1912 Queensland state election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 27 April 1912 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

1912 Queensland state election
27 April 1912 (1912-04-27)
All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout75.52 ( 2.85 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Digby Denham David Bowman
Party Liberal Labor
Leader since 7 February 1911 (1911-02-07) 15 April 1907 (1907-04-15)
Leader's seat Oxley Fortitude Valley
Last election 41 seats 27 seats
Seats won 46 seats 25 seats
Seat change 5 2
Percentage 51.37% 46.70%
Swing 0.46 9.85
Premier before election

Digby Denham
Liberal

 Elected Premier

Digby Denham
Liberal

The election was the first for the recently formed Liberal government of Digby Denham, who had been premier since 7 February 1911. The opposition Labor Party was led by David Bowman, who had been Labor leader since 15 April 1907.

Results
See also: Results of the Queensland state election, 1912

Denham and his government were returned to office despite a swing to Labor of almost 10 percent. This was largely due to winning newly created seats in rural areas, while losing seats in Brisbane which mostly went to Labor.

Queensland state election, 27 April 1912[1]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters 309,590
Votes cast 216,032 Turnout 75.52 +2.85
Informal votes N/A Informal N/A N/A
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes  % Swing Seats Change
  Liberals 110,981 51.37 +0.46 46 +5
  Labour 100,878 46.70 +9.85 25 –2
  Independent 3,766 1.74 +0.14 1 +1
Total 216,032     72  

See also

References
  1. "Parliament of Queensland: Legislative Assembly election: Election of 27 April 1912". Australian Politics and Elections Archive 1856-2018. University of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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