Английская Википедия:1972 Queensland state election
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Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 27 May 1972 to elect the 82 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.[1]
The Country-Liberal Coalition won its sixth consecutive victory since it won government in 1957 and also its second victory under Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
Key dates
Date | Event |
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18 April 1972 | The Legislative Assembly was dissolved.[2] |
18 April 1972 | Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.[3] |
27 April 1972 | Close of nominations. |
27 May 1972 | Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.[4] |
20 June 1972 | The Bjelke-Petersen Ministry was reconstituted.[5] |
24 June 1972 | The writ was returned and the results formally declared.[6] |
10 July 1972 | Deadline for return of the writs. |
1 August 1972 | Parliament resumed for business.[7] |
Results
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Seats changing hands
Seat | Pre-1972 | Swing | Post-1972 | ||||||
Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||
Albert ¶ | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Liberal | Bill Heatley* | 0.5 | -4.6 | 4.1 | Bill D'Arcy | Labor | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
Ipswich | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Labor | notional - new seat | 4.5 | -5.7 | 1.2 | Llew Edwards | Liberal | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
Mackay | Шаблон:Australian party style| | Labor | Ed Casey | 6.7 | -20.1 | 13.4 | Ed Casey | Independent | Шаблон:Australian party style| |
- ¶ Results for Albert based on 1970 by-election
- Bill Heatley died in October 1971, but no by-election was called due to the proximity of the 1972 election.
- In addition, the Liberal Party retained Maryborough, which was won from Labor at the 1971 by-election.
- Aubigny, which was the last seat held by the Democratic Labor Party, was abolished at this election and its outgoing member, Les Diplock, retired.
Post-election pendulum
See also
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1969–1972
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1972–1974
- Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1972
- Bjelke-Petersen Ministry
References