1902 Queensland state election

Legislative election in Queensland, Australia June 2020 August 2019 1902 Queensland state election Queensland parliamentary no 1899 Queensland colonial election 1899 1904 Queensland state election 1904 11 March 1902 All 72 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland37 Assembly seats were needed for a majority 170x170px Robert Philp Ministerial 8CB4D2 Townsville 43 seats, 49.34% 40 3 48,439 48.13% 1.21pp 170x170px W. H. Browne Labour Croydon DC241F 21 seats, 35.47% 25 4 39,579 39.33% 3.85pp Premier Robert Philp Ministerial Robert Philp Ministerial Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 11 March 1902 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 This was the first Queensland general election to be conducted on a single day. In the past, due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day.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, 11 March 1902Summary of 1902 Election http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=770 University of Western Australia 26 July 2017 Legislative Assembly Queensland state election 1899 1904 108,548 100,644 78.88% 803 yes Ministerial (Queensland) 48,439 48.13 -1.21 40 -3 Labor QLD Labour 39,579 39.33 +3.85 25 +4 Opposition (Queensland) 6,905 6.86 -4.22 5 -3 Country Farmers Rep. 1,840 1.83 +1.83 1 +1 Independent 100 0.10 +0.10 0 ±0 100,644 72 |} See also Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1902–1904 References Category:Elections in Queensland Category:1902 elections in Australia Category:March 1902 in Australia Category:1900s in Queensland Category:March 1902 in Oceania