Elections were held in the
Australian state
The states and territories are federated administrative divisions in Australia, ruled by regional governments that constitute the second level of governance between the federal government and local governments. States are self-governing ...
of
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
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, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
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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
Digby Frank Denham (25 January 1859 – 10 May 1944) was a politician and businessman in Queensland, Australia. He was a Premier of Queensland and Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He was the first of only two Queensland Premiers t ...
, 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.
Results
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.
See also
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Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1909–1912
This is a list of members of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1909 to 1912, as elected at the 1909 state election held on 2 October 1909.
: On 7 February 1911, William Kidston, the Premier of Queensland and Liberal member for ...
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Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1912–1915
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Denham Ministry
The Denham Ministry was the 26th ministry of the Government of Queensland and was led by Premier Digby Denham, who led the Ministerialist party consisting of a mixture of liberals and conservatives. It succeeded the Kidston Ministry on 7 Februar ...
References
{{Queensland elections
Elections in Queensland
1912 elections in Australia
1910s in Queensland
April 1912 events