Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 11 May 1935 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government of Premier William Forgan Smith was seeking a second term after having defeated the Country and Progressive National Party in the 1932 election.
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All 62 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 32 Assembly seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 507,760  3.2% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 470,691 (92.70%) (  0.12 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Labor received a significant swing and gained 13 seats. The election took place on new boundaries for the second election in a row.
Key dates
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| 20 March 1935 | The new electoral boundaries were proclaimed.[1] |
| 9 April 1935 | The Parliament was dissolved.[2] |
| 10 April 1935 | Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.[3] |
| 17 April 1935 | Close of nominations. |
| 11 May 1935 | Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. |
| 21 May 1935 | The Forgan Smith Ministry was re-sworn in.[4] |
| 8 June 1935 | The writ was returned and the results formally declared. |
| 26 August 1935 | Parliament resumed for business.[5] |
Results
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| Votes | % | Swing (pp) | Seats | Change | |||||
| Labor | 247,135 | 53.43 | +3.55 | 46 | 13
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| Country and Progressive National | 156,325 | 33.80 | −11.41 | 16 | 12
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| Social Credit | 32,447 | 7.02 | +7.02 | 0 | 
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| Communist | 6,101 | 1.32 | +1.09 | 0 |
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| Women's Political Association | 2,898 | 0.68 | +0.68 | 0 |
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| Independent Labor | 1,918 | 0.42 | +0.01 | 0 |
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| Independents | 15,681 | 3.39 | +0.94 | 0 | 1
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| Total | 462,505 | 100.00 | 62 |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 8,186 | 1.74 | –0.61 | – | – | ||||
| Turnout | 470,691 | 92.70 | –0.12 | – | – | ||||
| Registered voters | 507,760 | – | – | – | – | ||||
Seats changing party representation
editThis table lists changes in party representation at the 1935 election.
| Seat | Incumbent member | Party | New member | Party | ||
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| Baroona | New seat | Bill Power | Labor | |||
| Carnarvon | Edward Costello | CPNP | Paul Hilton | Labor | ||
| Cook | James Kenny | CPNP | Harold Collins | Labor | ||
| East Toowoomba | James Annand | CPNP | James Kane | Labor | ||
| Fassifern | Arnold Wienholt | Independent | Alf Muller | CPNP | ||
| Fitzroy | Jens Peterson | CPNP | Jim Clark | Labor | ||
| Gympie | Vivian Tozer | CPNP | Thomas Dunstan | Labor | ||
| Kennedy | Arthur Fadden | CPNP | Cecil Jesson | Labor | ||
| Logan | Reginald King | CPNP | John Brown | Labor | ||
| Mirani | Edward Swayne | CPNP | Ted Walsh | Labor | ||
| Murilla | Godfrey Morgan | CPNP | Seat abolished | |||
| Sandgate | Hubert Sizer | CPNP | Roland Hislop | Labor | ||
| Warwick | George Barnes | CPNP | John Healy | Labor | ||
| Windsor | Charles Taylor | CPNP | Herbert Williams | Labor | ||
| Wynnum | James Bayley | CPNP | John Donnelly | Labor | ||
- Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
- The CPNP sitting member for Cook, James Kenny instead contested the seat of Sandgate and lost.
- The CPNP sitting member for Kennedy, Arthur Fadden instead contested the seat of Mirani and lost.
- The CPNP sitting member for the abolished district of Murilla, Godfrey Morgan contested the seat of Dalby and won.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 20 March 1935. p. 144:1127.
- ^ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette. 9 April 1935. p. 144:1313.
- ^ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette. 10 April 1935. p. 144:1713.
- ^ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette. 21 May 1935. p. 144:2133–2134.
- ^ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette. 1 August 1935. p. 145:381.
- ^ Hughes, CA; Graham, BD (1974). Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890-1964 (PDF). Australia National University (ANU). pp. 169–177.