Английская Википедия:1938 Queensland state election
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox election Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 2 April 1938 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government of Premier William Forgan Smith was seeking a third term in office. During the previous term, the Country and United Australia parties had emerged from the united Country and Progressive National Party, which had represented conservative forces for over a decade.
The most notable feature of the election campaign was the Protestant Labor Party, established in 1937, which claimed that the Forgan Smith Ministry was disproportionately Catholic and made extravagant claims that three-quarters of all police and public servants in the State were Catholic.[1] Despite the campaign, Labor only lost one seat, Kelvin Grove, to the party.
The unsuccessful Protestant Labor candidate for Ithaca, George Webb, lodged a petition against the return of Labor member Ned Hanlon.[2] He was initially successful in the Supreme Court when the case was heard by Justice E.A. Douglas, who voided the election result on 12 October on the basis of a finding that two men who had acted improperly were Hanlon's agents, but Hanlon appealed to the Full Bench of the Supreme Court and on 16 December 1938, his appeal was allowed.[3] A further appeal by Webb to the High Court was refused leave on 31 March 1939.[4]
Key dates
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 5 March 1938 | The Parliament was dissolved.[5] |
| 7 March 1938 | Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.[6] |
| 14 March 1938 | Close of nominations. |
| 2 April 1938 | Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. |
| 12 April 1938 | The Forgan Smith Ministry was re-sworn in.[7] |
| 16 April 1938 | The poll was retaken in Gregory.[8] |
| 30 April 1938 | The writ was returned and the results formally declared. |
| 9 August 1938 | Parliament resumed for business.[9] |
Results
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| Party | Primary vote | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Swing (Шаблон:Abbr) | Seats | Change | |||||
| Шаблон:Australian party style | | Labor | 250,943 | 47.17 | –6.26 | 43 | Шаблон:Decrease 3 | |||
| Country | 120,469 | 22.65 | Шаблон:N/A | 14Шаблон:Efn | Шаблон:Increase 1 | ||||
| Шаблон:Australian party style| | United Australia | 74,328 | 13.97 | Шаблон:N/A | 4Шаблон:Efn | Шаблон:Increase 1 | |||
| Protestant Labour | 46,568 | 8.75 | +8.75 | 1 | Шаблон:Increase 1 | ||||
| Шаблон:Australian party style | | Social Credit | 27,758 | 5.22 | –1.80 | 0 | Шаблон:Steady | |||
| Шаблон:Australian party style | | Communist | 8,510 | 1.60 | +0.28 | 0 | Шаблон:Steady | |||
| Шаблон:Australian party style | | Independent | 3,403 | 0.64 | –2.73 | 0 | Шаблон:Steady | |||
| Total | 531,979 | 100.00 | 62 | Шаблон:Steady | |||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 7,058 | 1.31 | –0.43 | colspan=2 Шаблон:N/A | |||||
| Turnout | 539,037 | 92.51 | –0.19 | colspan=2 Шаблон:N/A | |||||
| Registered voters | 582,711 | colspan=2 Шаблон:N/A | colspan=2 Шаблон:N/A | ||||||
- Шаблон:Note label 606,559 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 3 seats were uncontested—2 Labor seats (4 less than in 1935) representing 15,007 enrolled voters and one Country seat (one less than in 1935) representing 8,841 enrolled voters.
Seats changing party representation
This table lists changes in party representation at the 1938 election.
| Seat | Incumbent member | Party | New member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalby | Godfrey Morgan | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Country | Aubrey Slessar | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Labor |
| East Toowoomba | James Kane | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Labor | Herbert Yeates | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Country |
| Kelvin Grove | Frank Waters | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Labor | George Morris | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Protestant Labor |
| Toowong | James Maxwell | Шаблон:Australian party style| | United Australia | Harry Massey | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Independent UAP |
| Wynnum | John Donnelly | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Labor | Bill Dart | Шаблон:Australian party style| | United Australia |
- Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
See also
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1935–1938
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1938–1941
- Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1938
- Forgan Smith Ministry
Notes
References
External links
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Gazette QLD
- ↑ The Ithaca Election Petition: Webb v Hanlon (1939) St. R. Qd. 90, heard by Blair CJ, Douglas J and Hart AJ (dissenting) LawCite records.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite AustLII.
- ↑ Шаблон:Gazette QLD
- ↑ Шаблон:Gazette QLD
- ↑ Шаблон:Gazette QLD
- ↑ Шаблон:Gazette QLD The cause of the delayed poll was that a poll could not be held at Arrabury.
- ↑ Шаблон:Gazette QLD
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
