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Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 28 May 1966 to elect the 78 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. [1]
The major parties contesting the election were the Country Party led by Premier Frank Nicklin in coalition the Liberal Party, the Labor Party led by Jack Duggan.
The Country-Liberal coalition won a fourth term in office at the election.
Date | Event |
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10 March 1966 | The Legislative Assembly was prorogued until 26 April. [2] |
19 April 1966 | The Legislative Assembly was dissolved. [3] |
19 April 1966 | Writs were issued by the Governor, Alan Mansfield, to proceed with an election. [4] |
28 April 1966 | Close of nominations. |
28 May 1966 | Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. |
10 June 1966 | The Nicklin Ministry was reconstituted. [5] |
25 June 1966 | The writ was returned and the results formally declared. [6] |
1 July 1966 | Deadline for return of the writs. |
2 August 1966 | Parliament resumed for business. [7] |
Queensland state election, 28 May 1966 | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 870,869 | |||||
Votes cast | 812,235 | Turnout | 93.27 | -0.02 | ||
Informal votes | 13,262 | Informal | 1.63 | +0.07 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 350,254 | 43.84 | +0.01 | 26 | ± 0 | |
Liberal | 203,648 | 25.49 | +1.73 | 20 | ± 0 | |
Country | 154,081 | 19.28 | -1.03 | 27 | + 1 | |
Queensland Labor | 49,948 | 6.25 | -0.97 | 1 | ± 0 | |
Independent | 38,001 | 4.76 | +0.20 | 4 | – 1 | |
Total | 798,973 | 78 |
Seat | Pre-1966 | Swing | Post-1966 | ||||||
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Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||
Fassifern | Independent Country | Alf Muller | 7.7 v CP | N/A | 20.1 v ALP | Alf Muller | Country | ||
Hawthorne | Independent Labor | Bill Baxter* | 3.0 | -5.5 | 2.5 | Bill Kaus | Liberal | ||
Toowoomba East | Liberal | Mervyn Anderson | 0.1 | -5.4 | 5.3 | Peter Wood | Labor | ||
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