1907 Queensland state election

none June 2020 August 2019 1907 Queensland state election Queensland parliamentary no 1904 Queensland state election 1904 1908 Queensland state election 1908 All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority 71.61 ( 2.56 pp) yes 1907 05 18 170x170px Robert Philp 19 September 1904 Conservative 0C1BA8 Townsville 109,985 40.58% 40.58 New party 29 29 170x170px William Kidston 19 January 1906 8CB4D2 Kidstonites Rockhampton 80,076 31.88% 31.88 New party 24 24 170x170px David Bowman 15 April 1907 Labour Fortitude Valley DC241F 136,419 26.39% 9.65 34 seats, 36.05% 18 16 Premier Resulting Premier William Kidston Kidston Party William Kidston Kidston Party Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 18 May 1907 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The election was the first one in which women had a right to vote. The election was the first held since Premier William Kidston, formerly of the Labour Party, had founded a new movement with his own supporters as well as the Parliamentary Conservatives. The end result of the election was an improvement in Kidston's position, although he was still in minority government with Labour support. The main opposition group was Robert Philp's Conservatives. 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 11 April 1907 The Parliament was dissolved.88 1209 11 April 1907 11 April 1907 Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.88 1213 11 April 1907 27 April 1907 Close of nominations. 18 May 1907 Polling day, between the hours of 8 am and 6 pm. 8 June 1907 The writ was returned and the results formally declared. 23 July 1907 Parliament resumed for business.88 1695 29 June 1907 Results Seat changes indicated are those caused by the election; at the preceding election, Labour had 34 seats, Ministerial 21, Conservative 15 and Independent 2. Queensland state election, 18 May 1907http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=771 Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 18 May 1907 Australian Government and Politics Database 14 February 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20170303123749/http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=771 3 March 2017 live Legislative Assembly Queensland state election 1904 1908 212,337cont 1 1 152,049 71.61 –2.56 2,547 1.67 +0.87 Liberal Conservative 80,076 40.58 +11.59 29 + 6 yes Kidstonites Kidstonites 109,985 31.88 24 – 7 Labor QLD Labour 136,419 26.39 –9.65 18 + 1 Independent 2,259 1.14 –3.82 1 ± 0 197,312total 2 2 72 |} cont 1 1 220,189 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 4 seats (5.6% of the total) were uncontested—one Labor seat representing 1,352 enrolled voters, and three Conservative seats representing 4,604 voters. total 2 2 In 11 electorates, voters had two votes each, so the total number of votes exceeds the total number of voters. Electoral system The election for the Legislative Assembly was held using the "contingent vote".http://arts.anu.edu.au/democraticaudit/papers/200402_wanna_qld_opv.pdf Archived copy August 19, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110922135012/http://arts.anu.edu.au/democraticaudit/papers/200402_wanna_qld_opv.pdf September 22, 2011 The Legislative Council was a fully nominated body. Electoral system changes This election was the first held since women in Queensland gained the right to vote, although indigenous women did not gain the right until 1962.https://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/Australian_Electoral_History/milestone.htm Electoral Milestones for Women Australian Electoral Commission en-AU dead https://web.archive.org/web/20190921002302/https://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/Australian_Electoral_History/milestone.htm 21 September 2019 2020-04-10 See also Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1904–1907 Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1907–1908 First Kidston Ministry References External links Category:Elections in Queensland Category:1907 elections in Australia Category:1900s in Queensland Category:May 1907 in Australia