1941 Queensland state election

1941 Queensland state election

← 1938 29 March 1941 (1941-03-29) 1944 →
All 62 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 32 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	90.29 ( 2.22 pp)
First party Second party   Leader William Forgan Smith Ted Maher Party Labor National Leader since 27 May 1929 (1929-05-27) 15 July 1936 Leader's seat Mackay West Moreton Last election 44 seats 17 seats Seats won 41 seats 18 seats Seat change 3 1 Percentage 51.41% 36.51% Swing 4.24 0.11
Premier before election William Forgan Smith Labor Elected Premier William Forgan Smith Labor

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 29 March 1941 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government of Premier William Forgan Smith was seeking a fourth term in office.

Key dates[]

Results[]

The election saw a swing to Labor from the 1938 election, although it lost three seats.

¹ 634,916 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 5 seats (8.1% of the total) were uncontested—4 Labor seats (2 more than in 1938) representing 38,607 enrolled voters and one Country seat representing 10,162 enrolled voters.

² Due to the illegal status of the Communist Party of Australia at the time of the election, its candidates stood as "Independent Socialists".

Seats changing party representation[]

This table lists changes in party representation at the 1941 election.

• The incumbent member for Gregory, Charles Brown won this seat from Labor at the .

See also[]

• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1938–1941
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1941–1944
• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1941
• Forgan Smith Ministry

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