1893 Queensland colonial election
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Elections were held in the Colony of Queensland between 18 April 1893 and 25 May 1893 to elect the members of the colony’s Legislative Assembly.
This election was an early use of contingent voting in a government election.[1]
Key dates[edit]
Due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day.[2]
Results[edit]
| 42 | 16 | 7 | 7 |
| Ministerialists | Labour | Opposition | Independent |
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Queensland colonial election, 29 April 1893[3] | ||||||
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| Enrolled voters | 86,983 | |||||
| Votes cast | 77,993 | Turnout | 73.11 | |||
| Informal votes | Informal | |||||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Ministerialist | 34,927 | 44.78 | 42 | - | ||
| Labour | 25,984 | 33.32 | 16 | +12 | ||
| Independent | 7,905 | 10.14 | 7 | +1 | ||
| Opposition | 7,154 | 9.17 | 7 | - | ||
| Farmers Rep. | 1,230 | 1.58 | 0 | - | ||
| Total | 77,993 | 72 | ||||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Bowler, Shaun; Grofman, Bernard Norman (2000). "The Single Transferable Vote and the Alternative Vote Compared". Elections in Australia, Ireland, and Malta under the Single Transferable Vote: Reflections on an Embedded Institution. University of Michigan Press. p. 40. doi:10.3998/mpub.16507. ISBN 978-0-472-02681-4. The contingent vote … was used in Queensland from 1892 to 1942 and for Democratic primary elections in the U.S. state of Alabama between 1915 and 1931. It has been used for presidential elections in Sri Lanka since 1978 and in 1996 … the United Kingdom … called it the "supplementary vote.".
{{cite book}}: Missing or empty|title=(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Queensland General Election Dates 1860-1929" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ^ "Summary of 1893 Election". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 26 July 2017.