Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 28 May 1966 to elect the 78 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.[1]
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All 78 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 40 Assembly seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 93.27 ( 0.02 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
edit| Date | Event |
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| 10 March 1966 | The Legislative Assembly was prorogued until 26 April.[2] |
| 19 April 1966 | The Legislative Assembly was dissolved.[3] |
| 19 April 1966 | Writs were issued by the Governor, Alan Mansfield, to proceed with an election.[4] |
| 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.[5] |
| 25 June 1966 | The writ was returned and the results formally declared.[6] |
| 1 July 1966 | Deadline for return of the writs. |
| 2 August 1966 | Parliament resumed for business.[7] |
Results
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Queensland state election, 28 May 1966 | ||||||
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| 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 | ||||
Seats changing hands
edit| Seat | Pre-1966 | Swing | Post-1966 | ||||||
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| 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 listed 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.
Post-election pendulum
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Parliament of Queensland, Legislative Assembly election results for 28 May 1966". Australian Politics and Elections Archive 1856-2018. University of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 10 March 1966. p. 221:1469.
- ^ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 19 April 1966. p. 221:1997.
- ^ "Extraordinary". Queensland Government Gazette. 19 April 1966. p. 221:1999–2000.
- ^ "Extraordinary". Queensland Government Gazette. 10 June 1966. p. 222:807–809.
- ^ "Notices of Results of General Election". Queensland Government Gazette. 25 June 1966. p. 222:1061–1074.
- ^ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 23 June 1966. p. 222:1045.