1966 Queensland state election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 28 May 1966 to elect the 78 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.[1]

1966 Queensland state election
28 May 1966 (1966-05-28)
All 78 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
40 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout93.27 ( 0.02 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Frank Nicklin Jack Duggan
Party Country/Liberal coalition Labor
Leader since 21 May 1941 18 August 1958 (1958-08-18)
Leader's seat Landsborough Toowoomba West
Last election 46 seats 26 seats
Seats won 47 seats 26 seats
Seat change 1 0
Percentage 44.77% 43.84%
Swing 0.70 0.01
Premier before election

Frank Nicklin
Country/Liberal coalition

 Elected Premier

Frank Nicklin
Country/Liberal coalition

The major parties contesting the election were the Country Party led by Premier Frank Nicklin in coalition the Liberal Party, the Labor Party led by Jack Duggan.

The Country-Liberal coalition won a fourth term in office at the election.

Key dates
Date Event
10 March 1966 The Legislative Assembly was prorogued until 26 April.[2]
19 April 1966 The Legislative Assembly was dissolved.[3]
19 April 1966 Writs were issued by the Governor, Alan Mansfield, to proceed with an election.[4]
28 April 1966 Close of nominations.
28 May 1966 Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
10 June 1966 The Nicklin Ministry was reconstituted.[5]
25 June 1966 The writ was returned and the results formally declared.[6]
1 July 1966 Deadline for return of the writs.
2 August 1966 Parliament resumed for business.[7]

Results

Queensland state election, 28 May 1966
Legislative Assembly
<< 1963–1969 >>

Enrolled voters 870,869
Votes cast 812,235 Turnout 93.27 -0.02
Informal votes 13,262 Informal 1.63 +0.07
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 350,254 43.84 +0.01 26 ± 0
  Liberal 203,648 25.49 +1.73 20 ± 0
  Country 154,081 19.28 -1.03 27 + 1
  Queensland Labor 49,948 6.25 -0.97 1 ± 0
  Independent 38,001 4.76 +0.20 4 – 1
Total 798,973     78  
Popular vote
Labor
 
 43.84%
Liberal
 
 25.49%
Country
 
 19.28%
Democratic Labor
 
 6.25%
Independents
 
 4.76%
Seats
Country
 
 34.62%
Labor
 
 33.33%
Liberal
 
 25.64%
Democratic Labor
 
 1.28%
Independents
 
 5.13%

Seats changing hands
Seat Pre-1966 Swing Post-1966
Party Member Margin Margin Member Party
Fassifern   Independent Country Alf Muller 7.7 v CP N/A 20.1 v ALP Alf Muller Country  
Hawthorne   Independent Labor Bill Baxter* 3.0 -5.5 2.5 Bill Kaus Liberal  
Toowoomba East   Liberal Mervyn Anderson 0.1 -5.4 5.3 Peter Wood Labor  
  • Members in italics did not recontest their seats.
  • The sitting Labor MP for Hawthorne, Bill Baxter, lost preselection as the Labor candidate. He was expelled from the ALP for running against the selected candidate Thomas Burton. Previous election figures are Labor v Liberal.

See also

References
  1. "Parliament of Queensland, Legislative Assembly election results for 28 May 1966". Australian Politics and Elections Archive 1856-2018. University of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 10 March 1966. p. 221:1469.
  3. "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 19 April 1966. p. 221:1997.
  4. "Extraordinary". Queensland Government Gazette. 19 April 1966. p. 221:1999–2000.
  5. "Extraordinary". Queensland Government Gazette. 10 June 1966. p. 222:807–809.
  6. "Notices of Results of General Election". Queensland Government Gazette. 25 June 1966. p. 222:1061–1074.
  7. "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 23 June 1966. p. 222:1045.
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