1969 Queensland state election

none June 2020 August 2019 1969 Queensland state election Queensland parliamentary no 1966 Queensland state election 1966 1972 Queensland state election 1972 All 78 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland40 Assembly seats were needed for a majority 91.77 ( 1.50 pp) yes 1969 05 17 150x150px Joh Bjelke-Petersen 8 August 1968 006946 Country–Liberal Coalition Barambah 380,890 44.70% 0.08 47 seats, 44.77% 45 2 150x150px Jack Houston yes 1966 10 12 Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) Bulimba 383,388 44.99% 1.15 26 seats, 43.84% 31 5 QLP No leader Queensland Labor 61,661 7.24% 0.99 1 seat, 6.25% 1 1969 Queensland state election.svg 400px Winning margin by electorate. Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen Country–Liberal Coalition Joh Bjelke-Petersen Country–Liberal Coalition Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 17 May 1969 to elect the 78 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=795 Parliament of Queensland, Legislative Assembly election results for 17 May 1969 Australian Politics and Elections Archive 1856-2018 University of Western Australia live https://web.archive.org/web/20170331094631/http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=795 31 March 2017 2020-04-10 The Country–Liberal Coalition won its fifth consecutive victory since it won government in 1957. It was also the Coalition's first victory under new leader Joh Bjelke-Petersen after the brief premierships of Gordon Chalk and Jack Pizzey, who in turn had succeeded Frank Nicklin when he had retired the previous year. The election campaign was characterised by tension between the governing coalition partners. Key dates Date Event 8 April 1969 The Legislative Assembly was dissolved and writs were issued. A Proclamation 230 1173 8 April 1969 17 April 1969 Close of nominations. Extraordinary 230 1175 8 April 1969 17 May 1969 Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. 29 May 1969 The Bjelke-Petersen Ministry was reconstituted. Extraordinary 231 563–567 29 May 1969 21 June 1969 The writ was returned and the results formally declared. Notices of Results of General Election 231 915–928 21 June 1969 30 June 1969 Deadline for return of the writs. 5 August 1969 Parliament resumed for business. A Proclamation 231 1097 26 June 1969 Candidates Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1969 By the close of nominations on 17 April, 247 candidates had nominated—two more than at the 1966 election. The Courier-Mail reported the following split of candidates by party:Six three-cornered contests for State election The Courier-Mail 18 April 1969 7 Party Candidates ALP 77 DLP 61 Liberal 44 Country 39 Social Credit 3 Communist 2 NQP (Aikens) 1 Independent 20 Six of the 78 seats—Albert, Bundaberg, Cairns, South Coast, Toowoomba West and Townsville North—had three-cornered contests between the Labor, Liberal and Country parties. Results Results of the Queensland state election, 1969 The election resulted in another win for the Coalition, but a strengthening of the Country Party's position vis-a-vis the Liberal Party. Labor gained back two seats held by ex-Labor ministers who had defected in the 1957 split when both retired, and gained one seat off each of the coalition partners; however, the Country party gained the seat of Burdekin following the conservative independent incumbent's retirement. Labor retained Isis, which it had gained unexpectedly at a November 1968 by-election from the Country Party following Premier Jack Pizzey's death. Queensland state election, 17 May 1969 Legislative Assembly Queensland state election 1966 1972 945,583 867,743 91.77% –1.50% 15,566 1.79% +0.16% Labor QLD Labor 383,388 44.99% +1.15% 31 +4 yes Liberal QLD 201,765 23.68% –1.81% 19 –1 yes Country QLD Country 179,125 21.02% +1.73% 26 ±0 DLP QLD 61,661 7.24% +0.99% 1 ±0 Social Credit 1,295 0.15% +0.15% 0 ±0 Communist 476 0.06% +0.06% 0 ±0 Independent 22,497 2.64% –2.12% 1 –3 852,177 78 |} Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Labor Australian Labor Party 44.99 Liberal Liberal Party of Australia 23.68 Country National Party of Australia – Queensland 21.02 Democratic Labor #008080 7.24 Independents Independent 2.85 Seats #ddd 600px 410px Labor Australian Labor Party 39.74 Country National Party of Australia – Queensland 33.33 Liberal Liberal Party of Australia 24.36 Democratic Labor #008080 1.28 Independents Independent 1.28 Seats changing hands Seat Pre-1969 Swing Post-1969 Party Member Margin Margin Member PartyBundaberg   Independent Ted Walsh 3.5 v ALP N/A 8.1 v CP Lou Jensen Labor Burdekin   Independent Arthur Coburn 8.5 v LIB N/A 4.2 v ALP Val Bird Country Cook   Independent Bunny Adair 5.2 v ALP N/A 6.1 v CP Bill Wood Labor Logan   Country Dick Wood 3.2 –4.8 1.6 Ted Baldwin Labor Rockhampton South   Liberal Rex Pilbeam 6.7 –8.9 2.2 Keith Wright Labor  Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats. In addition, Labor retained the seat of Isis, which it had won from the Country party at the 1968 by-election. Post-election pendulum Country/Liberal seats (45)MarginalHawthorneBill KausLIB0.02%BowenPeter DelamotheLIB1.4%WindsorBob MooreLIB1.5%AshgroveDouglas ToothLIB2.8%BurdekinVal BirdCP4.2%MurrumbaDavid NicholsonCP4.2%MiraniTom NewberyCP4.5%WavellArthur CrawfordLIB4.8%KurilpaClive HughesLIB4.9%FlindersBill LongeranCP5.1%AspleyFred CampbellLIB5.5%Fairly safeCallideVincent JonesCP6.8%IthacaCol MillerLIB6.8%NundahWilliam KnoxLIB6.8%MerthyrRay RamsdenLIB7.3%Mount GravattGeoff ChinchenLIB7.8%YerongaNorm LeeLIB8.6%ChatsworthBill HewittLIB8.7%WhitsundayRon CammCP8.7%BalonneHarold HungerfordCP8.9%RedcliffeJim HoughtonCP9.3%MulgraveRoy ArmstrongCP9.8%SomersetHarold RichterCP9.9%SafeClayfieldJohn MurrayLIB10.3%WarwickDavid CoryCP10.5%MackenzieNeville HewittCP11.3%South CoastRuss HinzeCP12.4% v LIBGreenslopesKeith HooperLIB12.6%GregoryWally RaeCP12.7%FassifernSelwyn MullerCP13.4%SherwoodJohn HerbertLIB13.6%RomaKen TomkinsCP14.1%CarnarvonHenry McKechnieCP14.4%HinchinbrookJohn RowCP14.9%GympieMax HodgesCP15.3%BurnettClaude WhartonCP15.9%ToowongCharles PorterLIB17.3%CoorooraDavid LowCP17.6%Mount Coot-thaBill LickissLIB18.5%LandsboroughMike AhernCP18.7%CunninghamAlan FletcherCP19.2%Very safeLockyerGordon ChalkLIB20.7% v INDAlbertCec CareyCP25.2%CondamineVic SullivanCP25.2%BarambahJoh Bjelke-PetersenCP28.2% Labor seats (31)MarginalToowoomba WestRay BousenALP0.6%Townsville NorthPerc TuckerALP0.7%LoganTed BaldwinALP1.6%Rockhampton SouthKeith WrightALP2.2%TablelandsEdwin Wallis-SmithALP2.4%IsisJim BlakeALP4.4%WarregoJack AikenALP4.5%NormanFred BromleyALP4.6%Toowoomba EastPeter WoodALP4.6%Fairly safe CookBill WoodALP6.1% Ipswich WestVi JordanALP6.3% MourilyanPeter MooreALP6.9% MaryboroughHorace DaviesALP7.5% BundabergLou JensenALP8.1% BarcooEugene O'DonnellALP8.4% BelmontFred NewtonALP8.8% BrisbaneBrian DavisALP8.8% Ipswich EastEvan MarginsonALP9.5%Safe MackayEd CaseyALP10.5% KedronEric LloydALP11.6% South BrisbaneCol BennettALP12.3% BurkeAlex InchALP13.0% WynnumEdward HarrisALP13.2% NudgeeJack MelloyALP13.9% SandgateHarold DeanALP14.7% CairnsRay JonesALP15.5% BaroonaPat HanlonALP15.7% Rockhampton NorthMerv ThackerayALP17.4% BulimbaJack HoustonALP17.8% Very safeSalisburyDoug SherringtonALP20.5%Port CurtisMartin HansonALP31.3% v DLPCrossbench seats (2)Townsville SouthTom AikensIND9.2% v ALPAubignyLes DiplockDLP13.2% v CP See also Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1966–1969 Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1969–1972 Bjelke-Petersen Ministry References Category:Elections in Queensland Category:1969 elections in Australia Category:1960s in Queensland Category:May 1969 in Australia