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Queensland state election, 1920

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9 October 1920 (1920-10-09)
  
1923 →

46 seats
  
25 seats

8
  
8

Date
  
9 October 1920

22 October 1919 (1919-10-22)
  
28 January 1920

38 seats
  
33 seats

47.77%
  
48.53%

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Winner
  
Ted Theodore

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 9 October 1920 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government was seeking its third term in office since the 1915 election. It was Premier Ted Theodore's first election.

During the previous term, a new party, the Queensland Country Party, had emerged from the Nationalist bloc, taking half of the Country Party's parliamentary seats with it. A Labor member, Alfred James, switched to the party, and the Maranoa by-election in 1919 saw them gain a seat at the expense of Labor. An additional party, the Northern Country Party, also formed during this time to represent the interests of North Queensland farmers and canegrowers. In order to avoid three-cornered contests with Labor, the three parties agreed upon a division of seats between themselves.

Results

1 462,218 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 2 Country Party seats (Cooroora and Cunningham), 1 United Party seat (Albert) and 1 Labor seat (Mitchell) were unopposed.

References

Queensland state election, 1920 Wikipedia


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