1950 Queensland state election
29 April 1950 (1950-04-29)
All 75 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
38 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Registered688,309
Turnout628,750 (91.35%)[lower-alpha 1]
(Increase1.76 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 Increase 7 Increase 6
Popular vote 295,138 121,199[lower-alpha 1]
Percentage 46.94% 19.28%
Swing Increase 3.94 Decrease 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%[lower-alpha 2] 1 seat, 0.72%[lower-alpha 3]
Seats won 11 1
Seat change Increase 2 Steady
Popular vote 188,331 7,689
Percentage 29.95% 1.22%
Swing Increase 0.57 Increase 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

Date Event
8 December 1949 The new electoral boundaries under the Electoral Districts Act 1949 were proclaimed.[1]
27 March 1950 The Parliament was dissolved.[2]
27 March 1950 Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.[3]
3 April 1950 Close of nominations.
29 April 1950 Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
10 May 1950 The Hanlon Ministry was re-sworn in.[4]
13 May 1950 Polling day in the seat of Gregory.[5]
9 June 1950 The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
1 August 1950 Parliament resumed for business.[6]

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 Increase 7
  Country 121,199[lower-alpha 1] 19.28 –1.12 20 Increase 6
  Liberal 188,331 29.95 +0.57 11 Increase 2
  North Queensland Labor 7,689 1.22 +0.5 1 Steady
  Frank Barnes Labor 2,759 0.44 –3.01 0 Decrease 1
  Communist 2,351 0.37 –0.87 0 Decrease 1
  Independent Labor 243 0.04 +0.04 0 Steady
  Independent 11,952 1.90 –0.90 1 Increase 1
Total628,750[lower-alpha 1]100.0075Increase 13
Invalid/blank votes7,0881.13–0.27—
Turnout628,750[lower-alpha 1]91.35+0.6—
Registered voters688,309——
Popular vote
Labor
 
 46.87%
Liberal
 
 29.91%
Country
 
 19.33%
NQ Labor
 
 1.22%
Frank Barnes Labor
 
 0.44%
Communist
 
 0.37%
Independents
 
 1.86%
Seats
Labor
 
 56.00%
Country
 
 26.67%
Liberal
 
 14.67%
NQ Labor
 
 1.33%
Independents
 
 1.33%
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

SeatIncumbent memberParty
Albert Tom Plunkett   Country
Bowen Fred Paterson   Communist
Dalby* vacant  
East Toowoomba Gordon Chalk   Liberal
Enoggera Kenneth Morris   Liberal
Gympie Thomas Dunstan   Labor
Hamilton Harold Taylor   Liberal
Herbert Stephen Theodore   Labor
Kennedy Cecil Jesson   Labor
Logan Thomas Hiley   Liberal
Maranoa John Taylor   Labor
Maree Louis Luckins   Liberal
Nanango Joh Bjelke-Petersen   Country
Normanby Tom Foley   Labor
Oxley Tom Kerr   Liberal
Stanley Duncan MacDonald   Country
The Tableland Harry Bruce   Labor
West Moreton* vacant  
Wide Bay James Heading   Country
  • 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

SeatPartyElected member
Balonne   Labor John Taylor
Barambah   Country Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Belyando   Labor Tom Foley
Burdekin   Independent Arthur Coburn
Callide   Country Vince Jones
Chermside   Liberal Alex Dewar
Clayfield   Liberal Harold Taylor
Condamine   Country Eric Allpass
Coorparoo   Liberal Thomas Hiley
Darlington   Country Tom Plunkett
Flinders   Labor Ernest Riordan
Haughton   Labor Colin McCathie
Hinchinbrook   Labor Cecil Jesson
Kedron   Liberal Bruce Pie
Landsborough   Country Frank Nicklin
Lockyer   Liberal Gordon Chalk
Mackenzie   Labor Paddy Whyte
Marodian   Country James Heading
Mount Coot-tha   Liberal Kenneth Morris
Mount Gravatt   Labor Felix Dittmer
Mourilyan   Labor Peter Byrne
Mulgrave   Country Bob Watson
Nash   Labor Thomas Dunstan
Norman   Liberal Louis Luckins
North Toowoomba   Labor Les Wood
Roma   Country William Ewan
Sherwood   Liberal Tom Kerr
Somerset   Country Duncan MacDonald
Southport   Country Eric Gaven
Tablelands   Labor Harold Collins
Whitsunday   Country Lloyd Roberts
Yeronga   Liberal Winston Noble

Seats changing hands

SeatIncumbent memberPartyNew memberParty
Bulimba George Marriott   Independent Labor Bob Gardner   Labor
Bundaberg Frank Barnes   Frank Barnes Labor Ted Walsh   Labor
Cook Harold Collins   Labor Carlisle Wordsworth   Country
Windsor Bruce Pie   Liberal Tom Rasey   Labor
  • Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 The Country Party won the electorates of Cunningham, Darlington, and Landsborough unopposed.
  2. ↑ Figures of the People's Party, the precursor to the Liberal Party.
  3. ↑ Figures from Hermit Park Labor total.

References

  1. ↑ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 8 December 1949. p. 173:2273.
  2. ↑ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 27 March 1950. p. 174:1175.
  3. ↑ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette. 27 March 1950. p. 174:1177.
  4. ↑ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette. 10 May 1950. p. 174:1907–1908.
  5. ↑ "Order in Council". Queensland Government Gazette. 29 July 1950. p. 175:596.
  6. ↑ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette. 29 June 1950. p. 174:3141.
  7. ↑ Hughes, CA; Graham, BD (1974). Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1890–1964 (PDF). ANU Press (ANU).
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