Election Name: | 1926 Queensland state election |
Country: | Queensland |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1923 Queensland state election |
Previous Year: | 1923 |
Next Election: | 1929 Queensland state election |
Next Year: | 1929 |
Seats For Election: | All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority |
Turnout: | 88.73 (6.50 pp) |
Leader1: | William McCormack |
Party1: | Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) |
Leaders Seat1: | Cairns |
Popular Vote1: | 189,968 |
Percentage1: | 47.96% |
Swing1: | 0.18 |
Last Election1: | 43 seats, 48.13% |
Seats1: | 43 |
Leader2: | Arthur Edward Moore |
Leader Since2: | 19 April 1924 |
Party2: | Country and Progressive National Party |
Leaders Seat2: | Aubigny |
Popular Vote2: | 192,043 |
Percentage2: | 48.48% |
Swing2: | 1.53 |
Last Election2: | 29 seats, 46.95% |
Seats2: | 28 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Premier | |
Before Election: | William McCormack |
Before Party: | Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) |
After Election: | William McCormack |
After Party: | Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) |
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 8 May 1926 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government was seeking its fifth continuous term in office since the 1915 election. William McCormack was contesting his first election as Premier.
During the previous term, the Country and United parties had merged into the Country and Progressive National Party.
Date | Event | |
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8 April 1926 | The Parliament was dissolved. | |
9 April 1926 | Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. | |
16 April 1926 | Close of nominations. | |
8 May 1926 | Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. | |
12 June 1926 | The writ was returned and the results formally declared. | |
27 July 1926 | Parliament resumed for business. |
See also: Results of the Queensland state election, 1926.
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484,212 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 5 Labor seats and one CPNP seat were filled without opposition.
The CPNP result is compared to the combined result for the Queensland United Party and the Country Party in the preceding election.
This table lists changes in party representation at the 1926 election.