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Registered | 507,760 3.2% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 470,691 (92.70%) (0.12 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 11 May 1935 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government of Premier William Forgan Smith was seeking a second term after having defeated the Country and Progressive National Party in the 1932 election.
Labor received a significant swing and gained 13 seats. The election took place on new boundaries for the second election in a row.
Date | Event |
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20 March 1935 | The new electoral boundaries were proclaimed. [1] |
9 April 1935 | The Parliament was dissolved. [2] |
10 April 1935 | Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. [3] |
17 April 1935 | Close of nominations. |
11 May 1935 | Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. |
21 May 1935 | The Forgan Smith Ministry was re-sworn in. [4] |
8 June 1935 | The writ was returned and the results formally declared. |
26 August 1935 | Parliament resumed for business. [5] |
Party | Primary vote | Seats | |||||||
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Votes | % | Swing (pp) | Seats | Change | |||||
Labor | 247,135 | 53.43 | +3.55 | 46 | 13 | ||||
Country and Progressive National | 156,325 | 33.80 | −11.41 | 16 | 12 | ||||
Social Credit | 32,447 | 7.02 | +7.02 | 0 | |||||
Communist | 6,101 | 1.32 | +1.09 | 0 | |||||
Women's Political Association | 2,898 | 0.68 | +0.68 | 0 | |||||
Independent Labor | 1,918 | 0.42 | +0.01 | 0 | |||||
Independents | 15,681 | 3.39 | +0.94 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Total | 462,505 | 100.00 | 62 | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 8,186 | 1.74 | –0.61 | – | – | ||||
Turnout | 470,691 | 92.70 | –0.12 | – | – | ||||
Registered voters | 507,760 | – | – | – | – |
This table lists changes in party representation at the 1935 election.
Seat | Incumbent member | Party | New member | Party | ||
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Baroona | New seat | Bill Power | Labor | |||
Carnarvon | Edward Costello | CPNP | Paul Hilton | Labor | ||
Cook | James Kenny | CPNP | Harold Collins | Labor | ||
East Toowoomba | James Annand | CPNP | James Kane | Labor | ||
Fassifern | Arnold Wienholt | Independent | Alf Muller | CPNP | ||
Fitzroy | Jens Peterson | CPNP | Jim Clark | Labor | ||
Gympie | Vivian Tozer | CPNP | Thomas Dunstan | Labor | ||
Kennedy | Arthur Fadden | CPNP | Cecil Jesson | Labor | ||
Logan | Reginald King | CPNP | John Brown | Labor | ||
Mirani | Edward Swayne | CPNP | Ted Walsh | Labor | ||
Murilla | Godfrey Morgan | CPNP | Seat abolished | |||
Sandgate | Hubert Sizer | CPNP | Roland Hislop | Labor | ||
Warwick | George Barnes | CPNP | John Healy | Labor | ||
Windsor | Charles Taylor | CPNP | Herbert Williams | Labor | ||
Wynnum | James Bayley | CPNP | John Donnelly | Labor |
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