1908 Queensland state election

none June 2020 August 2019 1908 Queensland state election Queensland parliamentary no 1907 Queensland state election 1907 1909 Queensland state election 1909 All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority 78.91 ( 7.30 pp) yes 1908 02 05 170x170px William Kidston 19 January 1906 8CB4D2 Kidstonites Rockhampton 44,997 24.04% 7.84 24 seats, 31.88% 25 1 170x170px Robert Philp 19 September 1904 Conservative 0C1BA8 Townsville 75,563 40.37% 0.21 29 seats, 40.58% 22 7 170x170px David Bowman 15 April 1907 Labour Fortitude Valley DC241F 55,771 29.80% 3.41 18 seats, 26.39% 22 4 Premier Resulting Premier Robert Philp Conservatism William Kidston Kidston Party Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 5 February 1908 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The election, held less than 9 months after the previous election, was made necessary by a series of events which had seen former premier William Kidston, who commanded a majority on the floor of the Assembly, resign following an attempt to convince the governor of Queensland to appoint sympathetic members to the Queensland Legislative Council, which had blocked key legislative measures. Following Kidston's resignation, Opposition leader Robert Philp was sent for and formed a ministry, but the ministry almost immediately lost a vote of no confidence in the Assembly, and as such, a new election had to be called. 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 Date Event 12 November 1907 Premier William Kidston resigned, and Robert Philp was sent for to form a ministry. 19 November 1907 The First Kidston Ministry resigned, and the Second Philp Ministry was sworn in. 31 December 1907 The Parliament was dissolved.89 1529 31 December 1907 3 January 1908 Writs were issued by the governor to proceed with an election.90 15 3 January 1908 15 January 1908 Close of nominations. 5 February 1908 Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. 18 February 1908 The Second Philp Ministry resigned and the Second Kidston Ministry was sworn in.90 455–457 18 February 1908 26 February 1908 The writ was returned and the results formally declared. 3 March 1908 Parliament resumed for business.90 467 20 February 1908 Results The Kidstonites contested only 32 of the 72 seats, compared to 55 at the previous election. Queensland state election, 5 February 1908http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=772 Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 5 February 1908 Australian Government and Politics Database 14 February 2009 Legislative Assembly Queensland state election 1907 1909 175,823cont 1 1 138,747 78.91 +7.30 1,466 1.06 –0.61 Liberal Conservative 75,563 40.37 –0.21 22 – 7 Labor QLD Labour 55,771 29.80 +3.41 22 + 4 yes Kidstonites Kidstonites 44,997 24.04 –7.84 25 + 1 Country Farmers Rep. 6,749 3.61 +3.61 2 + 2 Independent 4,078 2.18 +1.04 1 ± 0 187,158total 2 2 72 |} cont 1 1 205,892 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 12 seats (16.7% of the total) representing 30,069 voters were uncontested—six Labor seats, five Conservatives and one Kidston. total 2 2 In 11 electorates, voters had two votes each, so the total number of votes exceeds the total number of voters. See also Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1907–1908 Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1908–1909 Second Philp Ministry Second Kidston Ministry References External links Category:Elections in Queensland Category:1908 elections in Australia Category:1900s in Queensland Category:February 1908