Elections were held in the
Australian state
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of
Queensland
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on 11 June 1932 to elect the 62 members of the state's
Legislative Assembly.
The election was the first electoral test of the
Country and Progressive National Party
The Country and Progressive National Party was a short-lived conservative political party in the Australian state of Queensland. Formed in 1925, it combined the state's conservative forces in a single party and held office between 1929 and 1932 ...
government led by
Arthur Edward Moore, and was held in the midst of the
Great Depression
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. Labor had previously held office from 1915 until 1929.
The election resulted in the defeat of the one-term Moore government by the
Labor Party, led by
William Forgan Smith
William Forgan Smith (15 April 188725 September 1953) was an Australian politician. He served as Premier of the state of Queensland from 1932 to 1942. He came to dominate politics in the state during the 1930s, and his populism, firm leadership ...
.
Key dates
Results
The election saw a major swing to Labor from the
1929 election. The election took place on modified boundaries — the Assembly had been reduced by the ''Electoral Districts Act 1931'' from 72 to 62 seats, mainly accomplished by the abolition of sitting Labor members' seats. Despite this, Labor went from a deficit of 16 seats to a surplus of 5 seats.
: 525,944 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 5 seats (8.1% of the total) were uncontested—4 Labor seats (two more than in 1929) representing 27,083 enrolled voters and one Independent seat (held by
Arnold Wienholt
Arnold Wienholt (25 November 1877 – 10 September 1940) was an Australian grazier, author and politician. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and a Member of the Australian House of Representatives.
Early life
Arnold Wien ...
) representing 6,825 enrolled voters.
Seats changing party representation
There was an extensive redistribution across Queensland prior to this election, decreasing the amount of seats from 72 to 62. The seat changes are as follows.
Abolished seats
* Members listed in italics did not run for this election.
New seats
Seats changing hands
* Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
* In addition, Independent MP
Arnold Wienholt
Arnold Wienholt (25 November 1877 – 10 September 1940) was an Australian grazier, author and politician. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and a Member of the Australian House of Representatives.
Early life
Arnold Wien ...
held the seat of
Fassifern, which he had won from the CPNP at the
1930 by-election.
* The sitting member for
Maryborough,
John Blackley
John Henderson Blackley (born 12 May 1948) is a Scottish football coach and former player.
Blackley made 279 appearances at centre-half for Hibernian and also represented Newcastle United, Preston North End and Hamilton Academical. He won se ...
won this seat from Labor at the
1929 by-election.
Aftermath
Forgan Smith went on to be premier for over 10 years, and Labor held power continuously until the party's split in 1957.
See also
*
Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1929–1932
*
Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1932–1935
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Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1932
*
Moore Ministry (Queensland)
The Moore Ministry was a ministry of the Government of Queensland and was led by Country and Progressive National Party (CPNP) Premier Arthur Edward Moore. It succeeded the McCormack Ministry on 21 May 1929, ten days after William McCormack's La ...
*
Forgan Smith Ministry
The Forgan Smith Ministry was a ministry of the Government of Queensland and was led by Labor Premier William Forgan Smith. It succeeded the Moore Ministry on 18 June 1932, seven days after Arthur Edward Moore's CPNP government was defeated ...
References
{{Queensland elections
Elections in Queensland
1932 elections in Australia
1930s in Queensland
June 1932 events