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data-file-height="516" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ned_Hanlon_(politician)" title="Ned Hanlon (politician)">Ned Hanlon</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Nicklin" title="Frank Nicklin">Frank Nicklin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Queensland_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)">Labor</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia_%E2%80%93_Queensland" class="mw-redirect" title="National Party of Australia – Queensland">Country</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7 March 1946 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">21 May 1941 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Ithaca" title="Electoral district of Ithaca">Ithaca</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Murrumba" title="Electoral district of Murrumba">Murrumba</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">38 seats, 46.23% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">12 seats, 17.28% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats before </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">39 seats<sup id="cite_ref-Yeates_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yeates-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">11 seats<sup id="cite_ref-Yeates_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yeates-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>35</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">14 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>272,203</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">129,158 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>43.00%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">20.40% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3.23 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3.12 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">Third party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fourth party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #406AE0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bruce_Pie,_1941_(cropped).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Bruce_Pie%2C_1941_%28cropped%29.png/125px-Bruce_Pie%2C_1941_%28cropped%29.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Bruce_Pie%2C_1941_%28cropped%29.png 1.5x" data-file-width="184" data-file-height="249" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #CD2027"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jack_Henry_-_Grey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Jack_Henry_-_Grey.jpg/113px-Jack_Henry_-_Grey.jpg" decoding="async" width="113" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Jack_Henry_-_Grey.jpg/169px-Jack_Henry_-_Grey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Jack_Henry_-_Grey.jpg/225px-Jack_Henry_-_Grey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="603" data-file-height="909" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Pie" title="Bruce Pie">Bruce Pie</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Henry_(Australian_communist)" title="Jack Henry (Australian communist)">Jack Henry</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_(Queensland_Division)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division)">People's Party</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Australia_%E2%80%93_Queensland" title="Communist Party of Australia – Queensland">Communist</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">8 March 1946 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">March 1937 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Windsor_(Queensland)" title="Electoral district of Windsor (Queensland)">Windsor</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7 seats, 24.29% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 seat, 2.43% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats before </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 seat </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">9 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">160,623 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7,870 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">25.38% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1.24 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1.09 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1.19 </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Svgfiles_2023-05-29-01-34-52-100888-15918186800727738302.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Svgfiles_2023-05-29-01-34-52-100888-15918186800727738302.svg/250px-Svgfiles_2023-05-29-01-34-52-100888-15918186800727738302.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="228" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Svgfiles_2023-05-29-01-34-52-100888-15918186800727738302.svg/375px-Svgfiles_2023-05-29-01-34-52-100888-15918186800727738302.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Svgfiles_2023-05-29-01-34-52-100888-15918186800727738302.svg/500px-Svgfiles_2023-05-29-01-34-52-100888-15918186800727738302.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="328" /></a></span><div>Legislative Assembly after the election</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Queensland" title="Premier of Queensland">Premier</a> before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Frank_Arthur_Cooper" title="Frank Arthur Cooper">Frank Arthur Cooper</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Queensland_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)">Labor</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Queensland" title="Premier of Queensland">Premier</a></b> <br /> <p>Ned Hanlon<br /> <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Queensland_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)">Labor</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Elections were held in the <a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia" title="States and territories of Australia">Australian state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a> on 3 May 1947 to elect the 62 members of the state's <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Queensland" title="Legislative Assembly of Queensland">Legislative Assembly</a>. </p><p>The election was the first that the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Queensland_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)">Labor</a> government had contested under Premier <a href="/wiki/Ned_Hanlon_(politician)" title="Ned Hanlon (politician)">Ned Hanlon</a>, who had been in office for 14 months by the time of the poll. </p><p>The election resulted in Labor receiving a sixth term in office. It was the first Queensland election at which all seats were contested by at least two candidates. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Key_dates">Key dates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_Queensland_state_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Key dates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Event </th></tr> <tr> <td>21 March 1947 </td> <td>The Parliament was dissolved.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 March 1947 </td> <td>Writs were issued by the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Queensland" title="Governor of Queensland">Governor</a> to proceed with an election.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>31 March 1947 </td> <td>Close of nominations. </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 May 1947 </td> <td>Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 May 1947 </td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Hanlon_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanlon Ministry">Hanlon Ministry</a> was re-sworn in.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 May 1947 </td> <td>Polling day in the seat of <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Gregory" title="Electoral district of Gregory">Gregory</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-oic_gc_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oic_gc-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>30 May 1947 </td> <td>The writ was returned and the results formally declared. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 June 1947 </td> <td>Polling day in the seat of <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Cook" title="Electoral district of Cook">Cook</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-oic_gc_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oic_gc-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 August 1947 </td> <td>Parliament resumed for business.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_Queensland_state_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_Queensland_state_election,_1947" class="mw-redirect" title="Results of the Queensland state election, 1947">Results of the Queensland state election, 1947</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable tpl-blanktable" style="text-align:right; margin-bottom:0"> <caption>Legislative Assembly (<a href="/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting" title="Instant-runoff voting">IRV</a>) – Turnout: 90.75%<sup id="cite_ref-Book_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Book-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="10" align="center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Queensland_LA,_following_1947_Queensland_state_election.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Queensland_LA%2C_following_1947_Queensland_state_election.svg/360px-Queensland_LA%2C_following_1947_Queensland_state_election.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Queensland_LA%2C_following_1947_Queensland_state_election.svg/540px-Queensland_LA%2C_following_1947_Queensland_state_election.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Queensland_LA%2C_following_1947_Queensland_state_election.svg/720px-Queensland_LA%2C_following_1947_Queensland_state_election.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="width:200px">Party </th> <th colspan="3">Primary vote </th> <th colspan="2">Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:70px;">Votes </th> <th style="width:40px;">% </th> <th style="width:40px;">Swing (<abbr title="percentage points">pp</abbr>) </th> <th style="width:40px;">Seats </th> <th style="width:40px;">Change </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;width:1px">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Queensland_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)">Labor</a> </td> <td>272,203 </td> <td>43.00 </td> <td>–3.23 </td> <td>35 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="006946">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia_%E2%80%93_Queensland" class="mw-redirect" title="National Party of Australia – Queensland">Country</a> </td> <td>129,158<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>20.40 </td> <td>+3.12 </td> <td>14 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="406AE0">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_(Queensland_Division)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division)">People's Party</a> </td> <td>160,623 </td> <td>25.38 </td> <td>+1.09 </td> <td>9 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#C02638;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Barnes_(politician)" title="Frank Barnes (politician)">Frank Barnes Labor</a> </td> <td>21,823 </td> <td>3.45 </td> <td>+2.63 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Bundaberg" title="Electoral district of Bundaberg">1</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#C00000;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Australia" title="Communist Party of Australia">Communist</a> </td> <td>7,870 </td> <td>1.24 </td> <td>–1.19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Bowen" title="Electoral district of Bowen">1</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Queensland_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)">Independent Labor</a> </td> <td>6,727 </td> <td>1.06 </td> <td>+1.06 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Bulimba" title="Electoral district of Bulimba">1</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="CD5C5C">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Labor_Party" title="North Queensland Labor Party">Hermit Park Labor</a> </td> <td>4,541 </td> <td>0.72 </td> <td>–0.36 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Mundingburra" title="Electoral district of Mundingburra">1</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Queensland_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)">King O'Malley Labor</a> </td> <td>3,061 </td> <td>0.48 </td> <td>–0.65 </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#6495ED;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Co-operative Democrat</a> </td> <td>702<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>0.11 </td> <td>+0.08 </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#888888;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>17,722 </td> <td>2.80 </td> <td>–1.82 </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" align="right"><b>Total</b></td> <td><b>632,909</b></td> <td><b>100.00</b></td> <td></td> <td><b>62</b></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8"> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left;">Invalid/blank votes</td> <td>8,579</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>–0.42</td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left;">Turnout</td> <td>632,909</td> <td>90.75</td> <td>+12.58</td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:left;">Registered voters</td> <td>697,405</td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">—</td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:600px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Popular vote</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:410px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Labor</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#F00011; width:43.58%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">43.58%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">People's Party</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#4169E1; width:25.73%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">25.73%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Country</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#008000; width:19.49%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">19.49%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Frank Barnes Labor</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#C02638; width:3.97%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">3.97%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Communist</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#C00000; width:1.26%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.26%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Hermit Park Labor</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#CD5C5C; width:0.73%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.73%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Independents</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#DCDCDC; width:5.24%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">5.24%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:600px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Seats</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:410px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Labor</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#F00011; width:56.45%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">56.45%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Country</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#008000; width:22.58%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">22.58%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">People's Party</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#4169E1; width:14.52%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">14.52%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Frank Barnes Labor</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#C02638; width:1.61%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.61%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Communist</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#C00000; width:1.61%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.61%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Hermit Park Labor</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#CD5C5C; width:1.61%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.61%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Independents</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#DCDCDC; width:1.61%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.61%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Seats_changing_party_representation">Seats changing party representation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_Queensland_state_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Seats changing party representation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This table lists changes in party representation at the 1947 election. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="7"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Seat</th> <th>Incumbent member</th> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>New member</th> <th colspan="2">Party </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Cairns" title="Electoral district of Cairns">Cairns</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lou_Barnes" title="Lou Barnes">Lou Barnes</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#C02638;">  </td> <td>Frank Barnes Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Crowley_(Australian_politician)" title="Thomas Crowley (Australian politician)">Thomas Crowley</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Dalby" title="Electoral district of Dalby">Dalby</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Aubrey_Slessar" title="Aubrey Slessar">Aubrey Slessar</a></i> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Russell_(Australian_politician)" title="Charles Russell (Australian politician)">Charles Russell</a> </td> <td style="background-color:green;">  </td> <td>Country </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_East_Toowoomba" title="Electoral district of East Toowoomba">East Toowoomba</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Les_Wood_(politician)" title="Les Wood (politician)">Les Wood</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Chalk" title="Gordon Chalk">Gordon Chalk</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#4169e1;">  </td> <td>People's Party </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Maree" title="Electoral district of Maree">Maree</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Louis_Luckins" title="Louis Luckins">Louis Luckins</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#888888;">  </td> <td>Independent </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Louis_Luckins" title="Louis Luckins">Louis Luckins</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#4169e1;">  </td> <td>People's Party </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Mirani" title="Electoral district of Mirani">Mirani</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ted_Walsh_(politician)" title="Ted Walsh (politician)">Ted Walsh</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Evans" title="Ernie Evans">Ernie Evans</a> </td> <td style="background-color:green;">  </td> <td>Country </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Warwick" title="Electoral district of Warwick">Warwick</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Healy_(Australian_politician)" title="John Healy (Australian politician)">John Healy</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Otto_Madsen" title="Otto Madsen">Otto Madsen</a> </td> <td style="background-color:green;">  </td> <td>Country </td></tr> </tbody></table> <ul><li>Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_East_Toowoomba" title="Electoral district of East Toowoomba">East Toowoomba</a> was held by the Country Party at the <a href="/wiki/1944_Queensland_state_election" title="1944 Queensland state election">previous election</a>. It was won by Labor at the <a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_East_Toowoomba_state_by-election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1946 East Toowoomba state by-election (page does not exist)">1946 by-election</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_Queensland_state_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_Queensland_Legislative_Assembly,_1944%E2%80%931947" title="Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1944–1947">Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1944–1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_Queensland_Legislative_Assembly,_1947%E2%80%931950" title="Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1947–1950">Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1947–1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candidates_of_the_Queensland_state_election,_1947" class="mw-redirect" title="Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1947">Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanlon_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanlon Ministry">Hanlon Ministry</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_Queensland_state_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Yeates-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Yeates_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Yeates_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Following the death of <a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia_%E2%80%93_Queensland" class="mw-redirect" title="National Party of Australia – Queensland">Country</a> MP for <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_East_Toowoomba" title="Electoral district of East Toowoomba">East Toowoomba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Yeates" title="Herbert Yeates">Herbert Yeates</a>, in 1945, a by-election was held in March of the following year. Approximately <span data-sort-value="7002427000000000000♠"></span>1 year and 62 days out from the next state election, the seat was won by <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Queensland_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)">Labor</a> candidate <a href="/wiki/Les_Wood_(politician)" title="Les Wood (politician)">Les Wood</a> by less than two-hundred votes.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Includes <a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia_%E2%80%93_Queensland" class="mw-redirect" title="National Party of Australia – Queensland">Independent Country</a> candidates for <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Cooroora" title="Electoral district of Cooroora">Cooroora</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Nanango" title="Electoral district of Nanango">Nanango</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Includes a candidate running as a "<a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Democrat</a>".</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_Queensland_state_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article151456730">"Labour Wins East Toowoomba"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Fraser_Coast_Chronicle" title="Fraser Coast Chronicle">Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser</a></i>. 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election">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Queensland_state_election" title="1902 Queensland state election">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Queensland_state_election" title="1904 Queensland state election">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_Queensland_state_election" title="1907 Queensland state election">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Queensland_state_election" title="1908 Queensland state election">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Queensland_state_election" title="1909 Queensland state election">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Queensland_state_election" title="1912 Queensland state election">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Queensland_state_election" title="1915 Queensland state election">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Queensland_state_election" title="1918 Queensland state election">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Queensland_state_election" title="1920 Queensland state election">1920</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/1953_Queensland_state_election" title="1953 Queensland state election">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Queensland_state_election" title="1956 Queensland state election">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Queensland_state_election" title="1957 Queensland state election">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Queensland_state_election" title="1960 Queensland state election">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Queensland_state_election" title="1963 Queensland state election">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Queensland_state_election" title="1966 Queensland state election">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Queensland_state_election" title="1969 Queensland state election">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Queensland_state_election" title="1972 Queensland state election">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Queensland_state_election" title="1974 Queensland state election">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Queensland_state_election" title="1977 Queensland state election">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Queensland_state_election" title="1980 Queensland state election">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Queensland_state_election" title="1983 Queensland state election">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Queensland_state_election" title="1986 Queensland state election">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Queensland_state_election" title="1989 Queensland state election">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Queensland_state_election" title="1992 Queensland state election">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Queensland_state_election" title="1995 Queensland state election">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Queensland_state_election" title="1998 Queensland state election">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Queensland_state_election" title="2001 Queensland state election">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Queensland_state_election" title="2004 Queensland state election">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Queensland_state_election" title="2006 Queensland state election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Queensland_state_election" title="2009 Queensland state election">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Queensland_state_election" title="2012 Queensland state election">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Queensland_state_election" title="2015 Queensland state election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Queensland_state_election" title="2017 Queensland state election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Queensland_state_election" title="2020 Queensland state election">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Queensland_state_election" title="2024 Queensland state election">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2028_Queensland_state_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2028 Queensland state election"><i>2028</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Queensland" title="Local government in Queensland">Local elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1933_Queensland_local_elections" title="1933 Queensland local elections">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1936_Queensland_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1936 Queensland local elections (page does not exist)">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1949_Queensland_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1949 Queensland local elections (page does not exist)">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955_Queensland_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1955 Queensland local elections (page does not exist)">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_Queensland_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1961 Queensland local elections (page does not exist)">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_Queensland_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1982 Queensland local elections (page does not exist)">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1991_Queensland_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1991 Queensland local elections (page does not exist)">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1993_Queensland_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1993 Queensland local elections (page does not exist)">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1994_Queensland_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1994 Queensland local elections (page does not exist)">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Queensland_local_elections" title="1995 Queensland local elections">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Queensland_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1997 Queensland local elections (page does not exist)">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Queensland_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2000 Queensland local elections (page does not exist)">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Queensland_local_elections" title="2004 Queensland local elections">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Queensland_local_elections" title="2008 Queensland local elections">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Queensland_local_elections" title="2012 Queensland local elections">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Queensland_local_elections" title="2013 Queensland local elections">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Queensland_local_elections" title="2016 Queensland local elections">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Queensland_local_elections" title="2020 Queensland local elections">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Queensland_local_elections" title="2024 Queensland local elections">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2028_Queensland_local_elections" title="2028 Queensland local elections"><i>2028</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Queensland" title="Local government in Queensland">Mayoral elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1933_Queensland_mayoral_elections" title="1933 Queensland mayoral elections">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1936_Queensland_mayoral_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1936 Queensland mayoral elections (page does not exist)">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1949_Queensland_mayoral_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1949 Queensland mayoral elections (page does not exist)">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955_Queensland_mayoral_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1955 Queensland mayoral elections (page does not exist)">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_Queensland_mayoral_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1961 Queensland mayoral elections (page does not exist)">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_Queensland_mayoral_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1982 Queensland mayoral elections (page does not exist)">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1991_Queensland_mayoral_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1991 Queensland mayoral elections (page does not exist)">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1993_Queensland_mayoral_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1993 Queensland mayoral elections (page does not exist)">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1994_Queensland_mayoral_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1994 Queensland mayoral elections (page does not exist)">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Queensland_mayoral_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995 Queensland mayoral elections (page does not exist)">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Queensland_mayoral_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1997 Queensland mayoral elections (page does not exist)">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Queensland_mayoral_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2000 Queensland mayoral elections (page does not exist)">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Queensland_mayoral_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Queensland mayoral elections (page does not exist)">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Queensland_mayoral_elections" title="2008 Queensland mayoral elections">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Queensland_mayoral_elections" title="2012 Queensland mayoral elections">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_Queensland_mayoral_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2013 Queensland mayoral elections (page does not exist)">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Queensland_mayoral_elections" title="2016 Queensland mayoral elections">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Queensland_mayoral_elections" title="2020 Queensland mayoral elections">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Queensland_mayoral_elections" title="2024 Queensland mayoral elections">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2028_Queensland_mayoral_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="2028 Queensland mayoral elections"><i>2028</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Referendums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1898%E2%80%931900_Australian_constitutional_referendums" title="1898–1900 Australian constitutional referendums">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1910_Queensland_schools_referendum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1910 Queensland schools referendum (page does not exist)">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1917_Queensland_upper_house_abolition_referendum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1917 Queensland upper house abolition referendum (page does not exist)">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1920_Queensland_prohibition_referendum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1920 Queensland prohibition referendum (page does not exist)">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1923_Queensland_prohibition_referendum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1923 Queensland prohibition referendum (page does not exist)">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Queensland_four_year_terms_referendum" title="1991 Queensland four year terms referendum">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Queensland_daylight_saving_referendum" title="1992 Queensland daylight saving referendum">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Queensland_term_length_referendum" title="2016 Queensland term length 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