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Queensland state election, 1923
First party
Second party
Leader
Ted Theodore
William Vowles
Party
Labor
National
Leader since
22 October 1919 (1919-10-22 )
28 January 1920
Leader's seat
Chillagoe
Dalby
Last election
38 seats
30 seats
Seats won
43 seats
29 seats
Seat change
5
1
Percentage
48.13%
48.95%
Swing
0.38
4.16
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 12 May 1923 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly . The Labor government was seeking its fourth continuous term in office since the 1915 election ; it would be Premier Ted Theodore 's second election.
Key dates
Date
Event
13 April 1923
The Parliament was dissolved.[1]
13 April 1923
Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.[2]
20 April 1923
Close of nominations.
12 May 1923
Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
23 June 1923
The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
2 July 1923
The Theodore Ministry was reconstituted.[3]
10 July 1923
Parliament resumed for business.[4]
Results
Queensland state election, 12 May 1923[5] Legislative Assembly
<< 1920 –1926 >>
Enrolled voters
449,087[1]
Votes cast
369,267
Turnout
82.23
+2.30
Informal votes
4,311
Informal
1.17
+0.16
Summary of votes by party
Party
Primary votes
%
Swing
Seats
Change
Labor
175,659
48.13
+0.36
43
+ 5
United Party
131,810
36.12
+10.39
16
+ 3
Country
39,534
10.83
–6.23
13
– 4
Ind. Country
4,732
1.30
–0.42
0
– 1
Independent
13,221
3.62
+2.83
0
± 0
Others
–6.94
– 3
Total
364,956
72
1 475,957 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 2 Country Party seats (Cooroora and Wide Bay ), 1 United Party seat (Albert ) and 1 Labor seat (Barcoo ) were unopposed.
See also
References