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1932 Queensland state election

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Field	Value
election_name	1932 Queensland state election
country	Queensland
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1929 Queensland state election
previous_year	1929
next_election	1935 Queensland state election
next_year	1935
seats_for_election	All 62 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
32 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
turnout	92.82 ( 3.67 pp)
election_date
image1	[[File:WFS, 1932 (cropped).jpg	170x170px]]
leader1	William Forgan Smith
leader_since1
party1	Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)
leaders_seat1	Mackay
popular_vote1	225,270
percentage1	49.89%
swing1	9.73
last_election1	27 seats, 40.16%
seats1	33
seat_change1	6
image2	[[File:Arthur Edward Moore and Sir Hal Colebatch (cropped).jpg	170x170px]]
leader2	Arthur Edward Moore
leader_since2	19 April 1924
party2	Country and Progressive National Party
leaders_seat2	Aubigny
popular_vote2	204,158
percentage2	45.21%
swing2	9.02
last_election2	43 seats, 54.23%
seats2	28
seat_change2	15
title	Premier
before_election	Arthur Edward Moore
before_party	Country and Progressive National Party
after_election	William Forgan Smith
after_party	Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)

32 Assembly seats were needed for a majority

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 11 June 1932 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

The election saw the first-term Country and Progressive National Party government led by Arthur Edward Moore facing reelection and was held in the midst of the Great Depression. Labor had previously held office from 1915 until 1929.

The election resulted in the defeat of the one-term Moore government by the Labor Party, led by William Forgan Smith.

Key dates

Date	Event
3 February 1932	The new electoral boundaries under the Electoral Districts Act 1931 were proclaimed.
19 April 1932	The Parliament was dissolved.
20 April 1932	Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
28 April 1932	Close of nominations.
11 June 1932	Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
18 June 1932	The Moore Ministry resigned and the Forgan Smith Ministry was sworn in.
2 July 1932	Polling day in the seat of Hamilton, delayed due to the death of a candidate.
16 July 1932	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
15 August 1932	Parliament resumed for business.

Results

The election saw a major swing to Labor from the 1929 election. The election took place on modified boundaries — the Assembly had been reduced by the Electoral Districts Act 1931 from 72 to 62 seats, mainly accomplished by the abolition of sitting Labor members' seats. Despite this, Labor went from a deficit of 16 seats to a surplus of 5 seats.

| turnout % = 92.82% | informal % = 1.13% |votes % = 49.89% |votes % = 45.21% |votes % = 1.68% |votes % = 0.41% |votes % = 0.23% |votes % = 0.13% |votes % = 2.45% |}

: 525,944 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 5 seats (8.1% of the total) were uncontested—4 Labor seats (two more than in 1929) representing 27,083 enrolled voters and one Independent seat (held by Arnold Wienholt) representing 6,825 enrolled voters.

Seats changing party representation

There was an extensive redistribution across Queensland prior to this election, decreasing the amount of seats from 72 to 62. The seat changes are as follows.

Abolished seats

Seat	Incumbent member	Party
Balonne	Samuel Brassington
Burke	Arthur Jones
Burnett	Robert Boyd
Burrum	William Brand
Chillagoe	Ernest Atherton
Eacham	George Duffy
Flinders	John Mullan
Leichhardt	Tom Foley
Lockyer	Charles Jamieson
Mitchell	Richard Bow
Mount Morgan	James Stopford
Paddington	Alfred Jones
Queenton	Vernon Winstanley
Rosewood	Ted Maher
Toombul	Hugh Russell

Members listed in italics did not run for this election.

New seats

Seat	Party	Elected member
Carpentaria			Labor
Hamilton			CPNP
Isis			CPNP
The Tableland			Labor
West Moreton			CPNP

Seats changing hands

Seat	Incumbent member	Party
Bulimba	Irene Longman	CPNP	William Copley
Enoggera	Jim Kerr	CPNP	George Taylor
Ipswich	James Walker	CPNP	David Gledson
Kelvin Grove	Richard Hill	CPNP	Frank Waters
Kennedy	Harry Bruce	Labor	Arthur Fadden
Kurilpa	James Fry	CPNP	Kerry Copley
Maree	George Tedman	CPNP	William King
Maryborough	John Blackley*	CPNP	James Stopford
Merthyr	Patrick Kerwin	CPNP	James Keogh
Normanby	Jens Peterson	CPNP	Tom Foley
Nundah	William Kelso	CPNP	John Hayes
Port Curtis	Frank Butler	CPNP	Tommy Williams
Rockhampton	Thomas Dunlop	Independent	James Larcombe
South Brisbane	Neil MacGroarty	CPNP	Vince Gair
Toowoomba	James Annand	CPNP	Evan Llewelyn

Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
In addition, Independent MP Arnold Wienholt held the seat of Fassifern, which he had won from the CPNP at the 1930 by-election.
The sitting member for Maryborough, John Blackley won this seat from Labor at the 1929 by-election.

Aftermath

Forgan Smith went on to be premier for over 10 years, and Labor held power continuously until the party's split in 1957.

References

(4 February 1932). "A Proclamation".
{{Gazette QLD. (19 April 1932)
{{Gazette QLD. (20 April 1932)
{{Gazette QLD. (18 June 1932)
{{Gazette QLD. (14 June 1932)
{{Gazette QLD. (21 July 1932)
Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 11 June 1932".

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