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Queensland state election, 1941
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.
Key dates
Date
Event
26 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
The election saw a swing to Labor from the 1938 election , although it lost three seats.
Queensland state election, 29 March 1941[4] Legislative Assembly
<< 1938 –1944 >>
Enrolled voters
586,147[1]
Votes cast
529,247
Turnout
90.29
–2.22
Informal votes
9,520
Informal
1.80
+0.49
Summary of votes by party
Party
Primary votes
%
Swing
Seats
Change
Labor
267,206
51.41
+4.24
41
– 3
Country
108,604
20.90
–1.75
14
+ 1
United Australia
81,109
15.61
+1.64
4
± 0
Independent Socialist[2]
16,044
3.09
+1.49
0
± 0
Independent Democrat
10,406
2.00
+2.00
2
+ 2
Protestant Labor
9,038
1.74
–7.01
0
– 1
Independent Labor QLD
5,476
1.05
+1.05
1
+ 1
Independent
21,844
4.20
+3.56
0
± 0
Total
519,727
62
1 634,916 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 5 seats (8.1% of the total) were uncontested—4 Labor seats (2 more than in 1938) representing 38,607 enrolled voters and one Country seat representing 10,162 enrolled voters.
2 Due to the illegal status of the Communist Party of Australia at the time of the election, its candidates stood as "Independent Socialists".
See also
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