Queensland state election, 1941

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Queensland state election, 1941

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All 62 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
32 Assembly seats were needed for a majority

 First partySecond party
  William Forgan Smith.jpg StateLibQld 1 104596 Politician Edmund Maher, Brisbane, 1940.jpg
Leader William Forgan Smith Ted Maher
Party Labor Country/UAP coalition
Leader since27 May 1929 (1929-05-27)15 July 1936
Leader's seat Mackay West Moreton
Last election44 seats17 seats
Seats won41 seats18 seats
Seat changeDecrease2.svg3Increase2.svg1
Percentage51.41%36.51%
SwingIncrease2.svg4.24Decrease2.svg0.11
Premier before election

William Forgan Smith
Labor

Elected Premier

William Forgan Smith
Labor

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 29 March 1941 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government of Premier William Forgan Smith was seeking a fourth term in office.

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Contents

Key dates

DateEvent
26 February 1941The Parliament was dissolved. [1]
27 February 1941Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. [2]
7 March 1941Close of nominations.
29 March 1941Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
16 April 1941The Forgan Smith Ministry was re-sworn in. [3]
26 April 1941The writ was returned and the results formally declared.

Results

The election saw a swing to Labor from the 1938 election, although it lost three seats.

Queensland state election, 29 March 1941 [4]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1938–1944 >>

Enrolled voters586,147 [1]
Votes cast529,247 Turnout 90.29–2.22
Informal votes9,520Informal1.80+0.49
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes%SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 267,20651.41+4.2441– 3
  Country 108,60420.90–1.7514+ 1
  United Australia 81,10915.61+1.644± 0
 Independent Socialist [2] 16,0443.09+1.490± 0
 Independent Democrat10,4062.00+2.002+ 2
  Protestant Labor 9,0381.74–7.010– 1
 Independent Labor QLD5,4761.05+1.051+ 1
  Independent 21,8444.20+3.560± 0
Total519,727  62 
1 634,916 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 5 seats (8.1% of the total) were uncontested—4 Labor seats (2 more than in 1938) representing 38,607 enrolled voters and one Country seat representing 10,162 enrolled voters.
2 Due to the illegal status of the Communist Party of Australia at the time of the election, its candidates stood as "Independent Socialists".

See also

This is a list of members of the 28th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1938 to 1941, as elected at the 1938 state election held on 2 April 1938.

This is a list of members of the 29th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1941 to 1944, as elected at the 1941 state election held on 29 March 1941.

This is a list of candidates who stood for the 1941 Queensland state election. The election was held on 29 March 1941.

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References

  1. ↑ Queensland Government Gazette . 26 February 1941. p. 156:659.Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ Queensland Government Gazette . 27 February 1941. p. 156:661.Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ Queensland Government Gazette . 16 April 1941. p. 156:1401.Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 29 March 1941" . Retrieved 30 December 2009.
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