Queensland state election, 1974
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Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 7 December 1974[1] to elect the 82 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.
The National-Liberal Coalition won a third consecutive victory under Joh Bjelke-Petersen, and the seventh consecutive victory for the National Party in Queensland (which had renamed itself from the Country Party since the last election) since it won government in 1957. The Labor Party lost two-thirds of its seats, including that of leader Perc Tucker—its worst showing in an election until 2012.
Labor was cut down to only 11 seats, leading observers to call Labor's caucus a "cricket team." William Bowe of Crikey wrote that for years, this election stood as "the gold standard for Australian election massacres."[2]
Results
Queensland state election, 7 December 1974 | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 1,186,378 | |||||
Votes cast | 1,060,910 | Turnout | 89.42% | -2.99% | ||
Informal votes | 16,742 | Informal | 1.58% | +0.05% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 376,187 | 36.03% | -10.72% | 11 | -22 | |
Liberal | 324,682 | 31.09% | +8.87% | 30 | +9 | |
Nationals | 291,088 | 27.88% | +7.88% | 39 | +13 | |
Independent | 30,330 | 2.90% | -0.42% | 2 | ±0 | |
Democratic Labor | 19,952 | 1.91% | -5.78% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Other | 1,929 | 0.18% | +0.18% | 0 | ±0 | |
Total | 1,044,168 | 82 | ||||
Seats changing hands
Seat | Pre-1974 | Swing | Post-1974 | ||||||
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Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||
Albert | Labor | Bill D'Arcy | 4.1 | -14.2 | 10.1 | Ivan Gibbs | National | ||
Baroona | Labor | Pat Hanlon | 14.1 | -15.8 | 1.7 | Dennis Young | Liberal | ||
Barron River | Labor | Bill Wood | 3.4 | -4.1 | 0.7 | Martin Tenni | National | ||
Belmont | Labor | Fred Newton | 14.9 | -18.5 | 3.6 | David Byrne | Liberal | ||
Belyando | Labor | Eugene O'Donnell | 1.3 | -8.7 | 7.4 | Vince Lester | National | ||
Brisbane | Labor | Brian Davis | 9.7 | -10.9 | 1.2 | Harold Lowes | Liberal | ||
Cook | Labor | Bob Scott | 4.2 | -6.8 | 2.6 | Eric Deeral | National | ||
Everton | Labor | Gerry Jones | 8.3 | -11.0 | 2.7 | Brian Lindsay | Liberal | ||
Ipswich West | Labor | Vi Jordan | 11.5 | -12.0 | 0.5 | Albert Hales | National | ||
Isis | Labor | Jim Blake | 8.3 | -12.4 | 4.1 | Lin Powell | National | ||
Mount Isa | Labor | Alex Inch | 16.4 | -19.9 | 3.5 | Angelo Bertoni | National | ||
Mourilyan | Labor | Peter Moore | 7.2 | -8.9 | 1.7 | Vicky Kippin | National | ||
Pine Rivers | Labor | Kenneth Leese | 6.8 | -18.7 | 11.9 | Rob Akers | Liberal | ||
Redlands | Labor | Ted Baldwin | 5.1 | -14.8 | 9.7 | John Goleby | National | ||
Salisbury | Labor | Doug Sherrington | 16.7 | -22.1 | 5.4 | Rosemary Kyburz | Liberal | ||
South Brisbane | Labor | Fred Bromley | 11.0 | -16.0 | 5.0 | Colin Lamont | Liberal | ||
Stafford | Labor | Roy Harvey | 11.0 | -16.0 | 5.0 | Terry Gygar | Liberal | ||
Toowoomba North | Labor | Ray Bousen | 14.9 | -17.2 | 2.3 | John Lockwood | Liberal | ||
Toowoomba South | Labor | Peter Wood | 6.9 | -14.6 | 7.7 | John Warner | National | ||
Townsville West | Labor | Perc Tucker | 2.2 | -5.8 | 3.6 | Max Hooper | National | ||
Warrego | Labor | Jack Aiken | 13.4 | -14.4 | 1.0 | Neil Turner | National | ||
Wynnum | Labor | Edward Harris | 14.5 | -14.6 | 0.1 | Bill Lamond | National | ||
- Members in italics did not recontest their seats.
Post-election pendulum
LABOR SEATS (11) | |||
Marginal | |||
Bulimba | Jack Houston | ALP | 1.7% |
Wolston | Evan Marginson | ALP | 2.3% |
Bundaberg | Lou Jensen | ALP | 2.5% |
Sandgate | Harold Dean | ALP | 3.5% |
Rockhampton | Keith Wright | ALP | 3.6% |
Nudgee | Jack Melloy | ALP | 4.1% |
Archerfield | Kevin Hooper | ALP | 5.0% |
Fairly safe | |||
Rockhampton North | Les Yewdale | ALP | 6.1% |
Lytton | Tom Burns | ALP | 6.7% |
Cairns | Ray Jones | ALP | 7.3% |
Safe | |||
Port Curtis | Martin Hanson | ALP | 15.7% |
CROSSBENCH SEATS (2) | |||
Townsville South | Tom Aikens | IND | 5.8 v ALP |
Mackay | Ed Casey | IND | 20.5 v NAT |
See also
References
- ↑ http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=797
- ↑ Bowe, William (2012-03-26). "The hole where Queensland Labor used to be". Crikey. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11.