1941 Queensland state election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 29 March 1941 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government of Premier William Forgan Smith was seeking a fourth term in office.

1941 Queensland state election

29 March 1941

All 62 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
32 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Registered634,986
Turnout537,247 (84.61%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader William Forgan Smith Ted Maher Hugh Russell
Party Labor Country United Australia
Leader since 27 May 1929 15 July 1936 July 1936
Leader's seat Mackay West Moreton Hamilton
(lost seat)
Last election 43 seats, 47.17% 14 seats, 22.65% 4 seats, 13.97%
Seats won 41 14 4
Seat change 2
Popular vote 267,216 108,604 81,109
Percentage 49.74% 20.21% 15.10
Swing 2.57% 2.44% 1.13%

Legislative Assembly after the election

Premier before election

William Forgan Smith
Labor

Elected Premier

William Forgan Smith
Labor

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.