1947 Queensland state election

1947 Queensland state election
← outgoing members elected members →
All 62 seats in the Legislative Assembly; 32 seats are needed for a majority
Registered	697,405 6.3%
Turnout	632,909 (90.75%); ( 12.58pp)
	Legislative Assembly after the election
Premier before election; Frank Arthur Cooper; Labor	Elected Premier ; Ned Hanlon; Labor

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

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.

Key dates

Date	Event
21 March 1947	The Parliament was dissolved.^[2]
24 March 1947	Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.^[3]
31 March 1947	Close of nominations.
3 May 1947	Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
15 May 1947	The Hanlon Ministry was re-sworn in.^[4]
24 May 1947	Polling day in the seat of Gregory.^[5]
30 May 1947	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
2 June 1947	Polling day in the seat of Cook.^[5]
5 August 1947	Parliament resumed for business.^[6]

Results

Legislative Assembly (IRV) – Turnout: 90.75%^[7]
Party		Primary vote			Seats

Party		Votes	%	Swing (pp)	Seats	Change
	Labor	272,203	43.00	–3.23	35	4
	Country	129,158^[b]	20.40	+3.12	14	3
	People's Party	160,623	25.38	+1.09	9	2
	Frank Barnes Labor	21,823	3.45	+2.63	1	1
	Communist	7,870	1.24	–1.19	1
	Independent Labor	6,727	1.06	+1.06	1	1
	Hermit Park Labor	4,541	0.72	–0.36	1
	King O'Malley Labor	3,061	0.48	–0.65	0
	Co-operative Democrat	702^[c]	0.11	+0.08	0
	Independent	17,722	2.80	–1.82	0	1
Total		632,909	100.00		62

Invalid/blank votes		8,579	1.4	–0.42	—
Turnout		632,909	90.75	+12.58	—
Registered voters		697,405	—		—

Popular vote

Labor			43.58%
People's Party			25.73%
Country			19.49%
Frank Barnes Labor			3.97%
Communist			1.26%
Hermit Park Labor			0.73%
Independents			5.24%

Seats

Labor			56.45%
Country			22.58%
People's Party			14.52%
Frank Barnes Labor			1.61%
Communist			1.61%
Hermit Park Labor			1.61%
Independents			1.61%

Seats changing party representation

This table lists changes in party representation at the 1947 election.

Seat	Incumbent member		New member

Cairns	Lou Barnes	Frank Barnes Labor	Thomas Crowley	Labor
Dalby	Aubrey Slessar	Labor	Charles Russell	Country
East Toowoomba	Les Wood	Labor	Gordon Chalk	People's Party
Maree	Louis Luckins	Independent	Louis Luckins	People's Party
Mirani	Ted Walsh	Labor	Ernie Evans	Country
Warwick	John Healy	Labor	Otto Madsen	Country

Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
East Toowoomba was held by the Country Party at the previous election. It was won by Labor at the 1946 by-election.

Notes

References

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