1947 Queensland state election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 3 May 1947 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

1947 Queensland state election
3 May 1947
All 62 seats in the Legislative Assembly
32 seats are needed for a majority
Registered697,405 6.3%
Turnout632,909 (90.75%)
( 12.58pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ned Hanlon Frank Nicklin
Party Labor Country
Leader since 7 March 1946 21 May 1941
Leader's seat Ithaca Murrumba
Last election 38 seats, 46.23% 12 seats, 17.28%
Seats before 39 seats 11 seats
Seats won 35 14
Seat change 4 3
Popular vote 272,203 129,158
Percentage 43.00% 20.40%
Swing 3.23 3.12
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Bruce Pie Jack Henry
Party People's Party Communist
Leader since 8 March 1946 March 1937
Leader's seat Windsor
Last election 7 seats, 24.29% 1 seat, 2.43%
Seats before 7 seats 1 seat
Seats won 9 1
Seat change 2
Popular vote 160,623 7,870
Percentage 25.38% 1.24
Swing 1.09 1.19
Legislative Assembly after the election
Premier before election

Frank Arthur Cooper
Labor

 Elected Premier

Ned Hanlon
Labor

The election was the first that the Labor government had contested under Premier Ned Hanlon, who had been in office for 14 months by the time of the poll.

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.

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