Elections were held in the
Colony of Queensland
The Colony of Queensland was a colony of the British Empire from 1859 to 1901, when it became a State in the federal Australia, Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901. At its greatest extent, the colony included the present-day Queensland, ...
between 1 March 1899 and 25 March 1899 to elect the members of the colony’s
Legislative Assembly.
This election used
contingent voting
The contingent vote is a two-stage electoral system that elects a single representative, in which the winner receives a majority of votes. It uses ranked voting. The voter ranks the candidates in order of preference, and when the votes are f ...
, at least in the single-member districts.
Five districts were two-seat districts - Mackay, Marlborough, North Brisbane, Rockhampton and South Brisbane. In the two-member constituencies,
plurality block voting
Plurality block voting is a type of block voting method for multi-winner elections. Each voter may cast as many votes as the number of seats to be filled. The candidates with the most votes are elected. The usual result when the candidates div ...
was used -- electors could cast two valid votes but were allowed to "plump".
[Hughes and Graham, "Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1890-1964" (online) accessed February 20, 2025]
Key dates
Due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day.
Results
See also
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Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1899–1902
This is a list of members of the 13th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1899 to 1902, as elected at the 1899 election held between 1 March 1899 and 25 March 1899 (due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold ...
References
{{Queensland elections
Elections in Queensland
1899 elections in Australia
March 1899
1890s in Queensland