1909 Queensland state election

none June 2020 August 2019 1909 Queensland state election Queensland parliamentary no 1908 Queensland state election 1908 1912 Queensland state election 1912 2 October 1909 All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority 72.67 ( 6.24 pp) 170x170px William Kidston Liberal 8CB4D2 Rockhampton New party 41 4 107,370 50.91% 10.32 170x170px David Bowman Labour Fortitude Valley DC241F 23 seats, 29.80% 27 4 77,712 36.85% 6.77 Premier William Kidston Liberal William Kidston Liberal Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 2 October 1909 to elect the members of the state's Legislative Assembly. This election used contingent voting, at least in the single-member districts.Bowler Shaun Grofman Bernard Norman 10.3998/mpub.16507 Elections in Australia, Ireland, and Malta under the single transferable vote: reflections on an embedded institution 2000 University of Michigan Press Ann Arbor 978-0-472-02681-4 40 The contingent vote … was used in Queensland from 1892 to 1942 and for Democratic primary elections in the U.S. state of Alabama between 1915 and 1931. It has been used for presidential elections in Sri Lanka since 1978 and in 1996 … the United Kingdom … called it the 'supplementary vote'. Five districts were two-seat districts - Mackay, Marlborough, North Brisbane, Rockhampton and South Brisbane. In the two-member constituencies, plurality block voting was used -- electors could cast two valid votes but were allowed to "plump".Hughes and Graham, "Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1890-1964" (online) accessed February 20, 2025 Key dates The elections were held on 2 October 1909.Queensland General Election Dates 1860-1929 http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/explore/parliamentaryrecord/sections/Part%202.24.pdf Queensland Parliament 16 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131216062439/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/explore/parliamentaryrecord/sections/Part%202.24.pdf 16 December 2013 dead Results Queensland state election, 2 October 1909http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=774 Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 2 October 1909 Australian Government and Politics Database 27 July 2017 Legislative Assembly Queensland state election 1908 1912 242,754 210,912 72.67% 1,652 Liberal QLD 1908 Liberals 107,370 50.91% +10.32 41 +4 Labor QLD Labour 77,712 36.85% +6.77 27 +4 Opposition (Queensland) 22,439 10.64% 4 +4 Independent 3,391 1.61% +0.94 0 -1 210,912 72 |} See also Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1909–1912 References Category:Elections in Queensland Category:1909 elections in Australia Category:1900s in Queensland Category:October 1909 in Australia