Elections were held in the
Australian state
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of
Queensland
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on 11 May 1935 to elect the 62 members of the state's
Legislative Assembly. The
Labor
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government of Premier
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 ...
was seeking a second term after having defeated the
Country and Progressive National Party
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in the
1932 election.
Labor received a significant swing and gained 13 seats. The election took place on new boundaries for the second election in a row.
Key dates
Results
Seats changing party representation
This table lists changes in party representation at the 1935 election.
* Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
* The CPNP sitting member for
Cook
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James Kenny instead contested the seat of
Sandgate and lost.
* The CPNP sitting member for
Kennedy,
Arthur Fadden
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instead contested the seat of
Mirani and lost.
* The CPNP sitting member for the abolished district of
Murilla,
Godfrey Morgan
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contested the seat of
Dalby and won.
See also
*
Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1932–1935
*
Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1935–1938
This is a list of members of the 27th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1935 to 1938, as elected at the 1935 state election held on 11 May 1935.
: On 28 November 1935, the Labor member for Toowoomba, Evan Llewelyn, resigned. Labor cand ...
*
Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1935
*
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
1935 elections in Australia
1930s in Queensland
May 1935 events