1950 Queensland state election
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← 1947 | 29 April 1950 (1950-04-29) | 1953 → |
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All 75 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 38 Assembly seats were needed for a majority |
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Registered | 688,309 |
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Turnout | 628,750 (91.35%)[a] (1.76 pp) |
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| First party | Second party | | | | Leader | Ned Hanlon | Frank Nicklin | Party | Labor | Country | Leader since | 7 March 1946 (1946-03-07) | 21 May 1941 | Leader's seat | Ithaca | Landsborough | Last election | 35 seats, 43.00% | 14 seats, 20.40% | Seats won | 42 | 20 | Seat change | 7 | 6 | Popular vote | 295,138 | 121,199[a] | Percentage | 46.94% | 19.28% | Swing | 3.94 | 1.12 | | | Third party | Fourth party | | | | Leader | Thomas Hiley | Tom Aikens | Party | Liberal | North Queensland Labor | Leader since | 9 July 1949 | 1942 | Leader's seat | Coorparoo (won seat) | Mundingburra | Last election | 9 seats, 25.38%[b] | 1 seat, 0.72%[c] | Seats won | 11 | 1 | Seat change | 2 | | Popular vote | 188,331 | 7,689 | Percentage | 29.95% | 1.22% | Swing | 0.57 | 0.50 | |
Electoral boundaries following the election. |
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Premier before election Ned Hanlon Labor | Elected Premier Ned Hanlon Labor | |
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.
The Assembly had been increased in size prior to the election by the Electoral Districts Act 1949 from 62 to 75 seats.
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
Legislative Assembly (IRV) – Turnout: 91.35%[7] |
Party | Primary vote | Seats |
Votes | % | Swing (pp) | Seats | Change |
| Labor | 295,138 | 46.94 | +3.94 | 42 | 7 |
| Country | 121,199[a] | 19.28 | –1.12 | 20 | 6 |
| Liberal | 188,331 | 29.95 | +0.57 | 11 | 2 |
| North Queensland Labor | 7,689 | 1.22 | +0.5 | 1 | |
| Frank Barnes Labor | 2,759 | 0.44 | –3.01 | 0 | 1 |
| Communist | 2,351 | 0.37 | –0.87 | 0 | 1 |
| Independent Labor | 243 | 0.04 | +0.04 | 0 | |
| Independent | 11,952 | 1.90 | –0.90 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 628,750[a] | 100.00 | | 75 | 13 |
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Invalid/blank votes | 7,088 | 1.13 | –0.27 | — |
Turnout | 628,750[a] | 91.35 | +0.6 | — |
Registered voters | 688,309 | — | — |
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
- 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
Seats changing hands
- Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
See also
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