1972 Queensland state election
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Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 27 May 1972 to elect the 82 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.[1]
The Country-Liberal Coalition won its sixth consecutive victory since it won government in 1957 and also its second victory under Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
Key dates
Date | Event |
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18 April 1972 | The Legislative Assembly was dissolved.[2] |
18 April 1972 | Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.[3] |
27 April 1972 | Close of nominations. |
27 May 1972 | Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.[4] |
20 June 1972 | The Bjelke-Petersen Ministry was reconstituted.[5] |
24 June 1972 | The writ was returned and the results formally declared.[6] |
10 July 1972 | Deadline for return of the writs. |
1 August 1972 | Parliament resumed for business.[7] |
Results
Queensland state election, 27 May 1972 | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 997,489 | |||||
Votes cast | 921,763 | Turnout | 92.41% | +0.64% | ||
Informal votes | 15,566 | Informal | 1.61% | -0.18% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 424,002 | 46.75% | +1.76% | 33 | + 2 | |
Liberal | 201,596 | 22.23% | -1.45% | 21 | + 2 | |
Country | 181,404 | 20.00% | -1.02% | 26 | ± 0 | |
Queensland Labor | 69,757 | 7.69% | +0.46% | 0 | - 1 | |
Independent | 30,187 | 3.33% | +0.48% | 2 | + 1 | |
Total | 906,946 | 82 |
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Seats changing hands
Seat | Pre-1972 | Swing | Post-1972 | ||||||
Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||
Albert ¶ | Liberal | Bill Heatley* | 0.5 | -4.6 | 4.1 | Bill D'Arcy | Labor | ||
Ipswich | Labor | notional - new seat | 4.5 | -5.7 | 1.2 | Llew Edwards | Liberal | ||
Mackay | Labor | Ed Casey | 6.7 | -20.1 | 13.4 | Ed Casey | Independent |
- ¶ Results for Albert based on 1970 by-election
- Bill Heatley died in October 1971, but no by-election was called due to the proximity of the 1972 election.
- In addition, the Liberal Party retained Maryborough, which was won from Labor at the 1971 by-election.
- Aubigny, which was the last seat held by the Democratic Labor Party, was abolished at this election and its outgoing member, Les Diplock, retired.
Post-election pendulum
Country/Liberal seats (47) | |||
Marginal | |||
Murrumba | Des Frawley | CP | 1.0% |
Ipswich | Llew Edwards | LIB | 1.2% |
Kurilpa | Clive Hughes | LIB | 1.5% |
Condamine | Vic Sullivan | CP | 1.8% v IND |
Mansfield | Bill Kaus | LIB | 2.0% |
Wavell | Arthur Crawford | LIB | 2.0% |
Hinchinbrook | Ted Row | CP | 2.5% |
Mount Gravatt | Geoff Chinchen | CP | 2.5% |
Gregory | Wally Rae | CP | 2.6% |
Maryborough | Gilbert Alison | LIB | 3.8% |
Nundah | William Knox | LIB | 3.9% |
Yeronga | Norm Lee | LIB | 4.3% |
Ashgrove | Douglas Tooth | LIB | 4.8% |
Greenslopes | Keith Hooper | LIB | 5.0% |
Chatsworth | Bill Hewitt | LIB | 5.1% |
Windsor | Bob Moore | LIB | 5.1% |
Redcliffe | Jim Houghton | CP | 5.4% |
Ithaca | Col Miller | LIB | 5.6% |
Carnarvon | Henry McKechnie | CP | 5.9% |
Fairly safe | |||
Whitsunday | Ron Camm | CP | 6.9% |
Clayfield | John Murray | LIB | 8.2% |
Aspley | Fred Campbell | LIB | 8.3% |
Mulgrave | Roy Armstrong | CP | 8.4% |
Merthyr | Don Lane | LIB | 9.1% |
Burdekin | Val Bird | CP | 9.2% |
Surfers Paradise | Bruce Small | CP | 9.6% |
Flinders | Bill Longeran | CP | 9.7% |
Gympie | Max Hodges | CP | 9.7% |
Sherwood | John Herbert | LIB | 9.8% |
Safe | |||
Callide | Lindsay Hartwig | CP | 10.3% |
Townsville | Norman Scott-Young | LIB | 11.5% |
Warwick | David Cory | CP | 11.5% |
South Coast | Russ Hinze | CP | 11.7% |
Mirani | Tom Newbery | CP | 12.1% |
Lockyer | Gordon Chalk | LIB | 12.2% |
Toowong | Charles Porter | LIB | 13.0% |
Auburn | Neville Hewitt | CP | 13.4% |
Roma | Ken Tomkins | CP | 14.0% |
Balonne | Don Neal | CP | 15.6% |
Fassifern | Selwyn Muller | CP | 15.7% |
Landsborough | Michael Ahern | CP | 15.7% |
Cooroora | David Low | CP | 15.8% |
Mount Coot-tha | Bill Lickiss | LIB | 16.0% |
Somerset | Bill Gunn | CP | 16.3% |
Very safe | |||
Burnett | Claude Wharton | CP | 20.5% |
Barambah | Joh Bjelke-Petersen | CP | 23.7% |
Cunningham | Alan Fletcher | CP | 26.4% |
Labor seats (33) | |||
Marginal | |||
Rockhampton North | Les Yewdale | ALP | 1.1% |
Belyando | Eugene O'Donnell | ALP | 1.3% |
Stafford | Roy Harvey | ALP | 1.6% |
Townsville West | Perc Tucker | ALP | 2.2% |
Barron River | Bill Wood | ALP | 3.4% |
Albert | Bill D'Arcy | ALP | 4.1% |
Cook | Edwin Wallis-Smith | ALP | 4.2% |
Redlands | Ted Baldwin | ALP | 5.1% |
Rockhampton | Keith Wright | ALP | 5.9% |
Fairly safe | |||
Pine Rivers | Kenneth Leese | ALP | 6.8% |
Toowoomba South | Peter Wood | ALP | 6.9% |
Mourilyan | Peter Moore | ALP | 7.2% |
Everton | Gerry Jones | ALP | 8.3% |
Isis | Jim Blake | ALP | 8.3% |
Brisbane | Brian Davis | ALP | 9.7% |
Safe | |||
South Brisbane | Fred Bromley | ALP | 11.0% |
Ipswich West | Vi Jordan | ALP | 11.5% |
Warrego | Jack Aiken | ALP | 13.4% |
Sandgate | Harold Dean | ALP | 13.6% |
Baroona | Pat Hanlon | ALP | 14.1% |
Wynnum | Edward Harris | ALP | 14.5% |
Belmont | Fred Newton | ALP | 14.5% |
Toowoomba North | Ray Bousen | ALP | 14.9% |
Nudgee | Jack Melloy | ALP | 15.4% |
Bulimba | Jack Houston | ALP | 15.6% |
Mount Isa | Alex Inch | ALP | 16.4% |
Salisbury | Doug Sherrington | ALP | 16.7% |
Cairns | Ray Jones | ALP | 18.8% |
Bundaberg | Lou Jensen | ALP | 18.9% v DLP |
Lytton | Tom Burns | ALP | 19.3% |
Very safe | |||
Wolston | Evan Marginson | ALP | 20.3% |
Archerfield | Kevin Hooper | ALP | 23.3% |
Port Curtis | Martin Hanson | ALP | 32.2% v DLP |
Crossbench seats (2) | |||
Townsville South | Tom Aikens | IND | 7.6% v ALP |
Mackay | Ed Casey | IND | 13.4% v ALP |
See also
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1969–1972
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1972–1974
- Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1972
- Bjelke-Petersen Ministry
References
- ^ "Parliament of Queensland, Legislative Assembly election results for 27 May 1972". Australian Politics and Elections Archive 1856-2018. University of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 10 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 18 April 1972. p. 239:1719.
- ^ "Extraordinary". Queensland Government Gazette. 18 April 1972. p. 239:1721.
- ^ Partridge, Des (27 May 1972). "State election will be tonight's scene-stealer". The Courier-Mail. p. 10.
- ^ "Extraordinary". Queensland Government Gazette. 20 June 1972. p. 240:971–974.
- ^ "Notices of Results of General Election". Queensland Government Gazette. 24 June 1972. p. 240:1067–1081.
- ^ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 22 June 1972. p. 240:979.