Английская Википедия:1974 Queensland state election
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Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 7 December 1974[1] to elect the 82 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.[1]
The National-Liberal Coalition won a third consecutive victory under Joh Bjelke-Petersen, and the seventh consecutive victory for the National Party in Queensland, which had renamed itself from the Country Party since the previous election. The Labor Party lost two-thirds of its seats, including that of leader Perc Tucker, its worst showing in an election until 2012 and thus a landslide victory for the Coalition.
Labor was reduced to only 11 seats, leading observers to call Labor's caucus a "cricket team." William Bowe of Crikey wrote that for years, the election stood as "the gold standard for Australian election massacres".[2]
Key dates
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 23 October 1974 | Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen announced the early election date at a news conference.[3] |
| 2 November 1974 | The Legislative Assembly was dissolved.[4] |
| 2 November 1974 | Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.[5] |
| 8 November 1974 | Close of nominations. |
| 7 December 1974 | Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. |
| 23 December 1974 | The Bjelke-Petersen Ministry was reconstituted.[6] |
| 11 January 1975 | The writ was returned and the results formally declared.[7] |
| 3 February 1975 | Deadline for return of the writs. |
| 25 February 1975 | Parliament resumed for business.[8] |
Results
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Seats changing hands
- Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
Post-election pendulum
| Labor seats (11) | |||
| Marginal | |||
| Bulimba | Jack Houston | ALP | 1.7% |
| Wolston | Evan Marginson | ALP | 2.3% |
| Bundaberg | Lou Jensen | ALP | 2.5% |
| Sandgate | Harold Dean | ALP | 3.5% |
| Rockhampton | Keith Wright | ALP | 3.6% |
| Nudgee | Jack Melloy | ALP | 4.1% |
| Archerfield | Kevin Hooper | ALP | 5.0% |
| Fairly safe | |||
| Rockhampton North | Les Yewdale | ALP | 6.1% |
| Lytton | Tom Burns | ALP | 6.7% |
| Cairns | Ray Jones | ALP | 7.3% |
| Safe | |||
| Port Curtis | Martin Hanson | ALP | 15.7% |
| Crossbench seats (2) | |||
| Townsville South | Tom Aikens | IND | 5.8 v ALP |
| Mackay | Ed Casey | IND | 20.5 v NAT |
See also
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1972–1974
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1974–1977
- Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1974
- Bjelke-Petersen Ministry
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