1950 Queensland state election

1950 Queensland state election

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All 75 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 38 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Registered	688,309
Turnout	628,750 (91.35%)[a] (1.76 pp)
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.
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

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
Invalid/blank votes			7,088	1.13	–0.27	—
Turnout			628,750[a]	91.35	+0.6	—
Registered voters			688,309	—		—

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

• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1947–1950
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1950–1953
• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1950
• Hanlon Ministry

Notes

References

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