1947 Queensland state election

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1947 Queensland state election
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All 62 seats in the Legislative Assembly
32 seats are needed for a majority
Registered697,405 Increase2.svg 6.3%
Turnout632,909 (90.75%)
(Increase2.svg 12.58pp)
 First partySecond party
  Ned Hanlon on election day, 1947 (cropped).jpg Frank Nicklin.jpg
Leader Ned Hanlon Frank Nicklin
Party Labor Country
Leader since7 March 194621 May 1941
Leader's seat Ithaca Murrumba
Last election38 seats, 46.23%12 seats, 17.28%
Seats before39 seats [a] 11 seats [a]
Seats won3514
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 3
Popular vote272,203129,158
Percentage43.00%20.40%
SwingDecrease2.svg 3.23Increase2.svg 3.12
 Third partyFourth party
  Bruce Pie, 1941 (cropped).png Jack Henry - Grey.jpg
Leader Bruce Pie Jack Henry
Party People's Party Communist
Leader since8 March 1946March 1937
Leader's seat Windsor
Last election7 seats, 24.29%1 seat, 2.43%
Seats before7 seats1 seat
Seats won91
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Steady2.svg
Popular vote160,6237,870
Percentage25.38%1.24
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.09Decrease2.svg 1.19
Svgfiles 2023-05-29-01-34-52-100888-15918186800727738302.svg
Legislative Assembly after the election
Premier before election

Frank Arthur Cooper
Labor

Elected Premier

Ned Hanlon
Labor

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 3 May 1947 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

Contents

The election was the first that the Labor government had contested under Premier Ned Hanlon, who had been in office for 14 months by the time of the poll.

The election resulted in Labor receiving a sixth term in office. It was the first Queensland election at which all seats were contested by at least two candidates.

Key dates

DateEvent
21 March 1947The Parliament was dissolved. [2]
24 March 1947Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. [3]
31 March 1947Close of nominations.
3 May 1947Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
15 May 1947The Hanlon Ministry was re-sworn in. [4]
24 May 1947Polling day in the seat of Gregory. [5]
30 May 1947The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
2 June 1947Polling day in the seat of Cook. [5]
5 August 1947Parliament resumed for business. [6]

Results

Legislative Assembly (IRV) – Turnout: 90.75% [7]
Queensland LA, following 1947 Queensland state election.svg
PartyPrimary voteSeats
Votes %Swing (pp)SeatsChange
  Labor 272,20343.00–3.2335Decrease2.svg 4
  Country 129,158 [b] 20.40+3.1214Increase2.svg 3
  People's Party 160,62325.38+1.099Increase2.svg 2
  Frank Barnes Labor 21,8233.45+2.63 1 Increase2.svg 1
  Communist 7,8701.24–1.19 1 Steady2.svg
  Independent Labor 6,7271.06+1.06 1 Increase2.svg 1
  Hermit Park Labor 4,5410.72–0.36 1 Steady2.svg
  King O'Malley Labor 3,0610.48–0.650Steady2.svg
  Co-operative Democrat 702 [c] 0.11+0.080Steady2.svg
  Independent 17,7222.80–1.820Decrease2.svg 1
Total632,909100.0062Steady2.svg
Invalid/blank votes8,5791.4–0.42—
Turnout632,90990.75+12.58—
Registered voters697,405——
Popular vote
Labor
 
43.58%
People's Party
 
25.73%
Country
 
19.49%
Frank Barnes Labor
 
3.97%
Communist
 
1.26%
Hermit Park Labor
 
0.73%
Independents
 
5.24%
Seats
Labor
 
56.45%
Country
 
22.58%
People's Party
 
14.52%
Frank Barnes Labor
 
1.61%
Communist
 
1.61%
Hermit Park Labor
 
1.61%
Independents
 
1.61%

Seats changing party representation

This table lists changes in party representation at the 1947 election.

SeatIncumbent memberPartyNew memberParty
Cairns Lou Barnes  Frank Barnes Labor Thomas Crowley  Labor
Dalby Aubrey Slessar  Labor Charles Russell  Country
East Toowoomba Les Wood  Labor Gordon Chalk  People's Party
Maree Louis Luckins  Independent Louis Luckins  People's Party
Mirani Ted Walsh  Labor Ernie Evans  Country
Warwick John Healy  Labor Otto Madsen  Country

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Following the death of Country MP for East Toowoomba, Herbert Yeates, in 1945, a by-election was held in March of the following year. Approximately 1 year and 62 days out from the next state election, the seat was won by Labor candidate Les Wood by less than two-hundred votes. [1]
  2. ↑ Includes Independent Country candidates for Cooroora and Nanango.
  3. ↑ Includes a candidate running as a "Democrat".

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References

  1. ↑ "Labour Wins East Toowoomba". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser . No. 23, 107. 4 March 1946. p. 4. Retrieved 2 February 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette . 21 March 1947. p. 168:879.
  3. ↑ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 24 March 1947. p. 168:925.
  4. ↑ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 15 May 1947. p. 168:1511–1512.
  5. 1 2 "Order in Council". Queensland Government Gazette . 26 July 1947. p. 169:206..
  6. ↑ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 3 July 1947. p. 169:15.
  7. ↑ Hughes, CA; Graham, BD (1974). Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890-1964 (PDF). Australia National University (ANU).
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