1896 Queensland colonial election

1896 Queensland colonial election
← 1893 1899 →
All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly; 37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
	Legislative Assembly after the election
Premier before election; Hugh Nelson; Ministerial[disambiguation needed]	Elected Premier ; Hugh Nelson; Ministerial[disambiguation needed]

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland between 10 March 1896 and 11 April 1896 to elect the members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

Key dates[]

Due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day.^[1]

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41	20	8	3
Ministerialists	Labour	Opposition	Other

Queensland state election, 11 March 1896^[2] Legislative Assembly << 1893–1899 >>
Enrolled voters		86,882
Votes cast		61,453		Turnout	76.84
Informal votes		765		Informal
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		39,088	47.82	+3.04	41	–2
	Labour	28,581	34.97	+1.65	20	+4
		8,472	10.37	+1.19	8	+1
	Independent	3,608	4.41	–5.72	2	–5
	Farmers' Representative	1,985	2.43	+0.85	1	+1
Total		81,734			72

^ "Queensland General Election Dates 1860–1929" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
^ "Summary of 1896 Election". University of Western Australia. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

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