1941 Queensland state election

1941 Queensland state election

29 March 1941
All 62 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 32 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Registered	634,986
Turnout	537,247 (84.61%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader William Forgan Smith Ted Maher Hugh Russell Party Labor Country United Australia Leader since 27 May 1929 15 July 1936 July 1936 Leader's seat Mackay West Moreton Hamilton (lost seat) Last election 43 seats, 47.17% 14 seats, 22.65% 4 seats, 13.97% Seats won 41 14 4 Seat change 2 Popular vote 267,216 108,604 81,109 Percentage 49.74% 20.21% 15.10 Swing 2.57% 2.44% 1.13%
Legislative Assembly after the election
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

Date	Event
26 February 1941	The Parliament was dissolved.
27 February 1941	Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
7 March 1941	Close of nominations.
29 March 1941	Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
16 April 1941	The Forgan Smith Ministry was re-sworn in.
26 April 1941	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.

Results

See also: Results of the Queensland state election, 1941

Legislative Assembly (IRV) – Turnout: 84.61%

Party			Primary vote			Seats
			Votes	%	Swing (pp)	Seats	Change
	Labor		267,216	49.74	+2.57	41	2
	Country		108,604	20.21	–2.44	14
	United Australia		81,109	15.10	+1.13	4
	Independent Socialist		10,561	1.97	+1.97	0
	Independent Democrat		10,406	1.94	+1.94	2	2
	Protestant Labour		9,038	1.68	–7.07	0	1
	Andrew Fisher Labor		5,476	1.02	+1.02	1	1
	Communist		5,383	1.00	–0.60	0
	Independent		21,844	4.07	+3.43	0
Total			537,247	100.00		62
Invalid/blank votes			10,803	2.11	+0.80	—
Turnout			537,247	84.61	–7.9	—
Registered voters			634,986	—		—

Popular vote Labor   50.76% Country   20.21% United Australia   15.10% Ind. Socialist   1.97% Ind. Democrat   1.94% Protestant Labour   1.68% Communist   1.00% Independents   4.07%

Seats Labor   67.74% Country   22.58% United Australia   6.45% Ind. Democrat   3.23%

Seats changing party representation

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

Seat	Incumbent member	Party		New member	Party
Bundaberg	Bernard McLean		Labor	Frank Barnes		Andrew Fisher Labor
Cunningham	William Deacon		Country	William Deacon		Independent Country
Gregory	Charles Brown		Independent	George Devries		Labor
Hamilton	Hugh Russell		United Australia	Bruce Pie		Independent Democrat
Kelvin Grove	George Morris		Independent	Bert Turner		Labor
Maree	William King		Labor	Louis Luckins		United Australia
Sandgate	Roland Hislop		Labor	Eric Decker		Country
Toowong	Harry Massey		Independent UAP	Harry Massey		United Australia
Windsor	Herbert Williams		Labor	Harry Moorhouse		Independent Democrat

• The incumbent member for Gregory, Charles Brown won this seat from Labor at the 1939 by-election.

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