Queensland state election, 1907

Queensland state election, 1907
All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly ; 37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Premier before election; William Kidston ; Kidston Party	Resulting Premier; William Kidston ; Kidston Party

Last updated May 03, 2019

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 18 May 1907 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The election was the first one in which women had a right to vote.

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east. The population of 25 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest city is Sydney. The country's other major metropolitan areas are Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

The states and territories are the first-level administrative divisions of the Commonwealth of Australia. They are the second level of government in Australia, located between the federal and local government tiers.

Queensland is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia. Situated in the north-east of the country, it is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. To its north is the Torres Strait, with Papua New Guinea located less than 200 km across it from the mainland. The state is the world's sixth-largest sub-national entity, with an area of 1,852,642 square kilometres (715,309 sq mi).

The election was the first held since Premier William Kidston, formerly of the Labour Party, had founded a new movement with his own supporters as well as the Parliamentary Conservatives. The end result of the election was an improvement in Kidston's position, although he was still in minority government with Labour support. The main opposition group was Robert Philp's Conservatives.

The Premier of Queensland is the head of government in the Australian state of Queensland.

William Kidston was an Australian politician and Premier of Queensland, from January 1906 to November 1907 and again from February 1908 to February 1911.

The Australian Labor Party , commonly known as Queensland Labor is the Queensland branch of the Australian Labor Party.

Key dates

Date	Event
11 April 1907	The Parliament was dissolved.^[1]
11 April 1907	Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.^[2]
27 April 1907	Close of nominations.
18 May 1907	Polling day, between the hours of 8 am and 6 pm.
8 June 1907	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
23 July 1907	Parliament resumed for business.^[3]

Results

Seat changes indicated are those caused by the election; at the preceding election, Labour had 34 seats, Ministerial 21, Conservative 15 and Independent 2.

Queensland state election, 18 May 1907^[4] Legislative Assembly << 1904–1908 >>
Enrolled voters		212,337^[1]
Votes cast		152,049		Turnout	71.61	–2.56
Informal votes		2,547		Informal	1.67	+0.87
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Conservative	80,076	40.58	+11.59	29	+ 6
	Kidstonites	109,985	31.88		24	– 7
	Labour	136,419	26.39	–9.65	18	+ 1
	Independent	2,259	1.14	–3.82	1	± 0
Total		197,312^[2]			72

¹ 220,189 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 4 seats (5.6% of the total) were uncontested—one Labor seat representing 1,352 enrolled voters, and three Conservative seats representing 4,604 voters.

² In 11 electorates, voters had two votes each, so the total number of votes exceeds the total number of voters.

Electoral System

The election for the Legislative Assembly was held using the 'contingent vote'.^[5] The Legislative Council was a fully nominated body.

The contingent vote is an electoral system used to elect a single winner. It is a variation of instant-runoff voting, in which the voter ranks the candidates in order of preference.

The Queensland Legislative Council was the upper house of the parliament in the Australian state of Queensland. It was a fully nominated body which first took office on 1 May 1860. It was abolished by the Constitution Amendment Act 1921, which took effect on 23 March 1922.

Electoral system changes

This election was the first held since women in Queensland gained the right to vote, although indigenous women did not gain the right until 1962.^[6]

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References

↑ Queensland Government Gazette . 11 April 1907. p. 88:1209. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ Queensland Government Gazette . 11 April 1907. p. 88:1213. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ Queensland Government Gazette . 29 June 1907. p. 88:1695. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 18 May 1907" . Retrieved 14 February 2009.
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 22, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
↑ http://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/Australian_Electoral_History/milestone.htm

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[1] Queensland Government Gazette . 11 April 1907. p. 88:1209. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[2] Queensland Government Gazette . 11 April 1907. p. 88:1213. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[3] Queensland Government Gazette . 29 June 1907. p. 88:1695. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[4] Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 18 May 1907" . Retrieved 14 February 2009.

[5] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 22, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2011.

[6] ttp://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/Australian_Electoral_History/milestone.htm

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