Elections were held in the
Australian state
The states and territories are the national subdivisions and second level of government of Australia. The states are partially sovereignty, sovereign, administrative divisions that are autonomous administrative division, self-governing polity, ...
of
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
on 27 April 1912 to elect the 72 members of the state's
Legislative Assembly.
The election was the first for the recently formed Liberal government of
Digby Denham
Digby Frank Denham (25 January 1859 – 10 May 1944) was a politician and businessman in Queensland, Australia. He was a Premier of Queensland and Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He was the first of only two Queensland Premiers t ...
, who had been
premier
Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier.
A premier will normally be a head of govern ...
since 7 February 1911. The opposition
Labor Party was led by
David Bowman, who had been Labor leader since 15 April 1907.
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 ...
in single-member districts. Five districts that had been two-seat districts - Mackay, Maryborough, North Brisbane, Rockhampton and South Brisbane - were reformed and hereafter have only one seat.
[Hughes and Graham, "Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1890-1964" (online) accessed February 20, 2025]
Results
Denham and his government were returned to office despite a swing to Labor of almost 10 percent. This was largely due to winning newly created seats in rural areas, while losing seats in Brisbane which mostly went to Labor.
See also
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Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1909–1912
This is a list of members of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1909 to 1912, as elected at the 1909 Queensland state election, 1909 state election held on 2 October 1909.
: On 7 February 1911, William Kidston, the Premier of Qu ...
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Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1912–1915
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Denham Ministry
References
{{Queensland elections
Elections in Queensland
1912 elections in Australia
1910s in Queensland
April 1912