1912 Queensland state election

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All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout| 75.52 ( 2.85 pp)
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Leader  | Digby Denham | David Bowman
Party  | Liberal | Labor
Leader since  | 7 February 1911 (1911-02-07) | 15 April 1907 (1907-04-15)
Leader's seat  | Oxley | Fortitude Valley
Last election  | 41 seats, 50.91%  | 27 seats, 36.85%
Seats won  | 46 | 25
Seat change  |  5  |  2
Popular vote  | 110,981 | 100,878
Percentage  | 51.37% | 46.70%
Swing  |  0.46  |  9.85

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| Premier before election

Digby Denham
Liberal

| Elected Premier

Digby Denham
Liberal

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Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 27 April 1912 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

The election was the first for the recently formed Liberal government of Digby Denham, who had been premier since 7 February 1911. The opposition Labor Party was led by David Bowman, who had been Labor leader since 15 April 1907.

This election used contingent voting in single-member districts.[1] Five districts that had been two-seat districts - Mackay, Maryborough, North Brisbane, Rockhampton and South Brisbane - were reformed and hereafter have only one seat.[2]

## Results

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See also: Results of the Queensland state election, 1912

Denham and his government were returned to office despite a swing to Labor of almost 10 percent. This was largely due to winning newly created seats in rural areas, while losing seats in Brisbane which mostly went to Labor.

Queensland state election, 27 April 1912[3]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1909–1915 >>

Enrolled voters  | 309,590  |  |
Votes cast  | 216,032  |  | Turnout | 75.52  | +2.85
Informal votes  | N/A  |  | Informal  | N/A  | N/A
Summary of votes by party
Party  | Primary votes  | %  | Swing  | Seats  | Change
| Liberals | 110,981  | 51.37  | +0.46  | 46 | +5
| Labour | 100,878  | 46.70  | +9.85  | 25  | –2
| Independent | 3,766  | 1.74  | +0.14  | 1  | +1
Total  | 216,032  |  |  | 72  |

## See also

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* Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1909–1912
* Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1912–1915
* Denham Ministry

## References

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1. ^ Bowler, Shaun; Grofman, Bernard Norman (2000). Elections in Australia, Ireland, and Malta under the single transferable vote: reflections on an embedded institution. Ann Arbor: 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'."
2. ^ Hughes and Graham, "Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1890-1964" (online) accessed February 20, 2025
3. ^ "Parliament of Queensland: Legislative Assembly election: Election of 27 April 1912". Australian Politics and Elections Archive 1856-2018. University of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

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