11 June 1932 (1932-06-11) 1935 → 27 seats 43 seats 5 15 Date 11 June 1932 | 27 May 1929 (1929-05-27) 19 April 1924 33 seats 28 seats 49.89% 45.21% | |
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Winner William Forgan S | ||
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 11 June 1932 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.
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The election was the first electoral test of the Country and Progressive National Party government led by Arthur Edward Moore, and was held in the midst of the Great Depression. 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.
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.
1 525,944 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) representing 6,825 enrolled voters.Aftermath
Forgan Smith would go on to be premier for over 10 years, and Labor held power continuously until the party's split in 1957.