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1950 Queensland state election

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Field	Value
election_name	1950 Queensland state election
country	Queensland
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
outgoing_members	Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1947–1950
previous_election	1947 Queensland state election
previous_year	1947
next_election	1953 Queensland state election
next_year	1953
elected_members	Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1950–1953
registered	688,309
seats_for_election	All 75 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
38 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
turnout	628,750 (91.35%)
(1.76 pp)
election_date
image1	[[File:Ned Hanlon on election day, 1947 (cropped).jpg	170x170px]]
leader1	Ned Hanlon
leader_since1
party1	Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)
leaders_seat1	Ithaca
popular_vote1	295,138
percentage1	46.94%
swing1	3.94
last_election1	35 seats, 43.00%
seats1	42
seat_change1	7
image2	[[File:Frank Nicklin.jpg	170x170px]]
leader2	Frank Nicklin
leader_since2	21 May 1941
party2	Country
colour2	008000
leaders_seat2	Landsborough
popular_vote2	121,199
percentage2	19.28%
swing2	1.12
last_election2	14 seats, 20.40%
seats2	20
seat_change2	6
image4	[[File:Hon Thomas Alfred (Tom) Hiley, MLA (cropped).jpg	170x170px]]
leader4	Thomas Hiley
leader_since4	9 July 1949
party4	Liberal
colour4	1C4F9C
leaders_seat4	Coorparoo
(won seat)
popular_vote4	188,331
percentage4	29.95%
swing4	0.57
last_election4	9 seats, 25.38%
seats4	11
seat_change4	2
image5	[[File:Townsville_politician_Tom_Aikens.jpg	170x170px]]
leader5	Tom Aikens
leader_since5	1942
party5	North Queensland Labor
colour5	CD5C5C
leaders_seat5	Mundingburra
popular_vote5	7,689
percentage5	1.22%
swing5	0.50
last_election5	1 seat, 0.72%
seats5	1
seat_change5
map_image	File:1950 Queensland state election map, alt.svg
map_caption	Electoral boundaries following the election.
map2_image	Svgfiles 2023-05-29-01-40-59-514333-3801234956834830058.svg
title	Premier
before_election	Ned Hanlon
before_party	Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)
after_election	Ned Hanlon
after_party	Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)

38 Assembly seats were needed for a majority (1.76 pp)

(won seat)

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 29 April 1950 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government was seeking its seventh continuous term in office since the 1932 election; it would be Premier Ned Hanlon's second election.

The Assembly had been increased in size prior to the election by the Electoral Districts Act 1949 from 62 to 75 seats.

Key dates

Date	Event
8 December 1949	The new electoral boundaries under the Electoral Districts Act 1949 were proclaimed.
27 March 1950	The Parliament was dissolved.
27 March 1950	Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
3 April 1950	Close of nominations.
29 April 1950	Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
10 May 1950	The Hanlon Ministry was re-sworn in.
13 May 1950	Polling day in the seat of Gregory.
9 June 1950	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
1 August 1950	Parliament resumed for business.

Results

Party	Primary vote	Seats	Votes	%	Swing (pp)	Seats	Change
		Labor	295,138	46.94	+3.94	42	7
	Country	121,199	19.28	–1.12	20	6
		Liberal	188,331	29.95	+0.57	11	2
	North Queensland Labor	7,689	1.22	+0.5	1
		Frank Barnes Labor	2,759	0.44	–3.01	0	1
		Communist	2,351	0.37	–0.87	0	1
		Independent Labor	243	0.04	+0.04	0
		Independent	11,952	1.90	–0.90	1	1
Total	628,750	100.00		75	13
Invalid/blank votes	7,088	1.13	–0.27	colspan=2
Turnout	628,750	91.35	+0.6	colspan=2
Registered voters	688,309	colspan=2	colspan=2

: 718,685 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 3 seats held by the Country Party representing 30,376 enrolled voters were unopposed.

Seats changing party representation

There was an extensive redistribution across Queensland prior to this election, increasing the amount of seats from 62 to 75. The seat changes are as follows.

Abolished seats

Seat	Incumbent member	Party
Albert	Tom Plunkett
Bowen	Fred Paterson
Dalby*	vacant
East Toowoomba	Gordon Chalk
Enoggera	Kenneth Morris
Gympie	Thomas Dunstan
Hamilton	Harold Taylor
Herbert	Stephen Theodore
Kennedy	Cecil Jesson
Logan	Thomas Hiley
Maranoa	John Taylor
Maree	Louis Luckins
Nanango	Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Normanby	Tom Foley
Oxley	Tom Kerr
Stanley	Duncan MacDonald
The Tableland	Harry Bruce
West Moreton*	vacant
Wide Bay	James Heading

Members listed in italics resigned from politics at this election.
The Country Party member for Dalby, Charles Russell resigned from the seat to contest and win the seat of Maranoa at the 1949 federal election. No by-election was held due to the proximity to the state election.
The Country Party member for West Moreton, Ted Maher resigned from the seat to contest and win a seat in the Senate at the 1949 federal election. No by-election was held due to the proximity to the state election.

New seats

Seat	Party	Elected member
Balonne			Labor
Barambah			Country
Belyando			Labor
Burdekin			Independent
Callide			Country
Chermside			Liberal
Clayfield			Liberal
Condamine			Country
Coorparoo			Liberal
Darlington			Country
Flinders			Labor
Haughton			Labor
Hinchinbrook			Labor
Kedron			Liberal
Landsborough			Country
Lockyer			Liberal
Mackenzie			Labor
Marodian			Country
Mount Coot-tha			Liberal
Mount Gravatt			Labor
Mourilyan			Labor
Mulgrave			Country
Nash			Labor
Norman			Liberal
North Toowoomba			Labor
Roma			Country
Sherwood			Liberal
Somerset			Country
Southport			Country
Tablelands			Labor
Whitsunday			Country
Yeronga			Liberal

Seats changing hands

Seat	Incumbent member	Party
Bulimba	George Marriott	Independent Labor	Bob Gardner
Bundaberg	Frank Barnes	Frank Barnes Labor	Ted Walsh
Cook	Harold Collins	Labor	Carlisle Wordsworth
Windsor	Bruce Pie	Liberal	Tom Rasey

Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.

Notes

References

(8 December 1949). "A Proclamation".
(27 March 1950). "A Proclamation".
{{Gazette QLD. (27 March 1950)
{{Gazette QLD. (10 May 1950)
(29 July 1950). "Order in Council".
{{Gazette QLD. (29 June 1950)
(1974). "Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1890–1964". [[ANU Press]] (ANU).

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