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1941, queensland, state, election, elections, were, held, australian, state, queensland, march, 1941, elect, members, state, legislative, assembly, labor, government, premier, william, forgan, smith, seeking, fourth, term, office, 1938, march, 1941, 1944, outg. 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 1938 29 March 1941 1944 outgoing memberselected members All 62 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland32 Assembly seats were needed for a majorityRegistered634 986Turnout537 247 84 61 a First party Second party Third party Leader William Forgan Smith Ted Maher Hugh RussellParty Labor Country United AustraliaLeader since 27 May 1929 15 July 1936 July 1936Leader 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 4Seat change 2Popular vote 267 216 108 604 81 109Percentage 49 74 20 21 15 10Swing 2 57 2 44 1 13 Legislative Assembly after the electionPremier before electionWilliam Forgan SmithLabor Elected Premier William Forgan SmithLabor Contents 1 Key dates 2 Results 3 Seats changing party representation 4 See also 5 Notes 6 ReferencesKey dates EditDate Event26 February 1941 The Parliament was dissolved 1 27 February 1941 Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election 2 7 March 1941 Close of nominations 29 March 1941 Polling day between the hours of 8am and 6pm 16 April 1941 The Forgan Smith Ministry was re sworn in 3 26 April 1941 The writ was returned and the results formally declared Results EditSee also Results of the Queensland state election 1941 Legislative Assembly IRV Turnout 84 61 4 nbsp Party Primary vote SeatsVotes Swing pp Seats Change Labor 267 216 49 74 2 57 41 nbsp 2 Country 108 604 b 20 21 2 44 14 b nbsp United Australia 81 109 c 15 10 1 13 4 nbsp Independent Socialist 10 561 1 97 1 97 0 nbsp Independent Democrat 10 406 1 94 1 94 2 nbsp 2 Protestant Labour 9 038 1 68 7 07 0 nbsp 1 Andrew Fisher Labor 5 476 1 02 1 02 1 nbsp 1 Communist 5 383 1 00 0 60 0 nbsp Independent 21 844 4 07 3 43 0 nbsp Total 537 247 a 100 00 62 nbsp Invalid blank votes 10 803 2 11 0 80 Turnout 537 247 a 84 61 7 9 Registered voters 634 986 Popular voteLabor 50 76 Country 20 21 United Australia 15 10 Ind Socialist 1 97 Ind Democrat 1 94 Protestant Labour 1 68 Communist 1 00 Independents 4 07 SeatsLabor 67 74 Country 22 58 United Australia 6 45 Ind Democrat 3 23 Seats changing party representation EditThis table lists changes in party representation at the 1941 election Seat Incumbent member Party New member PartyBundaberg Bernard McLean Labor Frank Barnes Andrew Fisher LaborCunningham William Deacon Country William Deacon Independent CountryGregory Charles Brown Independent George Devries LaborHamilton Hugh Russell United Australia Bruce Pie Independent DemocratKelvin Grove George Morris Independent Bert Turner LaborMaree William King Labor Louis Luckins United AustraliaSandgate Roland Hislop Labor Eric Decker CountryToowong Harry Massey Independent UAP Harry Massey United AustraliaWindsor Herbert Williams Labor Harry Moorhouse Independent DemocratThe incumbent member for Gregory Charles Brown won this seat from Labor at the 1939 by election See also EditMembers of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1938 1941 Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1941 1944 Candidates of the Queensland state election 1941 Forgan Smith MinistryNotes Edit a b c Does not include the electorates of Carnarvon Cooroora Fitzroy Townsville and Warrego all of whom were not contested a b Includes votes for one candidate for Cunningham William Deacon whom was an Independent Country candidate Includes one candidate whom ran as an Independent UAP Kelvin Grove References Edit Untitled Queensland Government Gazette 26 February 1941 p 156 659 Untitled Queensland Government Gazette 27 February 1941 p 156 661 Untitled Queensland Government Gazette 16 April 1941 p 156 1401 Hughes CA Graham BD 1974 Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly 1890 1964 PDF Australia National University ANU pp 192 202 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1941 Queensland state election amp oldid 1160707325, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
