1893 Queensland colonial election explained

Election Name:1893 Queensland colonial election
Country:Queensland
Type:parliamentary
Flag Year:1876
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1888 Queensland colonial election
Previous Year:1888
Next Election:1896 Queensland colonial election
Next Year:1896
Election Date:18 April – 25 May 1893
Seats For Election:All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly
Leader1:Thomas McIlwraith
Party1:Ministerialist
Colour1:8CB4D2
Leaders Seat1:Brisbane North
Popular Vote1:34,927
Percentage1:44.78%
Seats1:42
Leader2:Thomas Glassey
Party2:Labour
Leaders Seat2:Bundaberg
Colour2:DC241F
Popular Vote2:25,984
Percentage2:33.32%
Seats2:16
Premier
Before Election:Thomas McIlwraith
Before Party:Ministerialist
After Election:Thomas McIlwraith
After Party:Ministerialist

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.

This election was an early use of contingent voting in a government election.[1]

Key dates

Due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day.[2]

Results

421677
MinisterialistsLabourOppositionIndependent

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See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Bowler. Shaun. Grofman. Bernard Norman. 10.3998/mpub.16507 . Elections in Australia, Ireland, and Malta under the single transferable vote: reflections on an embedded institution . 2000 . University of Michigan Press . Ann Arbor . 978-0-472-02681-4. 40. The contingent vote … was used in Queensland from 1892 to 1942 and for Democratic primary elections in the U.S. state of Alabama between 1915 and 1931. It has been used for presidential elections in Sri Lanka since 1978 and in 1996 … the United Kingdom … called it the 'supplementary vote'..
  2. Web site: Queensland General Election Dates 1860-1929. Queensland Parliament. 16 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131216062439/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/explore/parliamentaryrecord/sections/Part%202.24.pdf. 16 December 2013. dead.