.
8 May 1926Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
12 June 1926The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
27 July 1926Parliament resumed for business. [3]

Results

Queensland state election, 8 May 1926 [4]
Legislative Assembly
<< 19231929 >>

Enrolled voters452,008 [1]
Votes cast401,055 Turnout 88.73%+6.50
Informal votes4,927Informal1.23%+0.06
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 189,96847.96%–0.1843± 0
  CPNP 192,04348.48%+1.53 [2] 28– 1
 Primary Producers7,7491.95%+0.661+ 1
  Independent 6,3681.61%–2.020± 0
Total396,128  72 
Popular vote
CPNP
48.48%
Labor
47.96%
Independents
1.61%
Others
1.95%
Seats
Labor
59.72%
CPNP
38.89%
Others
1.39%
1 484,212 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 5 Labor seats and one CPNP seat were filled without opposition.
2 The CPNP result is compared to the combined result for the Queensland United Party and the Country Party in the preceding election.

Seats changing party representation

This table lists changes in party representation at the 1926 election.

SeatIncumbent memberPartyNew memberParty
Dalby William Vowles  CPNP Wilfred Russell  Primary Producers

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References

  1. "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette . 8 April 1926. p. 126:1135.
  2. "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 9 April 1926. p. 126:1137.
  3. "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 17 July 1926. p. 127:187.
  4. Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 8 May 1926" . Retrieved 22 February 2010.