1950 Queensland state election

1950 Queensland state election
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All 75 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland ; 38 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Registered	688,309
Turnout	92.51 (1.76 pp)
	Electoral boundaries following the election.
Premier before election; Ned Hanlon ; Labor	Elected Premier ; Ned Hanlon ; Labor

Last updated February 03, 2023

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 29 April 1950 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government was seeking its seventh continuous term in office since the 1932 election; it would be Premier Ned Hanlon's second election.

Key dates

Date	Event
8 December 1949	The new electoral boundaries under the Electoral Districts Act 1949 were proclaimed.^[1]
27 March 1950	The Parliament was dissolved.^[2]
27 March 1950	Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.^[3]
3 April 1950	Close of nominations.
29 April 1950	Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
10 May 1950	The Hanlon Ministry was re-sworn in.^[4]
13 May 1950	Polling day in the seat of Gregory.^[5]
9 June 1950	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
1 August 1950	Parliament resumed for business.^[6]

Results

Queensland state election, 29 April 1950^[7] Legislative Assembly << 1947–1953 >>
Enrolled voters		688,309^[1]
Votes cast		636,750		Turnout	92.51	+1.76
Informal votes		7,088		Informal	1.11	–0.25
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	295,138	46.87	+3.29	42	+ 7
	Liberal	188,331	29.91	+4.18	11	+ 2
	Country	121,689	19.33	–0.16	20	+ 6
	NQ Labor	7,689	1.22	+0.50	1	± 0
	Independent Labor	3,509	0.56	–0.52	0	– 1
	Frank Barnes Labor	2,759	0.44	–3.53	0	– 1
	Communist	2,351	0.37	–0.89	0	– 1
	Independent	8,196	1.30	–2.86	1	+ 1
Total		629,662			75

Popular vote

Labor			46.87%
Liberal			29.91%
Country			19.33%
NQ Labor			1.22%
Frank Barnes Labor			0.44%
Communist			0.37%
Independents			1.86%

Seats

Labor			56.00%
Country			26.67%
Liberal			14.67%
NQ Labor			1.33%
Independents			1.33%

¹ 718,685 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 3 seats held by the Country Party representing 30,376 enrolled voters were unopposed.

Seats changing party representation

There was an extensive redistribution across Queensland prior to this election, increasing the amount of seats from 62 to 75. The seat changes are as follows.

Abolished seats

Seat	Incumbent member

Albert	Tom Plunkett	Country
Bowen	Fred Paterson	Communist
Dalby*	vacant
East Toowoomba	Gordon Chalk	Liberal
Enoggera	Kenneth Morris	Liberal
Gympie	Thomas Dunstan	Labor
Hamilton	Harold Taylor	Liberal
Herbert	Stephen Theodore	Labor
Kennedy	Cecil Jesson	Labor
Logan	Thomas Hiley	Liberal
Maranoa	John Taylor	Labor
Maree	Louis Luckins	Liberal
Nanango	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	Country
Normanby	Tom Foley	Labor
Oxley	Tom Kerr	Liberal
Stanley	Duncan MacDonald	Country
The Tableland	Harry Bruce	Labor
West Moreton*	vacant
Wide Bay	James Heading	Country

Members listed in italics resigned from politics at this election.
The Country Party member for Dalby, Charles Russell resigned from the seat to contest and win the seat of Maranoa at the 1949 federal election. No by-election was held due to the proximity to the state election.
The Country Party member for West Moreton, Ted Maher resigned from the seat to contest and win a seat in the Senate at the 1949 federal election. No by-election was held due to the proximity to the state election.

New seats

Seat		Elected member

Balonne	Labor	John Taylor
Barambah	Country	Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Belyando	Labor	Tom Foley
Burdekin	Independent	Arthur Coburn
Callide	Country	Vince Jones
Chermside	Liberal	Alex Dewar
Clayfield	Liberal	Harold Taylor
Condamine	Country	Eric Allpass
Coorparoo	Liberal	Thomas Hiley
Darlington	Country	Tom Plunkett
Flinders	Labor	Ernest Riordan
Haughton	Labor	Colin McCathie
Hinchinbrook	Labor	Cecil Jesson
Kedron	Liberal	Bruce Pie
Landsborough	Country	Frank Nicklin
Lockyer	Liberal	Gordon Chalk
Mackenzie	Labor	Paddy Whyte
Marodian	Country	James Heading
Mount Coot-tha	Liberal	Kenneth Morris
Mount Gravatt	Labor	Felix Dittmer
Mourilyan	Labor	Peter Byrne
Mulgrave	Country	Bob Watson
Nash	Labor	Thomas Dunstan
Norman	Liberal	Louis Luckins
North Toowoomba	Labor	Les Wood
Roma	Country	William Ewan
Sherwood	Liberal	Tom Kerr
Somerset	Country	Duncan MacDonald
Southport	Country	Eric Gaven
Tablelands	Labor	Harold Collins
Whitsunday	Country	Lloyd Roberts
Yeronga	Liberal	Winston Noble

Seats changing hands

Seat	Incumbent member		New member

Bulimba	George Marriott	Independent Labor	Bob Gardner	Labor
Bundaberg	Frank Barnes	Frank Barnes Labor	Ted Walsh	Labor
Cook	Harold Collins	Labor	Carlisle Wordsworth	Country
Windsor	Bruce Pie	Liberal	Tom Rasey	Labor

Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.

Notes

↑ Nicklin was leader of the Country Party, however as there was a Coalition agreement since the 1920s (between the Country Party and the Liberal Party), Nicklin was de facto leader of the Coalition in the state of Queensland.

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References

↑ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette . 8 December 1949. p. 173:2273.
↑ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette . 27 March 1950. p. 174:1175.
↑ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 27 March 1950. p. 174:1177.
↑ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 10 May 1950. p. 174:1907–1908.
↑ "Order in Council". Queensland Government Gazette . 29 July 1950. p. 175:596.
↑ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 29 June 1950. p. 174:3141.
↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 29 April 1950" . Retrieved 30 December 2009.

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[1] Nicklin was leader of the Country Party, however as there was a Coalition agreement since the 1920s (between the Country Party and the Liberal Party), Nicklin was de facto leader of the Coalition in the state of Queensland.

[2] "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette . 8 December 1949. p. 173:2273.

[3] "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette . 27 March 1950. p. 174:1175.

[4] "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 27 March 1950. p. 174:1177.

[5] "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 10 May 1950. p. 174:1907–1908.

[6] "Order in Council". Queensland Government Gazette . 29 July 1950. p. 175:596.

[7] "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 29 June 1950. p. 174:3141.

[8] Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 29 April 1950" . Retrieved 30 December 2009.

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