1941 Queensland state election

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.

1941 Queensland state election

29 March 1941 (1941-03-29)
All 62 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 32 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	90.29 ( 2.22 pp)
First party Second party   Leader William Forgan Smith Ted Maher Party Labor Country/UAP coalition Leader since 27 May 1929 (1929-05-27) 15 July 1936 Leader's seat Mackay West Moreton Last election 44 seats 17 seats Seats won 41 seats 18 seats Seat change 3 1 Percentage 51.41% 36.51% Swing 4.24 0.11
Premier before election William Forgan Smith Labor Elected Premier William Forgan Smith Labor

Key dates

Date	Event
26 February 1941	The Parliament was dissolved.[1]
27 February 1941	Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.[2]
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.[3]
26 April 1941	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.

Results

The election saw a swing to Labor from the 1938 election, although it lost three seats.

Queensland state election, 29 March 1941[4] Legislative Assembly << 1938–1944 >>
Enrolled voters		586,147^[1]
Votes cast		529,247		Turnout	90.29	–2.22
Informal votes		9,520		Informal	1.80	+0.49
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	267,206	51.41	+4.24	41	– 3
	Country	108,604	20.90	–1.75	14	+ 1
	United Australia	81,109	15.61	+1.64	4	± 0
	Independent Socialist^[2]	16,044	3.09	+1.49	0	± 0
	Independent Democrat	10,406	2.00	+2.00	2	+ 2
	Protestant Labor	9,038	1.74	–7.01	0	– 1
	Independent Labor	5,476	1.05	+1.05	1	+ 1
	Independent	21,844	4.20	+3.56	0	± 0
Total		519,727			62

¹ 634,916 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 5 seats (8.1% of the total) were uncontested—4 Labor seats (2 more than in 1938) representing 38,607 enrolled voters and one Country seat representing 10,162 enrolled voters.

² Due to the illegal status of the Communist Party of Australia at the time of the election, its candidates stood as "Independent Socialists".

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		Independent Labor
Cunningham	William Deacon		Country	William Deacon		Independent Country
Gregory	Charles Brown		Independent	George Devries		Labor
Hamilton	Hugh Russell		United Australia	Bruce Pie		Independent
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

• 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

References

1. "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette. 26 February 1941. p. 156:659.
2. "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette. 27 February 1941. p. 156:661.
3. "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette. 16 April 1941. p. 156:1401.
4. Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 29 March 1941". Retrieved 30 December 2009.