1974 Queensland state election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 7 December 1974 to elect the 82 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.

1974 Queensland state election
7 December 1974 (1974-12-07)
All 82 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
42 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout89.42 ( 2.99 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Joh Bjelke-Petersen Perc Tucker
Party Country–Liberal Coalition Labor
Leader since 8 August 1968 1 July 1974 (1974-07-01)
Leader's seat Barambah Townsville West
(lost seat)
Last election 47 seats, 42.23% 33 seats, 46.75%
Seats won 69 11
Seat change 22 22
Popular vote 615,770 376,187
Percentage 58.97% 36.03%
Swing 16.75 10.72
Premier before election

Joh Bjelke-Petersen
National/Liberal coalition

 Elected Premier

Joh Bjelke-Petersen
National/Liberal coalition

The National-Liberal Coalition won a third consecutive victory under Joh Bjelke-Petersen, and the seventh consecutive victory for the National Party in Queensland, which had renamed itself from the Country Party since the previous election. The Labor Party lost two-thirds of its seats, including that of leader Perc Tucker, its worst showing in an election until 2012 and thus a landslide victory for the Coalition.

Labor was reduced to only 11 seats, leading observers to call Labor's caucus a "cricket team." William Bowe of Crikey wrote that for years, the election stood as "the gold standard for Australian election massacres".

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