1966 Queensland state election

1966 Queensland state election

28 May 1966 (1966-05-28)
All 78 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 40 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	93.27 ( 0.02 pp)
First party Second party   Leader Frank Nicklin Jack Duggan Party Country/Liberal coalition Labor Leader since 21 May 1941 18 August 1958 (1958-08-18) Leader's seat Landsborough Toowoomba West Last election 46 seats 26 seats Seats won 47 seats 26 seats Seat change 1 0 Percentage 44.77% 43.84% Swing 0.70 0.01
Premier before election Frank Nicklin Country/Liberal coalition Elected Premier Frank Nicklin Country/Liberal coalition

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 28 May 1966 to elect the 78 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.

The major parties contesting the election were the Country Party led by Premier Frank Nicklin in coalition the Liberal Party, the Labor Party led by Jack Duggan.

The Country-Liberal coalition won a fourth term in office at the election.

Key dates

Date	Event
10 March 1966	The Legislative Assembly was prorogued until 26 April.
19 April 1966	The Legislative Assembly was dissolved.
19 April 1966	Writs were issued by the Governor, Alan Mansfield, to proceed with an election.
28 April 1966	Close of nominations.
28 May 1966	Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
10 June 1966	The Nicklin Ministry was reconstituted.
25 June 1966	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
1 July 1966	Deadline for return of the writs.
2 August 1966	Parliament resumed for business.

Results

See also: Results of the Queensland state election, 1966

Queensland state election, 28 May 1966 Legislative Assembly << 1963–1969 >>
Enrolled voters		870,869
Votes cast		812,235		Turnout	93.27	-0.02
Informal votes		13,262		Informal	1.63	+0.07
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	350,254	43.84	+0.01	26	± 0
	Liberal	203,648	25.49	+1.73	20	± 0
	Country	154,081	19.28	-1.03	27	+ 1
	Queensland Labor	49,948	6.25	-0.97	1	± 0
	Independent	38,001	4.76	+0.20	4	– 1
Total		798,973			78

Popular vote Labor   43.84% Liberal   25.49% Country   19.28% Democratic Labor   6.25% Independents   4.76%

Seats Country   34.62% Labor   33.33% Liberal   25.64% Democratic Labor   1.28% Independents   5.13%

Seats changing hands

Seat	Pre-1966				Swing	Post-1966
	Party		Member	Margin		Margin	Member	Party
Fassifern		Independent Country	Alf Muller	7.7 v CP	N/A	20.1 v ALP	Alf Muller	Country
Hawthorne		Independent Labor	Bill Baxter*	3.0	-5.5	2.5	Bill Kaus	Liberal
Toowoomba East		Liberal	Mervyn Anderson	0.1	-5.4	5.3	Peter Wood	Labor

• Members in italics did not recontest their seats.
• The sitting Labor MP for Hawthorne, Bill Baxter, lost preselection as the Labor candidate. He was expelled from the ALP for running against the selected candidate Thomas Burton. Previous election figures are Labor v Liberal.

See also

• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1963–1966
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1966–1969
• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1966
• Nicklin Ministry