Communist Party of Australia – Queensland

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Political party in Australia

Queensland Communist Party

Queensland Communist Group

Abbreviation| CPA-Q, QCP, QCG
Leader| Jack Henry
Founded| 1920; 1921
Dissolved| 1991
Preceded by| Australian Socialist Party[1]
Headquarters| Brisbane, South East Queensland
Newspaper| The North Queensland Guardian[a]
Membership (1952)| 1,032[b]
Ideology|

* Communism
* Marxism–Leninism

Political position| Far-left
National affiliation| Federal Communist
International affiliation| Comintern (1921–1943)
Colors|  Red
Slogan| "All power to the workers"
Anthem| "The Internationale"
Legislative Assembly|

1 / 62

(1944–1950)

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The Communist Party of Australia – Queensland (CPA-Q), also known or referred to as the Queensland Communist Party (QCP) and the Queensland Communist Group,[4] was the Queensland branch of the national Communist Party (CPA). Established approximately at the same time as its parent party, the QCP was one of the party's three largest branches, sitting behind the New South Wales and Victorian branches in electoral results, membership and popularity.

Its main headquarters and support-base was in the South East Queensland region, however the party also maintained strong support in and around Townsville in North Queensland. Indeed, unlike the national Communist Party's steep decline in membership during the Cold War years, North Queensland saw no noticeable decline.[5]

Holding numerous Councillors throughout the state, the QCP is the only party branch that held a member of parliament to a state legislature.

## Electoral results

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### State

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Queensland[6] Election  | Candidates  | Votes  | %  | +/–  | Seats

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1929 |

4 / 72

2,890 / 438,248

| 0.66  |  0.66  | 0  |
1932 |

6 / 62

1,057 / 450,367

| 0.23  |  0.43  | 0  |
1935 |

10 / 62

6,101 / 470,631

| 1.30  |  1.07  | 0  |
1938 |

8 / 62

8,510 / 539,037

| 1.58  |  0.28  | 0  |
1941[c] |

12 / 62

16,044 / 529,247

| 3.03  |  1.45  | 0  |
1944 |

5 / 62

12,467 / 512,768

| 2.43  |  0.60  | 1  |  1
1947 |

5 / 62

7,870 / 632,899

| 1.24  |  1.19  | 1  |
1950 |

7 / 75

2,351 / 636,750

| 0.37  |  0.87  | 0  |  1

## Notes

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1. ^ The QCP had numerous journals and newspapers throughout its existence including The Communist, which was the party's first official journal. The North Queensland Guardian was its most prominent journal.
2. ^ Although the party's peak membership was likely during the '40s, the exact figure is unknown, or unpublished. In July 1935 the party membership was allegedly 500.[2] Stuart Macintyre, writing in The Party: The Communist Party of Australia From Heyday to Reckoning, stated that the party membership at 1952 was 1,032.[3]
3. ^ The 1941 results include candidates that were associated with the Communist Party and ran as "Independent Socialists."

## References

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1. ^ Menghetti, Diane (1981). The Red North: The Popular Front in North Queensland (PDF). James Cook University. p. 25.
2. ^ Menghetti, Diane. The Red North: The Popular Front in North Queensland (PDF). James Cook University (JCU). p. 50.
3. ^ Macintyre, Stuart (2022). The Party: The Communist Party of Australia From Heyday to Reckoning. Allen & Unwin. p. 266.
4. ^ Menghetti, Diane. The Red North: The Popular Front in North Queensland (PDF). James Cook University (JCU). p. 25.
5. ^ Beatson, James (1974). Communism and Public Opinion in Postwar Queensland 1939–1951: An Explanation of Queensland's Vote in the 1951 Anti-Communist Referendum (PDF) (Thesis). University of Queensland Press. p. 86\. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-11-13.
6. ^ Hughes, CA; Graham, BD (1974). Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890–1964 (PDF). Australia National University (ANU).

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