1932 Queensland state election

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1932 Queensland state election
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←  1929
11 June 1932 (1932-06-11)
1935  →
All 62 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
32 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout92.82 (Increase2.svg 3.67 pp)
 First partySecond party
  WFS, 1932 (cropped).jpg Arthur Edward Moore and Sir Hal Colebatch (cropped).jpg
Leader William Forgan Smith Arthur Edward Moore
Party Labor CPNP
Leader since27 May 1929 (1929-05-27)19 April 1924
Leader's seat Mackay Aubigny
Last election27 seats, 40.16%43 seats, 54.23%
Seats won3328
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 6Decrease2.svg 15
Popular vote225,270204,158
Percentage49.89%45.21%
SwingIncrease2.svg 9.73Decrease2.svg 9.02
Premier before election

Arthur Edward Moore
CPNP

Elected Premier

William Forgan Smith
Labor

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 11 June 1932 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

Contents

The election saw the first-term Country and Progressive National Party government led by Arthur Edward Moore facing reelection and was held in the midst of the Great Depression. Labor had previously held office from 1915 until 1929.

The election resulted in the defeat of the one-term Moore government by the Labor Party, led by William Forgan Smith.

Key dates

DateEvent
3 February 1932The new electoral boundaries under the Electoral Districts Act 1931 were proclaimed. [1]
19 April 1932The Parliament was dissolved. [2]
20 April 1932Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. [3]
28 April 1932Close of nominations.
11 June 1932Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
18 June 1932The Moore Ministry resigned and the Forgan Smith Ministry was sworn in. [4]
2 July 1932Polling day in the seat of Hamilton, delayed due to the death of a candidate. [5]
16 July 1932The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
15 August 1932Parliament resumed for business. [6]

Results

The election saw a major swing to Labor from the 1929 election. The election took place on modified boundaries — the Assembly had been reduced by the Electoral Districts Act 1931 from 72 to 62 seats, mainly accomplished by the abolition of sitting Labor members' seats. Despite this, Labor went from a deficit of 16 seats to a surplus of 5 seats.

Queensland state election, 11 June 1932 [7]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1929–1935 >>

Enrolled voters492,036 [1]
Votes cast456,706 Turnout 92.82%+3.67%
Informal votes5,144Informal1.13%–0.43%
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes%SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 225,27049.89%+9.73%33+5
  CPNP 204,15845.21%–9.02%28-15
  Queensland Party 7,5901.68%+1.68%0± 0
  Independent Labor 1,8310.41%+0.41%0± 0
  Communist 1,0570.23%–0.45%0± 0
  Lang Labor 5870.13%+0.13%0± 0
  Independent 11,0692.45%–2.42%1– 1
Total451,562  62 
Popular vote
Labor
 
49.89%
CPNP
 
45.21%
Queensland Party
 
1.68%
Communist
 
0.23%
Lang Labor
 
0.13%
Independents
 
2.86%
Seats
Labor
 
53.22%
CPNP
 
45.16%
Independents
 
1.61%
1 525,944 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 5 seats (8.1% of the total) were uncontested—4 Labor seats (two more than in 1929) representing 27,083 enrolled voters and one Independent seat (held by Arnold Wienholt) representing 6,825 enrolled voters.

Seats changing party representation

There was an extensive redistribution across Queensland prior to this election, decreasing the amount of seats from 72 to 62. The seat changes are as follows.

Abolished seats

SeatIncumbent memberParty
Balonne Samuel Brassington  Labor
Burke Arthur Jones  Labor
Burnett Robert Boyd  CPNP
Burrum William Brand  CPNP
Chillagoe Ernest Atherton  CPNP
Eacham George Duffy  CPNP
Flinders John Mullan  Labor
Leichhardt Tom Foley  Labor
Lockyer Charles Jamieson  Independent
Mitchell Richard Bow  Labor
Mount Morgan James Stopford  Labor
Paddington Alfred Jones  Labor
Queenton Vernon Winstanley  Labor
Rosewood Ted Maher  CPNP
Toombul Hugh Russell  CPNP

New seats

SeatPartyElected member
Carpentaria  Labor John Mullan
Hamilton  CPNP Hugh Russell
Isis  CPNP William Brand
The Tableland  Labor Harry Bruce
West Moreton  CPNP Ted Maher

Seats changing hands

SeatIncumbent memberPartyNew memberParty
Bulimba Irene Longman  CPNP William Copley  Labor
Enoggera Jim Kerr  CPNP George Taylor  Labor
Ipswich James Walker  CPNP David Gledson  Labor
Kelvin Grove Richard Hill  CPNP Frank Waters  Labor
Kennedy Harry Bruce  Labor Arthur Fadden  CPNP
Kurilpa James Fry  CPNP Kerry Copley  Labor
Maree George Tedman  CPNP William King  Labor
Maryborough John Blackley* CPNP James Stopford  Labor
Merthyr Patrick Kerwin  CPNP James Keogh  Labor
Normanby Jens Peterson  CPNP Tom Foley  Labor
Nundah William Kelso  CPNP John Hayes  Labor
Port Curtis Frank Butler  CPNP Tommy Williams  Labor
Rockhampton Thomas Dunlop  Independent James Larcombe  Labor
South Brisbane Neil MacGroarty  CPNP Vince Gair  Labor
Toowoomba James Annand  CPNP Evan Llewelyn  Labor

Aftermath

Forgan Smith went on to be premier for over 10 years, and Labor held power continuously until the party's split in 1957.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette . 4 February 1932. p. 137:483.
  2. ↑ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 19 April 1932. p. 137:1513.
  3. ↑ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 20 April 1932. p. 137:1515.
  4. ↑ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 18 June 1932. p. 137:2117–2118.
  5. ↑ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 14 June 1932. p. 137:2053.
  6. ↑ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 21 July 1932. p. 138:227.
  7. ↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 11 June 1932" . Retrieved 10 December 2009.
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