1912 Queensland state election
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Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 27 April 1912 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.
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27 April 1912
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All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 75.52 ( 2.85 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The election was the first for the recently formed Liberal government of Digby Denham, who had been premier since 7 February 1911. The opposition Labor Party was led by David Bowman, who had been Labor leader since 15 April 1907.
This election used contingent voting in single-member districts.[1] Five districts that had been two-seat districts - Mackay, Maryborough, North Brisbane, Rockhampton and South Brisbane - were reformed and hereafter have only one seat.[2]
Results
Denham and his government were returned to office despite a swing to Labor of almost 10 percent. This was largely due to winning newly created seats in rural areas, while losing seats in Brisbane which mostly went to Labor.
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Queensland state election, 27 April 1912[3] | ||||||
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| Enrolled voters | 309,590 | |||||
| Votes cast | 216,032 | Turnout | 75.52 | +2.85 | ||
| Informal votes | N/A | Informal | N/A | N/A | ||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Liberals | 110,981 | 51.37 | +0.46 | 46 | +5 | |
| Labour | 100,878 | 46.70 | +9.85 | 25 | â2 | |
| Independent | 3,766 | 1.74 | +0.14 | 1 | +1 | |
| Total | 216,032 | 72 | ||||