1893 Queensland colonial election
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Elections were held in the Colony of Queensland between 18 April 1893 and 25 May 1893 to elect the members of the colony's Legislative Assembly.
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18 April â 25 May 1893
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All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly 37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This election was an early use of contingent voting in a government election, at least in the single-member districts.[1]
Five districts were two-seat districts - Mackay, Marlborough, North Brisbane, Rockhampton and South Brisbane. In the two-member constituencies, plurality block voting was used -- electors could cast two valid votes but were allowed to "plump".[2]
Key dates
Due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day.[3]
Results
| 42 | 16 | 7 | 7 |
| Ministerialists | Labour | Opposition | Independent |
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Queensland colonial election, 29 April 1893[4] | ||||||
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| Enrolled voters | 86,983 | |||||
| Votes cast | 77,993 | Turnout | 73.11 | |||
| Informal votes | Informal | |||||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Ministerialist | 34,927 | 44.78 | 42 | - | ||
| Labour | 25,984 | 33.32 | 16 | +12 | ||
| Independent | 7,905 | 10.14 | 7 | +1 | ||
| Opposition | 7,154 | 9.17 | 7 | - | ||
| Farmers Rep. | 1,230 | 1.58 | 0 | - | ||
| Total | 77,993 | 72 | ||||